UGANDA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,241	9	8,784	+ 49,456
Stroke	2	16,703	6	11,181	+ 5,522
War	3	16,025	63	88	+ 15,938
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,109	2	18,865	- 12,755
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,266	4	13,012	- 7,746
Kidney Disease	6	4,809	19	3,168	+ 1,641
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	4,452	5	12,103	- 7,651
Congenital Anomalies	8	4,290	11	6,641	- 2,351
Lung Cancers	9	4,229	46	441	+ 3,788
Breast Cancer	10	4,032	32	1,128	+ 2,905
Liver Disease	11	3,551	13	5,122	- 1,570
Low Birth Weight	12	3,411	8	9,673	- 6,262
Lung Disease	13	3,307	22	3,051	+ 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	3,202	30	1,286	+ 1,916
Diabetes Mellitus	15	3,167	14	4,794	- 1,627
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,527	35	919	+ 1,608
Asthma	17	2,173	27	1,745	+ 428
Lymphomas	18	1,708	26	1,762	- 54
Leukemia	19	1,644	42	599	+ 1,045
Bladder Cancer	20	1,564	59	181	+ 1,383
Birth Trauma	21	1,537	7	10,405	- 8,867
Stomach Cancer	22	1,496	45	515	+ 981
Hypertension	23	1,461	21	3,120	- 1,659
Other Injuries	24	1,076	20	3,130	- 2,053
Violence	25	917	12	6,175	- 5,258
Endocrine Disorders	26	863	38	761	+ 102
Pancreas Cancer	27	849	47	358	+ 490
Prostate Cancer	28	834	34	950	- 115
Falls	29	791	33	1,127	- 336
Parkinson's Disease	30	758	48	351	+ 406
Liver Cancer	31	757	29	1,522	- 766
Inflammatory/Heart	32	697	37	859	- 163
Suicide	33	687	24	2,033	- 1,346
Ovary Cancer	34	677	44	519	+ 158
Meningitis	35	609	16	3,718	- 3,109
Oral Cancer	36	597	40	731	- 134
Pertussis	37	597	25	1,909	- 1,313
Skin Cancers	38	571	49	349	+ 222
Drug Use	39	515	57	233	+ 282
Drownings	40	444	31	1,238	- 794
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	408	50	348	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	42	389	15	4,378	- 3,989
Fires	43	369	36	872	- 503
Uterin Cancer	44	301	56	234	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	45	216	17	3,641	- 3,425
Poisonings	46	202	39	745	- 543
Oesophagus Cancer	47	201	28	1,674	- 1,473
Epilepsy	48	191	43	599	- 408
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	163	41	687	- 523
Encephalitis	50	159	62	122	+ 37
Malnutrition	51	150	18	3,317	- 3,167
Tetanus	52	119	53	271	- 152
Alcohol	53	104	54	256	- 152
Appendicitis	54	75	58	211	- 136
Syphilis	55	63	23	2,235	- 2,172
Tuberculosis	56	48	10	7,255	- 7,206
Other Neoplasms	57	44	66	37	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	58	30	1	21,188	- 21,158
Multiple Sclerosis	59	29	69	16	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	60	23	52	286	- 262
Skin Disease	61	16	55	242	- 226
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	64	55	- 41
Hepatitis B	63	10	61	123	- 113
Diphtheria	64	10	72	11	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	10	68	28	- 18
Upper Respiratory	66	7	60	144	- 137
Ascariasis	67	2	70	16	- 14
Hepatitis C	68	2	67	30	- 29
Chlamydia	69	2	73	6	- 4
Measles	70	1	51	343	- 343
Otitis Media	71	0	71	11	- 11
Dengue	72	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	50	- 50
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Syria

Uganda

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.