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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria
SYRIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
70.6
74.3
72.4
51
73
58
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
72.1
77.0
74.5
62
74
66
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Syria
SYRIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
72.1
77.0
62
74
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
73.4
78.4
73
79
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
73.5
78.5
74
79
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
73.6
78.5
74
79
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
73.9
78.7
74
79
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
74.2
78.8
75
79
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
74.5
79.0
77
80
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
74.9
79.2
77
82
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
75.2
79.4
79
83
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
75.7
79.7
80
82
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
76.3
80.2
80
84
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
77.2
80.8
82
86
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
78.4
81.6
83
85
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.9
82.7
89
87
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
81.9
84.0
94
89
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.2
85.8
101
89
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.1
88.1
105
93
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.4
91.0
114
97
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.2
94.5
108
96
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.3
98.5
119
96
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.8
102.9
110
91
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria
SYRIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
165.34
38
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
112.19
80
  
36.89
160
3 Hypertension
25.25
104
  
3.67
183
4 Kidney Disease
21.78
67
  
3.23
185
5 Lung Disease
21.36
99
  
21.47
98
6 Other Neoplasms
20.93
1
  
2.95
92
7 Influenza & Pneumonia
20.50
139
  
23.69
125
8 Diabetes Mellitus
20.37
122
  
5.04
185
9 Other Injuries
18.97
50
  
5.54
170
10 Liver Disease
16.34
47
  
9.48
96
11 Road Traffic Accidents
16.25
91
  
4.77
180
12 Inflammatory/Heart
16.22
25
  
2.97
152
13 Breast Cancer
11.11
159
  
23.62
20
14 Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.10
5
  
0.90
140
15 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.25
47
  
17.08
14
16 Low Birth Weight
8.49
101
  
3.39
144
17 Congenital Anomalies
6.76
73
  
3.68
164
18 Lung Cancers
5.98
141
  
30.98
18
19 Lymphomas
5.87
71
  
7.35
36
20 Diarrhoeal diseases
5.08
94
  
1.95
119
21 Asthma
4.98
85
  
1.09
153
22 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.42
140
  
15.49
33
23 Leukemia
3.85
100
  
4.39
63
24 Tuberculosis
3.27
119
  
0.41
170
25 Fires
3.23
76
  
0.45
158
26 Bladder Cancer
2.90
78
  
4.27
28
27 Violence
2.79
115
  
1.14
160
28 Drug Use
2.62
23
  
2.14
27
29 Endocrine Disorders
2.56
157
  
3.13
147
30 Stomach Cancer
2.39
174
  
4.81
130
31 Parkinson Disease
2.33
41
  
3.48
8
32 Prostatic Hypertrophy
2.12
4
  
0.12
153
33 Epilepsy
2.07
80
  
1.57
104
34 Prostate Cancer
1.99
169
  
8.21
58
35 Anaemia
1.85
97
  
0.15
171
36 Birth Trauma
1.73
137
  
0.64
166
37 Drownings
1.52
145
  
0.35
187
38 Schistosomiasis
1.44
41
  
0.00
64
39 Oral Cancer
1.42
171
  
2.39
113
40 Maternal Conditions
1.34
98
  
0.15
151
41 Falls
1.18
166
  
3.51
109
42 Pancreas Cancer
1.18
159
  
6.81
39
43 Meningitis
1.18
116
  
0.41
149
44 Ovary Cancer
1.13
175
  
3.96
20
45 Liver Cancer
1.12
191
  
3.07
164
46 Malnutrition
1.07
110
  
0.07
172
47 Poisonings
0.98
135
  
2.81
89
48 Oesophagus Cancer
0.82
173
  
7.62
30
49 Multiple Sclerosis
0.73
23
  
1.33
4
50 Hepatitis B
0.71
84
  
0.07
177
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Syria
SYRIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
14,409
22.03
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
9,766
14.93
  
