ZIMBABWE VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,268	3	8,493	+ 11,775
Stroke	2	5,813	5	5,126	+ 687
War	3	5,577	65	26	+ 5,551
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,126	2	10,779	- 8,653
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,833	4	6,037	- 4,205
Kidney Disease	6	1,674	12	2,214	- 540
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,549	6	4,595	- 3,045
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,493	11	2,217	- 724
Lung Cancers	9	1,472	43	286	+ 1,186
Breast Cancer	10	1,403	28	839	+ 564
Liver Disease	11	1,236	17	1,941	- 705
Low Birth Weight	12	1,187	7	4,038	- 2,850
Lung Disease	13	1,151	23	1,163	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,114	31	768	+ 347
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,102	9	3,344	- 2,242
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	879	40	505	+ 374
Asthma	17	756	21	1,531	- 774
Lymphomas	18	594	26	960	- 365
Leukemia	19	572	45	244	+ 329
Bladder Cancer	20	544	54	125	+ 420
Birth Trauma	21	535	8	3,405	- 2,870
Stomach Cancer	22	521	33	559	- 38
Hypertension	23	508	24	1,146	- 637
Other Injuries	24	375	20	1,656	- 1,281
Violence	25	319	18	1,916	- 1,597
Endocrine Disorders	26	300	34	553	- 253
Pancreas Cancer	27	295	47	217	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	28	290	32	628	- 338
Falls	29	275	41	465	- 190
Parkinson's Disease	30	264	46	226	+ 38
Liver Cancer	31	263	38	510	- 246
Inflammatory/Heart	32	242	25	1,047	- 805
Suicide	33	239	13	2,069	- 1,830
Ovary Cancer	34	236	51	173	+ 62
Meningitis	35	212	22	1,325	- 1,113
Oral Cancer	36	208	49	208	+ 0
Pertussis	37	208	42	419	- 211
Skin Cancers	38	199	44	264	- 65
Drug Use	39	179	48	213	- 33
Drownings	40	155	27	956	- 801
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	142	36	542	- 400
Cervical Cancer	42	135	14	2,023	- 1,888
Fires	43	128	30	793	- 664
Uterin Cancer	44	105	50	182	- 77
Maternal Conditions	45	75	19	1,749	- 1,674
Poisonings	46	70	37	515	- 445
Oesophagus Cancer	47	70	29	801	- 731
Epilepsy	48	66	39	508	- 441
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	57	35	548	- 491
Encephalitis	50	55	56	117	- 62
Malnutrition	51	52	10	2,396	- 2,344
Tetanus	52	41	57	102	- 60
Alcohol	53	36	61	48	- 12
Appendicitis	54	26	58	66	- 40
Syphilis	55	22	55	124	- 102
Tuberculosis	56	17	16	1,999	- 1,982
Other Neoplasms	57	15	62	37	- 22
HIV/AIDS	58	11	1	19,988	- 19,978
Multiple Sclerosis	59	10	67	14	- 4
Schistosomiasis	60	8	53	172	- 164
Skin Disease	61	6	52	173	- 167
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	64	26	- 21
Hepatitis B	63	4	60	57	- 53
Diphtheria	64	4	72	2	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	4	77	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	2	59	65	- 63
Ascariasis	67	1	70	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	14	- 14
Chlamydia	69	1	69	3	- 3
Measles	70	0	63	30	- 30
Otitis Media	71	0	68	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
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 ZIMBABWE

Syria

Zimbabwe

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.