SWEDEN VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,515	1	15,136	- 2,621
Stroke	2	3,589	3	6,035	- 2,446
War	3	3,444	65	2	+ 3,442
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,313	7	2,659	- 1,346
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,132	34	315	+ 816
Kidney Disease	6	1,033	12	1,629	- 596
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	957	36	289	+ 667
Congenital Anomalies	8	922	35	308	+ 614
Lung Cancers	9	909	5	3,722	- 2,814
Breast Cancer	10	866	13	1,582	- 716
Liver Disease	11	763	23	723	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	12	733	51	50	+ 683
Lung Disease	13	711	4	4,344	- 3,634
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	688	2	10,917	- 10,229
Diabetes Mellitus	15	681	11	1,834	- 1,154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	543	6	3,049	- 2,506
Asthma	17	467	42	158	+ 309
Lymphomas	18	367	16	1,357	- 990
Leukemia	19	353	20	825	- 472
Bladder Cancer	20	336	21	760	- 424
Birth Trauma	21	330	55	34	+ 297
Stomach Cancer	22	322	26	612	- 291
Hypertension	23	314	10	1,838	- 1,524
Other Injuries	24	231	15	1,374	- 1,142
Violence	25	197	47	113	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	26	185	24	702	- 517
Pancreas Cancer	27	182	9	1,849	- 1,666
Prostate Cancer	28	179	8	2,622	- 2,443
Falls	29	170	17	1,109	- 939
Parkinson's Disease	30	163	19	943	- 780
Liver Cancer	31	163	22	752	- 589
Inflammatory/Heart	32	150	28	547	- 397
Suicide	33	148	14	1,479	- 1,332
Ovary Cancer	34	145	27	553	- 407
Meningitis	35	131	54	35	+ 96
Oral Cancer	36	128	31	379	- 251
Pertussis	37	128	67	0	+ 128
Skin Cancers	38	123	25	650	- 528
Drug Use	39	111	30	423	- 313
Drownings	40	95	46	114	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	88	48	110	- 23
Cervical Cancer	42	84	38	228	- 144
Fires	43	79	49	65	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	44	65	33	345	- 280
Maternal Conditions	45	46	64	5	+ 42
Poisonings	46	43	60	18	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	47	43	29	538	- 495
Epilepsy	48	41	44	121	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	35	37	277	- 242
Encephalitis	50	34	71	0	+ 34
Malnutrition	51	32	45	117	- 85
Tetanus	52	26	68	0	+ 25
Alcohol	53	22	32	359	- 336
Appendicitis	54	16	59	18	- 2
Syphilis	55	14	72	0	+ 14
Tuberculosis	56	10	56	24	- 14
Other Neoplasms	57	9	18	1,036	- 1,027
HIV/AIDS	58	7	61	13	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	41	170	- 164
Schistosomiasis	60	5	69	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	39	220	- 216
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	43	129	- 126
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	9	- 7
Diphtheria	64	2	70	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	20	- 18
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	53	44	- 44
Chlamydia	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	50	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	175	- 175
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	46	- 46
Oral conditions	86	0	63	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Syria

Sweden

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.