SWAZILAND VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,345	5	755	+ 590
Stroke	2	386	4	800	- 415
War	3	370	71	0	+ 370
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	141	2	921	- 780
Road Traffic Accidents	5	122	7	384	- 263
Kidney Disease	6	111	8	381	- 270
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	103	6	517	- 414
Congenital Anomalies	8	99	19	160	- 61
Lung Cancers	9	98	46	17	+ 81
Breast Cancer	10	93	35	37	+ 56
Liver Disease	11	82	11	274	- 192
Low Birth Weight	12	79	14	233	- 154
Lung Disease	13	76	12	264	- 188
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	74	27	77	- 3
Diabetes Mellitus	15	73	3	892	- 819
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	58	43	19	+ 40
Asthma	17	50	20	150	- 99
Lymphomas	18	39	36	31	+ 8
Leukemia	19	38	47	16	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	20	36	55	6	+ 30
Birth Trauma	21	36	18	166	- 131
Stomach Cancer	22	35	53	7	+ 28
Hypertension	23	34	10	292	- 258
Other Injuries	24	25	17	190	- 165
Violence	25	21	16	212	- 191
Endocrine Disorders	26	20	28	74	- 54
Pancreas Cancer	27	20	56	6	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	28	19	31	45	- 26
Falls	29	18	32	41	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	30	18	41	24	- 6
Liver Cancer	31	17	37	29	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	32	16	24	94	- 78
Suicide	33	16	9	338	- 322
Ovary Cancer	34	16	52	10	+ 6
Meningitis	35	14	23	97	- 83
Oral Cancer	36	14	51	10	+ 4
Pertussis	37	14	33	39	- 25
Skin Cancers	38	13	42	20	- 7
Drug Use	39	12	38	27	- 15
Drownings	40	10	25	87	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	9	39	26	- 17
Cervical Cancer	42	9	15	215	- 206
Fires	43	9	26	84	- 75
Uterin Cancer	44	7	50	11	- 5
Maternal Conditions	45	5	21	116	- 111
Poisonings	46	5	34	37	- 33
Oesophagus Cancer	47	5	44	18	- 14
Epilepsy	48	4	30	46	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	4	29	51	- 47
Encephalitis	50	4	59	5	- 1
Malnutrition	51	3	22	106	- 102
Tetanus	52	3	62	4	- 1
Alcohol	53	2	48	16	- 14
Appendicitis	54	2	54	7	- 5
Syphilis	55	1	45	17	- 16
Tuberculosis	56	1	13	256	- 255
Other Neoplasms	57	1	61	4	- 3
HIV/AIDS	58	1	1	2,314	- 2,313
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	63	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	60	1	49	13	- 12
Skin Disease	61	0	40	25	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	58	5	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	0	57	6	- 6
Diphtheria	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	4	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Syria

Swaziland

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.