SYRIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	19,775	58	15	+ 19,761
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,920	4	2,958	+ 7,961
Stroke	3	9,120	2	8,088	+ 1,031
Malaria	4	9,044	79	0	+ 9,044
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	7,200	7	2,156	+ 5,045
Tuberculosis	6	6,817	56	23	+ 6,794
Birth Trauma	7	5,808	21	744	+ 5,063
Low Birth Weight	8	5,573	12	1,652	+ 3,921
Liver Disease	9	5,164	11	1,720	+ 3,444
Coronary Heart Disease	10	5,085	1	28,203	- 23,118
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,193	5	2,550	+ 1,643
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,610	8	2,077	+ 1,532
Hypertension	13	3,002	23	707	+ 2,295
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,748	15	1,534	+ 1,214
Malnutrition	15	2,642	51	73	+ 2,569
Meningitis	16	2,267	35	295	+ 1,972
Cervical Cancer	17	2,064	42	188	+ 1,876
Kidney Disease	18	2,020	6	2,329	- 309
Other Injuries	19	1,983	24	521	+ 1,462
Suicide	20	1,495	33	333	+ 1,162
Lung Disease	21	1,460	13	1,601	- 141
Maternal Conditions	22	1,363	45	105	+ 1,258
Violence	23	1,323	25	444	+ 879
Syphilis	24	1,015	55	31	+ 985
Pertussis	25	852	37	289	+ 563
Asthma	26	850	17	1,052	- 202
Drownings	27	790	40	215	+ 575
Falls	28	684	29	383	+ 301
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	677	14	1,551	- 874
Prostate Cancer	30	644	28	404	+ 240
Lymphomas	31	629	18	827	- 198
Fires	32	627	43	179	+ 448
Inflammatory/Heart	33	575	32	337	+ 238
Poisonings	34	523	46	98	+ 425
Breast Cancer	35	420	10	1,953	- 1,533
Oesophagus Cancer	36	412	47	97	+ 314
Endocrine Disorders	37	406	26	418	- 12
Epilepsy	38	381	48	92	+ 288
Leukemia	39	300	19	796	- 496
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	282	49	79	+ 203
Lung Cancers	41	259	9	2,048	- 1,789
Stomach Cancer	42	237	22	725	- 488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	233	16	1,224	- 991
Tetanus	44	218	52	57	+ 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	218	41	197	+ 20
Liver Cancer	46	203	31	366	- 164
Parkinson's Disease	47	188	30	367	- 179
Oral Cancer	48	178	36	289	- 111
Alcohol	49	161	53	51	+ 110
Bladder Cancer	50	151	20	757	- 606
Schistosomiasis	51	147	60	11	+ 136
Skin Disease	52	144	61	8	+ 137
Drug Use	53	141	39	249	- 109
Skin Cancers	54	124	38	276	- 153
Hepatitis B	55	120	63	5	+ 115
Appendicitis	56	96	54	36	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	57	95	34	328	- 233
Leishmaniasis	58	83	65	5	+ 78
Encephalitis	59	80	50	77	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	78	66	3	+ 74
Measles	61	55	70	0	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	62	49	27	411	- 362
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	34	62	7	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	64	34	44	146	- 111
Other Neoplasms	65	23	57	21	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	20	68	1	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	67	15	59	14	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	10	67	1	+ 9
War	69	7	3	7,760	- 7,753
Otitis Media	70	6	71	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	71	4	69	1	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	72	4	77	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	73	3	64	5	- 2
Dengue	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Zambia

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.