SWITZERLAND VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,471	1	10,713	- 242
Stroke	2	3,003	3	3,918	- 915
War	3	2,881	67	1	+ 2,880
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,098	8	1,949	- 851
Road Traffic Accidents	5	947	34	193	+ 754
Kidney Disease	6	865	13	1,261	- 396
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	800	35	186	+ 615
Congenital Anomalies	8	771	31	305	+ 466
Lung Cancers	9	760	4	3,520	- 2,759
Breast Cancer	10	725	11	1,577	- 852
Liver Disease	11	639	21	677	- 39
Low Birth Weight	12	613	43	105	+ 508
Lung Disease	13	594	5	2,902	- 2,308
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	576	2	7,192	- 6,617
Diabetes Mellitus	15	569	17	1,022	- 452
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	454	7	1,995	- 1,540
Asthma	17	391	46	95	+ 296
Lymphomas	18	307	15	1,131	- 824
Leukemia	19	296	22	671	- 376
Bladder Cancer	20	281	23	669	- 388
Birth Trauma	21	276	52	32	+ 244
Stomach Cancer	22	269	24	614	- 345
Hypertension	23	263	6	2,471	- 2,209
Other Injuries	24	194	30	410	- 216
Violence	25	165	51	42	+ 123
Endocrine Disorders	26	155	25	593	- 438
Pancreas Cancer	27	153	12	1,486	- 1,333
Prostate Cancer	28	150	10	1,579	- 1,429
Falls	29	142	9	1,919	- 1,777
Parkinson's Disease	30	136	18	857	- 721
Liver Cancer	31	136	19	805	- 669
Inflammatory/Heart	32	125	16	1,027	- 902
Suicide	33	123	14	1,249	- 1,126
Ovary Cancer	34	122	29	457	- 336
Meningitis	35	109	57	20	+ 90
Oral Cancer	36	107	26	500	- 393
Pertussis	37	107	73	0	+ 107
Skin Cancers	38	103	27	493	- 391
Drug Use	39	93	36	176	- 83
Drownings	40	80	50	49	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	73	48	78	- 5
Cervical Cancer	42	70	42	105	- 35
Fires	43	66	55	21	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	44	54	33	224	- 170
Maternal Conditions	45	39	64	4	+ 35
Poisonings	46	36	60	13	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	47	36	28	491	- 455
Epilepsy	48	34	39	159	- 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	29	41	122	- 93
Encephalitis	50	29	68	1	+ 28
Malnutrition	51	27	47	84	- 57
Tetanus	52	21	70	0	+ 21
Alcohol	53	19	32	229	- 210
Appendicitis	54	14	59	15	- 1
Syphilis	55	11	65	2	+ 10
Tuberculosis	56	9	56	21	- 13
Other Neoplasms	57	8	20	681	- 673
HIV/AIDS	58	5	54	29	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	38	160	- 155
Schistosomiasis	60	4	72	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	3	40	129	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	49	68	- 65
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	5	- 3
Diphtheria	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	11	- 10
Ascariasis	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	58	15	- 15
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	66	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	45	96	- 96
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	102	- 102
Osteoarthritis	84	0	37	170	- 170
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Syria

Switzerland

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.