EL SALVADOR VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,834	1	5,814	+ 2,020
Stroke	2	2,247	5	1,595	+ 651
War	3	2,155	70	1	+ 2,155
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	822	4	2,418	- 1,596
Road Traffic Accidents	5	708	8	1,347	- 639
Kidney Disease	6	647	3	4,726	- 4,079
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	599	27	199	+ 400
Congenital Anomalies	8	577	14	449	+ 128
Lung Cancers	9	569	23	290	+ 279
Breast Cancer	10	542	22	291	+ 251
Liver Disease	11	478	10	797	- 319
Low Birth Weight	12	459	19	317	+ 142
Lung Disease	13	445	6	1,493	- 1,048
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	431	18	320	+ 111
Diabetes Mellitus	15	426	7	1,385	- 959
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	340	20	315	+ 25
Asthma	17	292	35	122	+ 170
Lymphomas	18	230	28	186	+ 43
Leukemia	19	221	21	312	- 91
Bladder Cancer	20	210	49	42	+ 169
Birth Trauma	21	207	37	121	+ 86
Stomach Cancer	22	201	11	702	- 501
Hypertension	23	196	31	146	+ 51
Other Injuries	24	145	38	95	+ 49
Violence	25	123	2	5,485	- 5,362
Endocrine Disorders	26	116	25	223	- 107
Pancreas Cancer	27	114	29	161	- 47
Prostate Cancer	28	112	17	328	- 216
Falls	29	106	24	243	- 137
Parkinson's Disease	30	102	44	70	+ 32
Liver Cancer	31	102	16	355	- 253
Inflammatory/Heart	32	94	42	78	+ 16
Suicide	33	92	15	391	- 298
Ovary Cancer	34	91	40	93	- 2
Meningitis	35	82	51	36	+ 46
Oral Cancer	36	80	39	94	- 14
Pertussis	37	80	52	32	+ 48
Skin Cancers	38	77	47	60	+ 17
Drug Use	39	69	43	74	- 4
Drownings	40	60	33	137	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	55	65	6	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	42	52	13	451	- 399
Fires	43	50	54	21	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	44	40	50	39	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	45	29	53	26	+ 3
Poisonings	46	27	57	15	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	47	27	41	80	- 53
Epilepsy	48	26	48	50	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	22	30	157	- 135
Encephalitis	50	21	63	7	+ 14
Malnutrition	51	20	26	214	- 194
Tetanus	52	16	60	11	+ 5
Alcohol	53	14	12	648	- 634
Appendicitis	54	10	56	18	- 8
Syphilis	55	9	58	14	- 6
Tuberculosis	56	6	46	60	- 54
Other Neoplasms	57	6	32	145	- 139
HIV/AIDS	58	4	9	842	- 838
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	64	7	- 3
Schistosomiasis	60	3	82	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	36	121	- 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	59	14	- 12
Hepatitis B	63	1	66	5	- 3
Diphtheria	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	9	- 8
Ascariasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	18	- 18
Malaria	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	67	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Syria

El Salvador

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.