YEMEN VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,982	1	30,158	+ 7,824
Stroke	2	10,893	2	13,570	- 2,677
War	3	10,451	3	12,915	- 2,464
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,984	4	11,978	- 7,994
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,434	6	8,561	- 5,126
Kidney Disease	6	3,137	15	2,679	+ 458
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,903	9	4,372	- 1,468
Congenital Anomalies	8	2,798	10	4,291	- 1,493
Lung Cancers	9	2,758	41	569	+ 2,189
Breast Cancer	10	2,630	26	1,134	+ 1,496
Liver Disease	11	2,316	13	2,891	- 575
Low Birth Weight	12	2,225	5	8,810	- 6,585
Lung Disease	13	2,156	11	3,196	- 1,039
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,088	22	1,405	+ 683
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,066	19	1,794	+ 271
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,648	30	913	+ 735
Asthma	17	1,417	17	2,106	- 689
Lymphomas	18	1,114	45	433	+ 681
Leukemia	19	1,072	34	776	+ 296
Bladder Cancer	20	1,020	55	160	+ 860
Birth Trauma	21	1,003	7	5,939	- 4,937
Stomach Cancer	22	976	31	902	+ 74
Hypertension	23	953	8	5,293	- 4,341
Other Injuries	24	702	16	2,225	- 1,523
Violence	25	598	14	2,839	- 2,241
Endocrine Disorders	26	563	36	738	- 175
Pancreas Cancer	27	553	51	283	+ 271
Prostate Cancer	28	544	63	39	+ 505
Falls	29	516	24	1,170	- 654
Parkinson's Disease	30	494	49	362	+ 133
Liver Cancer	31	494	39	609	- 115
Inflammatory/Heart	32	454	40	585	- 130
Suicide	33	448	21	1,699	- 1,251
Ovary Cancer	34	442	52	188	+ 253
Meningitis	35	397	28	1,018	- 621
Oral Cancer	36	389	42	547	- 158
Pertussis	37	389	23	1,239	- 850
Skin Cancers	38	372	58	100	+ 273
Drug Use	39	336	38	613	- 277
Drownings	40	290	25	1,142	- 853
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	266	37	707	- 441
Cervical Cancer	42	253	57	119	+ 134
Fires	43	241	29	991	- 750
Uterin Cancer	44	196	69	5	+ 191
Maternal Conditions	45	141	32	890	- 749
Poisonings	46	132	44	532	- 400
Oesophagus Cancer	47	131	35	765	- 633
Epilepsy	48	124	43	539	- 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	107	33	833	- 727
Encephalitis	50	104	48	369	- 265
Malnutrition	51	98	27	1,058	- 960
Tetanus	52	77	47	395	- 317
Alcohol	53	68	59	78	- 10
Appendicitis	54	49	54	162	- 113
Syphilis	55	41	53	175	- 134
Tuberculosis	56	31	18	1,899	- 1,868
Other Neoplasms	57	29	64	21	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	58	20	46	396	- 376
Multiple Sclerosis	59	19	62	42	- 22
Schistosomiasis	60	15	56	124	- 109
Skin Disease	61	11	61	44	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	66	14	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	7	50	299	- 293
Diphtheria	64	7	67	14	- 7
Leishmaniasis	65	7	71	2	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	4	70	5	- 0
Ascariasis	67	1	65	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	68	1	68	8	- 7
Chlamydia	69	1	72	1	+ 0
Measles	70	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Otitis Media	71	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
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	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Syria

Yemen

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.