55,919
11.98
3 Other Injuries
2,875
4.40
  
6,029
1.29
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
2,733
4.18
  
37,348
8.00
5 Road Traffic Accidents
2,722
4.16
  
3,073
0.66
6 Low Birth Weight
2,708
4.14
  
1,386
0.30
7 Hypertension
2,516
3.85
  
5,191
1.11
8 Other Neoplasms
2,165
3.31
  
3,829
0.82
9 Congenital Anomalies
2,157
3.30
  
1,950
0.42
10 Diabetes Mellitus
1,940
2.97
  
6,682
1.43
11 Kidney Disease
1,930
2.95
  
4,804
1.03
12 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,874
2.87
  
1,204
0.26
13 Lung Disease
1,772
2.71
  
29,069
6.23
14 Liver Disease
1,507
2.30
  
7,767
1.66
15 Inflammatory/Heart
1,377
2.11
  
3,014
0.65
16 Lymphomas
797
1.22
  
8,744
1.87
17 Diarrhoeal diseases
743
1.14
  
3,081
0.66
18 Fires
690
1.06
  
380
0.08
19 Alzheimers/Dementia
680
1.04
  
29,116
6.24
20 Breast Cancer
667
1.02
  
14,343
3.07
21 Asthma
622
0.95
  
1,260
0.27
22 Leukemia
615
0.94
  
5,077
1.09
23 Lung Cancers
591
0.90
  
35,845
7.68
24 Tuberculosis
565
0.86
  
443
0.09
25 Birth Trauma
553
0.85
  
262
0.06
26 Violence
511
0.78
  
703
0.15
27 Colon-Rectum Cancers
457
0.70
  
18,951
4.06
28 Drug Use
410
0.63
  
1,247
0.27
29 Endocrine Disorders
380
0.58
  
3,056
0.65
30 Anaemia
332
0.51
  
260
0.06
31 Drownings
319
0.49
  
233
0.05
32 Meningitis
289
0.44
  
278
0.06
33 Maternal Conditions
278
0.43
  
81
0.02
34 Epilepsy
266
0.41
  
1,201
0.26
35 Bladder Cancer
264
0.40
  
5,842
1.25
36 Stomach Cancer
253
0.39
  
6,006
1.29
37 Poisonings
212
0.32
  
1,805
0.39
38 Schistosomiasis
192
0.29
  
1
0.00
39 Parkinson Disease
181
0.28
  
5,348
1.15
40 Falls
168
0.26
  
4,450
0.95
41 Oral Cancer
164
0.25
  
2,428
0.52
42 Prostate Cancer
164
0.25
  
11,508
2.46
43 Prostatic Hypertrophy
162
0.25
  
193
0.04
44 Malnutrition
141
0.22
  
85
0.02
45 Ovary Cancer
127
0.19
  
4,366
0.94
46 Liver Cancer
115
0.18
  
3,470
0.74
47 Pancreas Cancer
114
0.17
  
7,954
1.70
48 Suicide
100
0.15
  
4,660
1.00
49 Hepatitis B
98
0.15
  
57
0.01
50 Alcohol
82
0.13
  
862
0.18
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria
SYRIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Other Neoplasms
20.93
1
  
2.95
92
2 Breast Cancer
11.11
159
  
23.62
20
3 Lung Cancers
5.98
141
  
30.98
18
4 Lymphomas
5.87
71
  
7.35
36
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.42
140
  
15.49
33
6 Leukemia
3.85
100
  
4.39
63
7 Bladder Cancer
2.90
78
  
4.27
28
8 Stomach Cancer
2.39
174
  
4.81
130
9 Prostate Cancer
1.99
169
  
8.21
58
10 Oral Cancer
1.42
171
  
2.39
113
11 Pancreas Cancer
1.18
159
  
6.81
39
12 Ovary Cancer
1.13
175
  
3.96
20
13 Liver Cancer
1.12
191
  
3.07
164
14 Oesophagus Cancer
0.82
173
  
7.62
30
15 Cervical Cancer
0.47
189
  
1.38
161
16 Uterin Cancer
0.46
152
  
1.53
64
17 Skin Cancers
0.44
160
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Syria
SYRIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
20,178,485
55
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.05
19
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
35.9 %
61
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
60.8 %
127
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.4 %
147
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
25.90
61
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
4.61
173
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
3.12
61
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
25.87
80
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.06
42
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.05
28
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.89
37
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.13
41
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
79.6
130
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
86.0
118
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
73.6
124
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
9.0
65
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
74.5
66
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
63.0
91
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$4,800
116
  
$36,600
23
 

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