URUGUAY VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,048	1	4,265	- 217
Stroke	2	1,161	2	2,850	- 1,689
War	3	1,114	70	0	+ 1,113
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	425	6	1,370	- 946
Road Traffic Accidents	5	366	16	512	- 146
Kidney Disease	6	334	8	1,040	- 706
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	309	35	134	+ 175
Congenital Anomalies	8	298	30	170	+ 128
Lung Cancers	9	294	5	1,463	- 1,169
Breast Cancer	10	280	9	848	- 568
Liver Disease	11	247	27	206	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	12	237	42	73	+ 164
Lung Disease	13	230	4	1,706	- 1,476
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	223	3	1,899	- 1,676
Diabetes Mellitus	15	220	11	747	- 527
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	176	7	1,245	- 1,069
Asthma	17	151	37	127	+ 24
Lymphomas	18	119	20	457	- 339
Leukemia	19	114	25	280	- 166
Bladder Cancer	20	109	26	276	- 167
Birth Trauma	21	107	53	22	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	22	104	18	480	- 376
Hypertension	23	102	15	648	- 547
Other Injuries	24	75	10	774	- 699
Violence	25	64	23	295	- 231
Endocrine Disorders	26	60	17	487	- 427
Pancreas Cancer	27	59	14	656	- 597
Prostate Cancer	28	58	13	707	- 649
Falls	29	55	47	55	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	30	53	21	320	- 268
Liver Cancer	31	53	34	147	- 95
Inflammatory/Heart	32	48	22	314	- 266
Suicide	33	48	12	735	- 688
Ovary Cancer	34	47	32	160	- 113
Meningitis	35	42	58	10	+ 32
Oral Cancer	36	42	31	167	- 126
Pertussis	37	41	72	0	+ 41
Skin Cancers	38	40	33	149	- 109
Drug Use	39	36	49	41	- 5
Drownings	40	31	45	65	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	28	50	39	- 11
Cervical Cancer	42	27	29	172	- 145
Fires	43	26	48	54	- 29
Uterin Cancer	44	21	38	115	- 94
Maternal Conditions	45	15	60	9	+ 6
Poisonings	46	14	55	17	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	47	14	24	286	- 272
Epilepsy	48	13	40	86	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	11	46	57	- 45
Encephalitis	50	11	64	4	+ 7
Malnutrition	51	10	43	73	- 63
Tetanus	52	8	71	0	+ 8
Alcohol	53	7	39	104	- 97
Appendicitis	54	5	59	9	- 4
Syphilis	55	4	66	3	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	3	41	81	- 77
Other Neoplasms	57	3	19	464	- 461
HIV/AIDS	58	2	28	195	- 193
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	56	13	- 11
Schistosomiasis	60	2	77	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	1	36	130	- 129
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	35	- 34
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	4	- 3
Diphtheria	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	5	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Syria

Uruguay

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.