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Syria
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
SYRIA VS JAPAN

Compare Syria and Japan health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Japan
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Syria Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
      Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    48.2
    51.0
    49.6
    97
    97
    97
    		  
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    1970
    54.3
    57.6
    55.9
    94
    94
    94
    		  
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    1980
    61.5
    65.1
    63.3
    83
    88
    86
    		  
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    1990
    66.7
    70.3
    68.4
    64
    92
    82
    		  
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    2000
    70.5
    74.9
    72.6
    50
    67
    57
    		  
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    2010
    71.9
    75.5
    73.7
    60
    89
    76
    		  
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    2019
    71.2
    74.3
    72.7
    87
    110
    105
    		  
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    71.2
    74.3
    87
    110
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    Age 5
    73.0
    75.9
    84
    109
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 10
    73.4
    76.2
    82
    107
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 15
    73.8
    76.4
    73
    106
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 20
    74.0
    76.6
    74
    106
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 25
    74.3
    76.7
    75
    106
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    Age 30
    74.5
    76.9
    75
    106
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    Age 35
    74.8
    77.1
    78
    107
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    Age 40
    75.1
    77.3
    80
    108
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    Age 45
    75.5
    77.6
    82
    108
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    Age 50
    76.1
    78.0
    82
    108
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    Age 55
    77.0
    78.5
    83
    111
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    Age 60
    78.2
    79.3
    84
    116
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    Age 65
    79.9
    80.4
    82
    130
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    Age 70
    81.8
    81.8
    82
    143
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    Age 75
    84.0
    83.5
    83
    164
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    Age 80
    86.6
    85.6
    99
    175
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    Age 85
    89.5
    88.2
    126
    180
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    279.54
    12
    30.62
    181
    2. Stroke
    79.31
    95
    23.21
    161
    3. War
    68.78
    2
    0.01
    142
    4. Breast Cancer
    31.59
    9
    10.31
    155
    5. Kidney Disease
    22.22
    96
    7.61
    154
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    21.72
    107
    16.56
    129
    7. Lung Cancers
    18.90
    59
    18.06
    66
    8. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.14
    102
    7.87
    159
    9. Road Traffic Accidents
    16.75
    87
    2.21
    175
    10. Lung Disease
    16.00
    132
    12.69
    156
    11. Liver Disease
    15.66
    104
    4.78
    164
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    15.00
    124
    1.35
    182
    13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.27
    58
    13.59
    37
    14. Diarrhoeal diseases
    10.38
    67
    0.53
    161
    15. Prostate Cancer
    9.82
    134
    6.05
    157
    16. Asthma
    9.65
    67
    0.36
    174
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    8.06
    30
    2.49
    167
    18. Bladder Cancer
    7.53
    3
    1.86
    104
    19. Lymphomas
    7.40
    15
    4.22
    111
    20. Hypertension
    7.33
    147
    1.07
    183
    21. Stomach Cancer
    6.43
    84
    11.47
    28
    22. Leukemia
    6.15
    5
    2.76
    133
    23. Ovary Cancer
    5.40
    55
    3.30
    136
    24. Low Birth Weight
    5.18
    86
    0.32
    183
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    3.99
    96
    2.33
    156
    26. Pancreas Cancer
    3.71
    92
    8.87
    10
    27. Other Injuries
    3.62
    158
    4.92
    133
    28. Liver Cancer
    3.43
    154
    6.62
    62
    29. Cervical Cancer
    3.07
    144
    2.73
    152
    30. Falls
    3.00
    148
    1.98
    173
    31. Endocrine Disorders
    2.96
    114
    2.36
    135
    32. Violence
    2.84
    116
    0.19
    183
    33. Skin Cancers
    2.74
    41
    0.42
    167
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.72
    146
    2.08
    163
    35. Uterin Cancer
    2.56
    79
    2.02
    106
    36. Oral Cancer
    2.45
    106
    2.19
    124
    37. Birth Trauma
