SYRIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,237	1	28,203	+ 7,034
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	20,043	14	1,551	+ 18,493
Lung Disease	3	13,636	13	1,601	+ 12,035
Stroke	4	11,063	2	8,088	+ 2,975
Lung Cancers	5	10,855	9	2,048	+ 8,807
Kidney Disease	6	5,992	6	2,329	+ 3,663
Drug Use	7	5,195	39	249	+ 4,945
Hypertension	8	4,603	23	707	+ 3,896
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	4,315	16	1,224	+ 3,091
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,286	15	1,534	+ 2,753
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	4,210	4	2,958	+ 1,251
Suicide	12	3,706	33	333	+ 3,373
Breast Cancer	13	3,397	10	1,953	+ 1,444
Endocrine Disorders	14	3,279	26	418	+ 2,861
Pancreas Cancer	15	3,091	27	411	+ 2,680
Liver Disease	16	3,029	11	1,720	+ 1,309
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,910	5	2,550	+ 360
Falls	18	2,821	29	383	+ 2,438
Lymphomas	19	2,811	18	827	+ 1,984
Prostate Cancer	20	2,485	28	404	+ 2,081
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,407	30	367	+ 2,040
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,270	32	337	+ 1,933
Liver Cancer	23	1,889	31	366	+ 1,522
Leukemia	24	1,882	19	796	+ 1,086
Other Injuries	25	1,814	24	521	+ 1,293
Bladder Cancer	26	1,369	20	757	+ 612
Violence	27	1,324	25	444	+ 880
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,244	47	97	+ 1,147
Other Neoplasms	29	1,238	57	21	+ 1,217
Alcohol	30	1,023	53	51	+ 972
Ovary Cancer	31	1,018	34	328	+ 690
Skin Cancers	32	999	38	276	+ 722
Stomach Cancer	33	913	22	725	+ 188
Congenital Anomalies	34	821	8	2,077	- 1,257
Oral Cancer	35	806	36	289	+ 517
Uterin Cancer	36	702	44	146	+ 557
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	695	7	2,156	- 1,461
Cervical Cancer	38	487	42	188	+ 299
Low Birth Weight	39	483	12	1,652	- 1,169
Malnutrition	40	472	51	73	+ 399
Hepatitis C	41	397	68	1	+ 396
HIV/AIDS	42	395	58	15	+ 380
Skin Disease	43	377	61	8	+ 370
Multiple Sclerosis	44	353	59	14	+ 339
Drownings	45	284	40	215	+ 69
Asthma	46	266	17	1,052	- 786
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	254	41	197	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	242	49	79	+ 162
Fires	49	222	43	179	+ 43
Epilepsy	50	221	48	92	+ 128
Anemia	51	217	83	0	+ 217
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	172	62	7	+ 165
Poisonings	53	117	46	98	+ 19
Birth Trauma	54	86	21	744	- 658
War	55	84	3	7,760	- 7,677
Maternal Conditions	56	54	45	105	- 50
Schizophrenia	57	50	81	0	+ 50
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	47	85	0	+ 47
Hepatitis B	59	42	63	5	+ 37
Meningitis	60	42	35	295	- 253
Osteoarthritis	61	40	84	0	+ 40
Tuberculosis	62	38	56	23	+ 15
Appendicitis	63	30	54	36	- 7
Oral conditions	64	20	86	0	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	65	16	66	3	+ 13
Syphilis	66	3	55	31	- 27
Otitis Media	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	68	2	50	77	- 75
Pertussis	69	1	37	289	- 288
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	52	57	- 57
Schistosomiasis	72	0	60	11	- 11
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	64	5	- 5
Dengue	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	5	- 5
Measles	80	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

United States

Syria

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.