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China
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
CHINA VS SYRIA

Compare China and Syria 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.

Syria
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Syria SYRIA
  China CHINA   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
  
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
  
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
  
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
  
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
  
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
  
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
  
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
80.5
52
46
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
74.7
80.5
52
46
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
75.4
81.1
53
46
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
75.4
81.2
53
46
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
75.5
81.2
53
46
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
75.6
81.3
56
47
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
75.9
81.4
56
47
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
76.1
81.4
56
47
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
76.3
81.6
58
47
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
76.7
81.7
60
47
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
77.1
81.9
59
47
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
77.6
82.2
61
50
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
78.3
82.6
62
51
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
79.2
83.1
67
52
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
80.3
83.8
73
57
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
81.7
84.8
87
59
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
83.7
86.2
104
63
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
85.9
88.1
147
70
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
88.7
90.6
172
71
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
110.80
58
79.31
95
2. Coronary Heart Disease
97.57
115
279.54
12
3. Lung Disease
54.18
13
16.00
132
4. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
18.90
59
5. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
6.43
84
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.36
97
17.14
102
7. Hypertension
16.80
98
7.33
147
8. Road Traffic Accidents
15.09
96
16.75
87
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
11.27
58
10. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
0.88
163
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.28
152
21.72
107
12. Kidney Disease
10.39
141
22.22
96
13. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
3.43
154
14. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
31.59
9
15. Diabetes Mellitus
8.56
148
15.00
124
16. Falls
8.04
50
3.00
148
17. Liver Disease
7.57
146
15.66
104
18. Suicide
6.67
121
2.11
177
19. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
9.82
134
20. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
3.71
92
21. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
3.07
144
22. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
98
3.99
96
23. Drownings
3.66
56
1.21
137
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.53
34
1.52
92
25. Other Injuries
3.50
161
3.62
158
26. Leukemia
3.48
97
6.15
5
27. Congenital Anomalies
3.32
150
8.06
30
28. Lymphomas
3.04
145
7.40
15
29. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
2.45
106
30. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
5.40
55
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.05
106
0.75
162
32. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
7.53
3
33. Tuberculosis
1.88
111
0.19
163
34. Low Birth Weight
1.76
150
5.18
86
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
168
2.72
146
36. HIV/AIDS
1.62
111
0.09
159
37. Poisonings
1.55
57
0.66
83
38. Endocrine Disorders
1.51
162
2.96
114
39. Birth Trauma
1.40
108
2.40
87
40. Drug Use
1.34
79
1.89
51
41. Asthma
1.29
123
9.65
67
42. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
2.56
79
43. Alcohol
1.05
111
0.39
152
44. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
2.74
41
45. Malnutrition
0.78
107
0.53
113
46. Epilepsy
0.74
163
0.59
170
47. Violence
0.73
166
2.84
116
48. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.72
150
10.38
67
49. Fires
0.62
129
1.16
103
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.55
41
0.06
172
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  China CHINA   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2.043m
21.27
8,088
9.80
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1.772m
18.44
28,203
34.16
3. Lung Disease
968,607
10.08
1,601
1.94
4. Lung Cancers
714,311
7.44
2,048
2.48
5. Stomach Cancer
398,439
4.15
725
0.88
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
304,455
3.17
1,551
1.88
7. Hypertension
301,183
3.14
707
0.86
8. Road Traffic Accidents
250,272
2.61
2,550
3.09
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
248,388
2.59
1,224
1.48
10. Oesophagus Cancer
242,891
2.53
97
0.12
11. Kidney Disease
192,302
2.00
2,329
2.82
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
183,342
1.91
2,958
3.58
13. Liver Cancer
180,952
1.88
366
0.44
14. Diabetes Mellitus
161,672
1.68
1,534
1.86
15. Liver Disease
145,603
1.52
1,720
2.08
16. Falls
138,878
1.45
383
0.46
17. Suicide
116,324
1.21
333
0.40
18. Pancreas Cancer
111,537
1.16
411
0.50
19. Breast Cancer
92,757
0.97
1,953
2.37
20. Parkinson's Disease
70,699
0.74
367
0.44
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
65,350
0.68
197
0.24
22. Leukemia
58,145
0.61
796
0.96
23. Lymphomas
57,838
0.60
827
1.00
24. Oral Cancer
54,695
0.57
289
0.35
25. Other Injuries
54,087
0.56
521
0.63
26. Drownings
52,807
0.55
215
0.26
27. Cervical Cancer
51,650
0.54
188
0.23
28. Prostate Cancer
51,056
0.53
404
0.49
29. Bladder Cancer
37,873
0.39
757
0.92
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
37,723
0.39
79
0.10
31. Congenital Anomalies
36,613
0.38
2,077
2.52
32. Tuberculosis
34,802
0.36
23
0.03
33. Inflammatory/Heart
29,954
0.31
337
0.41
34. HIV/AIDS
28,746
0.30
15
0.02
35. Ovary Cancer
28,078
0.29
328
0.40
36. Poisonings
25,762
0.27
98
0.12
37. Endocrine Disorders
25,613
0.27
418
0.51
38. Drug Use
24,214
0.25
249
0.30
39. Asthma
23,147
0.24
1,052
1.27
40. Low Birth Weight
21,631
0.23
1,652
2.00
41. Skin Cancers
19,669
0.20
276
0.33
42. Alcohol
19,071
0.20
51
0.06
43. Birth Trauma
17,644
0.18
744
0.90
44. Malnutrition
12,995
0.14
73
0.09
45. Uterin Cancer
11,751
0.12
146
0.18
46. Epilepsy
11,365
0.12
92
0.11
47. Violence
11,115
0.12
444
0.54
48. Fires
10,498
0.11
179
0.22
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
10,108
0.11
7
0.01
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
8,719
0.09
2,156
2.61
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
18.90
59
2. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
6.43
84
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
11.27
58
4. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
0.88
163
5. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
3.43
154
6. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
31.59
9
7. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
9.82
134
8. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
3.71
92
9. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
3.07
144
10. Leukemia
3.48
97
6.15
5
11. Lymphomas
3.04
145
7.40
15
12. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
2.45
106
13. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
5.40
55
14. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
7.53
3
15. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
2.56
79
16. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
2.74
41
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.