TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,665	1	1,476	+ 189
Stroke	2	478	3	822	- 345
War	3	458	46	17	+ 441
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	175	10	205	- 31
Road Traffic Accidents	5	151	15	130	+ 20
Kidney Disease	6	137	5	439	- 302
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	127	45	18	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	8	123	22	93	+ 29
Lung Cancers	9	121	8	217	- 96
Breast Cancer	10	115	7	258	- 143
Liver Disease	11	102	14	136	- 34
Low Birth Weight	12	98	23	83	+ 15
Lung Disease	13	95	16	129	- 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	92	9	215	- 123
Diabetes Mellitus	15	91	2	1,275	- 1,185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	72	13	196	- 123
Asthma	17	62	35	40	+ 22
Lymphomas	18	49	20	111	- 63
Leukemia	19	47	29	62	- 15
Bladder Cancer	20	45	34	41	+ 4
Birth Trauma	21	44	40	25	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	22	43	26	69	- 26
Hypertension	23	42	11	201	- 160
Other Injuries	24	31	30	61	- 30
Violence	25	26	4	549	- 523
Endocrine Disorders	26	25	18	119	- 95
Pancreas Cancer	27	24	19	114	- 90
Prostate Cancer	28	24	6	330	- 306
Falls	29	23	33	43	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	30	22	32	51	- 30
Liver Cancer	31	22	28	66	- 44
Inflammatory/Heart	32	20	25	72	- 52
Suicide	33	20	17	121	- 101
Ovary Cancer	34	19	24	80	- 61
Meningitis	35	17	52	9	+ 8
Oral Cancer	36	17	38	31	- 14
Pertussis	37	17	67	0	+ 17
Skin Cancers	38	16	57	4	+ 12
Drug Use	39	15	44	19	- 4
Drownings	40	13	39	31	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	49	11	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	42	11	21	97	- 86
Fires	43	11	48	16	- 6
Uterin Cancer	44	9	27	68	- 59
Maternal Conditions	45	6	50	10	- 4
Poisonings	46	6	59	1	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	47	6	41	24	- 19
Epilepsy	48	5	37	32	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	5	31	52	- 47
Encephalitis	50	5	54	6	- 2
Malnutrition	51	4	47	17	- 12
Tetanus	52	3	65	0	+ 3
Alcohol	53	3	42	23	- 20
Appendicitis	54	2	56	4	- 2
Syphilis	55	2	61	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	1	43	22	- 20
Other Neoplasms	57	1	51	10	- 9
HIV/AIDS	58	1	12	196	- 195
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	58	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	60	1	71	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	0	36	39	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	53	8	- 8
Hepatitis B	63	0	60	0	- 0
Diphtheria	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Syria

Trinidad/Tob.

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.