ALBANIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,672	1	8,797	- 5,125
Stroke	2	1,053	2	8,790	- 7,737
War	3	1,010	64	0	+ 1,010
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	385	6	634	- 249
Road Traffic Accidents	5	332	14	337	- 5
Kidney Disease	6	303	11	399	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	281	52	9	+ 271
Congenital Anomalies	8	270	28	102	+ 168
Lung Cancers	9	267	4	1,026	- 760
Breast Cancer	10	254	17	229	+ 25
Liver Disease	11	224	12	376	- 152
Low Birth Weight	12	215	25	106	+ 109
Lung Disease	13	208	5	876	- 668
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	202	3	1,827	- 1,625
Diabetes Mellitus	15	200	19	208	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	159	20	197	- 38
Asthma	17	137	21	193	- 56
Lymphomas	18	108	31	69	+ 39
Leukemia	19	104	22	131	- 28
Bladder Cancer	20	99	15	330	- 231
Birth Trauma	21	97	41	32	+ 65
Stomach Cancer	22	94	7	493	- 399
Hypertension	23	92	10	425	- 333
Other Injuries	24	68	26	105	- 38
Violence	25	58	27	103	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	26	54	29	91	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	27	54	18	225	- 171
Prostate Cancer	28	53	16	311	- 258
Falls	29	50	23	125	- 75
Parkinson's Disease	30	48	13	369	- 321
Liver Cancer	31	48	9	434	- 386
Inflammatory/Heart	32	44	8	465	- 421
Suicide	33	43	24	125	- 82
Ovary Cancer	34	43	39	39	+ 3
Meningitis	35	38	49	14	+ 25
Oral Cancer	36	38	30	90	- 52
Pertussis	37	38	60	1	+ 36
Skin Cancers	38	36	32	64	- 28
Drug Use	39	32	44	25	+ 7
Drownings	40	28	43	25	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	26	35	50	- 25
Cervical Cancer	42	25	36	48	- 23
Fires	43	23	45	20	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	44	19	38	42	- 23
Maternal Conditions	45	14	59	2	+ 12
Poisonings	46	13	53	9	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	47	13	34	52	- 39
Epilepsy	48	12	37	44	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	10	33	57	- 47
Encephalitis	50	10	46	20	- 10
Malnutrition	51	9	58	3	+ 7
Tetanus	52	7	57	3	+ 5
Alcohol	53	7	48	18	- 12
Appendicitis	54	5	56	5	- 1
Syphilis	55	4	62	1	+ 3
Tuberculosis	56	3	54	8	- 5
Other Neoplasms	57	3	47	19	- 17
HIV/AIDS	58	2	42	26	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	40	39	- 37
Schistosomiasis	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	1	55	6	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	11	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	50	12	- 12
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Syria

Albania

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.