    2.40
    87
    0.17
    180
    38. Suicide
    2.11
    177
    12.24
    49
    39. Drug Use
    1.89
    51
    0.33
    177
    40. Meningitis
    1.74
    66
    0.09
    180
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.52
    92
    0.40
    162
    42. Pertussis
    1.35
    58
    0.00
    149
    43. Drownings
    1.21
    137
    2.12
    109
    44. Fires
    1.16
    103
    0.33
    161
    45. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.88
    163
    3.28
    61
    46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.75
    162
    0.61
    169
    47. Poisonings
    0.66
    83
    0.14
    160
    48. Epilepsy
    0.59
    170
    0.51
    176
    49. Maternal Conditions
    0.58
    105
    0.04
    175
    50. Malnutrition
    0.53
    113
    0.41
    118
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    28,203
    34.16
    163,905
    14.84
    2. Stroke
    8,088
    9.80
    121,823
    11.03
    3. War
    7,760
    9.40
    15
    0.00
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    2,958
    3.58
    107,899
    9.77
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    2,550
    3.09
    4,566
    0.41
    6. Kidney Disease
    2,329
    2.82
    44,779
    4.05
    7. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,156
    2.61
    2,731
    0.25
    8. Congenital Anomalies
    2,077
    2.52
    2,473
    0.22
    9. Lung Cancers
    2,048
    2.48
    79,688
    7.21
    10. Breast Cancer
    1,953
    2.37
    15,805
    1.43
    11. Liver Disease
    1,720
    2.08
    14,195
    1.29
    12. Low Birth Weight
    1,652
    2.00
    202
    0.02
    13. Lung Disease
    1,601
    1.94
    78,169
    7.08
    14. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,551
    1.88
    56,937
    5.15
    15. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,534
    1.86
    5,433
    0.49
    16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,224
    1.48
    57,340
    5.19
    17. Asthma
    1,052
    1.27
    1,922
    0.17
    18. Lymphomas
    827
    1.00
    19,273
    1.74
    19. Leukemia
    796
    0.96
    9,607
    0.87
    20. Bladder Cancer
    757
    0.92
    9,936
    0.90
    21. Birth Trauma
    744
    0.90
    104
    0.01
    22. Stomach Cancer
    725
    0.88
    50,433
    4.57
    23. Hypertension
    707
    0.86
    6,673
    0.60
    24. Other Injuries
    521
    0.63
    22,068
    2.00
    25. Violence
    444
    0.54
    266
    0.02
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    418
    0.51
    11,486
    1.04
    27. Pancreas Cancer
    411
    0.50
    37,027
    3.35
    28. Prostate Cancer
    404
    0.49
    13,515
    1.22
    29. Falls
    383
    0.46
    9,736
    0.88
    30. Parkinson's Disease
    367
    0.44
    14,007
    1.27
    31. Liver Cancer
    366
    0.44
    29,384
    2.66
    32. Inflammatory/Heart
    337
    0.41
    8,232
    0.75
    33. Suicide
    333
    0.40
    19,466
    1.76
    34. Ovary Cancer
    328
    0.40
    5,061
    0.46
    35. Meningitis
    295
    0.36
    308
    0.03
    36. Pertussis
    289
    0.35
    1
    0.00
    37. Oral Cancer
    289
    0.35
    8,333
    0.75
    38. Skin Cancers
    276
    0.33
    1,843
    0.17
    39. Drug Use
    249
    0.30
    732
    0.07
    40. Drownings
    215
    0.26
    8,409
    0.76
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    197
    0.24
    2,555
    0.23
    42. Cervical Cancer
    188
    0.23
    3,799
    0.34
    43. Fires
    179
    0.22
    1,007
    0.09
    44. Uterin Cancer
    146
    0.18
    3,461
    0.31
    45. Maternal Conditions
    105
    0.13
    39
    0.00
    46. Poisonings
    98
    0.12
    255
    0.02
    47. Oesophagus Cancer
    97
    0.12
    12,316
    1.11
    48. Epilepsy
    92
    0.11
    1,558
    0.14
    49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    79
    0.10
    2,922
    0.26
    50. Encephalitis
    77
    0.09
    5
    0.00
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    31.59
    9
    10.31
    155
    2. Lung Cancers
    18.90
    59
    18.06
    66
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.27
    58
    13.59
    37
    4. Prostate Cancer
    9.82
    134
    6.05
    157
    5. Bladder Cancer
    7.53
    3
    1.86
    104
    6. Lymphomas
    7.40
    15
    4.22
    111
    7. Stomach Cancer
    6.43
    84
    11.47
    28
    8. Leukemia
    6.15
    5
    2.76
    133
    9. Ovary Cancer
    5.40
    55
    3.30
    136
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    3.71
    92
    8.87
    10
    11. Liver Cancer
    3.43
    154
    6.62
    62
    12. Cervical Cancer
    3.07
    144
    2.73
    152
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.74
    41
    0.42
    167
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.56
    79
    2.02
    106
    15. Oral Cancer
    2.45
    106
    2.19
    124
    16. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.88
    163
    3.28
    61
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.