SYRIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,393	1	28,203	- 5,810
Stroke	2	10,076	2	8,088	+ 1,987
War	3	9,590	3	7,760	+ 1,829
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,894	4	2,958	+ 5,936
Low Birth Weight	5	6,542	12	1,652	+ 4,890
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,357	5	2,550	+ 3,807
Birth Trauma	7	4,410	21	744	+ 3,666
Hypertension	8	3,931	23	707	+ 3,223
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,246	7	2,156	+ 1,090
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,186	8	2,077	+ 1,109
Lung Disease	11	2,373	13	1,601	+ 772
Measles	12	2,242	70	0	+ 2,242
Liver Disease	13	2,147	11	1,720	+ 427
Violence	14	2,108	25	444	+ 1,664
Kidney Disease	15	1,989	6	2,329	- 340
Other Injuries	16	1,652	24	521	+ 1,131
Asthma	17	1,564	17	1,052	+ 511
Tuberculosis	18	1,410	56	23	+ 1,387
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,332	15	1,534	- 201
Malaria	20	1,276	79	0	+ 1,276
Suicide	21	1,261	33	333	+ 929
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,043	14	1,551	- 507
Pertussis	23	920	37	289	+ 631
Falls	24	869	29	383	+ 486
Drownings	25	848	40	215	+ 633
Breast Cancer	26	842	10	1,953	- 1,111
Malnutrition	27	786	51	73	+ 713
Meningitis	28	756	35	295	+ 461
Fires	29	736	43	179	+ 557
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	678	16	1,224	- 546
Stomach Cancer	31	670	22	725	- 55
Maternal Conditions	32	661	45	105	+ 556
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	619	49	79	+ 540
Leukemia	34	576	19	796	- 220
Oesophagus Cancer	35	568	47	97	+ 470
Endocrine Disorders	36	548	26	418	+ 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	525	41	197	+ 327
Drug Use	38	455	39	249	+ 206
Liver Cancer	39	452	31	366	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	40	434	32	337	+ 97
Lung Cancers	41	423	9	2,048	- 1,625
Oral Cancer	42	406	36	289	+ 117
Epilepsy	43	400	48	92	+ 308
Poisonings	44	395	46	98	+ 297
Lymphomas	45	321	18	827	- 506
HIV/AIDS	46	294	58	15	+ 279
Tetanus	47	293	52	57	+ 236
Encephalitis	48	274	50	77	+ 197
Parkinson's Disease	49	268	30	367	- 99
Hepatitis B	50	222	63	5	+ 217
Pancreas Cancer	51	210	27	411	- 201
Ovary Cancer	52	140	34	328	- 188
Syphilis	53	130	55	31	+ 100
Appendicitis	54	120	54	36	+ 84
Bladder Cancer	55	119	20	757	- 638
Schistosomiasis	56	92	60	11	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	57	88	42	188	- 100
Skin Cancers	58	74	38	276	- 203
Alcohol	59	58	53	51	+ 8
Dengue	60	53	72	0	+ 53
Skin Disease	61	33	61	8	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	62	31	59	14	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	63	29	28	404	- 375
Other Neoplasms	64	15	57	21	- 6
Ascariasis	65	13	67	1	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	10	62	7	+ 4
Diphtheria	67	10	64	5	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	6	68	1	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	69	4	44	146	- 142
Upper Respiratory	70	4	66	3	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	2	65	5	- 3
Chlamydia	72	1	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Yemen

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.