ZAMBIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,579	10	4,432	+ 20,148
Stroke	2	7,049	3	7,948	- 899
War	3	6,763	69	6	+ 6,757
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,578	2	9,517	- 6,939
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,222	11	3,654	- 1,431
Kidney Disease	6	2,030	18	1,760	+ 269
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,879	5	6,275	- 4,396
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,811	12	3,146	- 1,335
Lung Cancers	9	1,785	41	226	+ 1,559
Breast Cancer	10	1,702	35	366	+ 1,336
Liver Disease	11	1,499	9	4,501	- 3,002
Low Birth Weight	12	1,440	8	4,857	- 3,417
Lung Disease	13	1,395	21	1,273	+ 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,351	29	590	+ 762
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,337	14	2,395	- 1,058
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,066	43	203	+ 864
Asthma	17	917	26	741	+ 176
Lymphomas	18	721	31	548	+ 173
Leukemia	19	694	39	261	+ 433
Bladder Cancer	20	660	50	132	+ 528
Birth Trauma	21	649	7	5,062	- 4,413
Stomach Cancer	22	631	42	206	+ 425
Hypertension	23	617	13	2,616	- 2,000
Other Injuries	24	454	19	1,729	- 1,274
Violence	25	387	23	1,153	- 766
Endocrine Disorders	26	364	37	354	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	27	358	62	42	+ 316
Prostate Cancer	28	352	30	561	- 209
Falls	29	334	28	596	- 263
Parkinson's Disease	30	320	47	164	+ 156
Liver Cancer	31	319	46	177	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	32	294	33	501	- 207
Suicide	33	290	20	1,303	- 1,013
Ovary Cancer	34	286	57	82	+ 203
Meningitis	35	257	16	1,976	- 1,719
Oral Cancer	36	252	48	155	+ 97
Pertussis	37	252	25	743	- 491
Skin Cancers	38	241	54	108	+ 133
Drug Use	39	217	53	122	+ 95
Drownings	40	187	27	689	- 501
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	172	45	190	- 18
Cervical Cancer	42	164	17	1,799	- 1,635
Fires	43	156	32	546	- 390
Uterin Cancer	44	127	64	30	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	45	91	22	1,188	- 1,097
Poisonings	46	85	34	456	- 371
Oesophagus Cancer	47	85	36	359	- 274
Epilepsy	48	81	38	332	- 251
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	69	40	246	- 177
Encephalitis	50	67	59	70	- 3
Malnutrition	51	63	15	2,303	- 2,239
Tetanus	52	50	44	190	- 140
Alcohol	53	44	49	140	- 96
Appendicitis	54	32	56	84	- 52
Syphilis	55	27	24	885	- 858
Tuberculosis	56	20	6	5,941	- 5,921
Other Neoplasms	57	18	65	20	- 1
HIV/AIDS	58	13	1	17,234	- 17,222
Multiple Sclerosis	59	12	67	13	- 1
Schistosomiasis	60	10	51	128	- 118
Skin Disease	61	7	52	126	- 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	63	30	- 24
Hepatitis B	63	4	55	104	- 100
Diphtheria	64	4	73	3	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	4	58	72	- 68
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	68	- 65
Ascariasis	67	1	68	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	18	- 17
Chlamydia	69	1	71	3	- 3
Measles	70	0	61	48	- 48
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
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	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Syria

Zambia

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.