WORLD HEALTH REVIEW SYRIA VS SOMALIA

COUNTRY #1

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Compare Syria and Somalia 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.

COUNTRY #2

DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Syria Population Pyramid

33,129,325

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Somalia Population Pyramid

34,922,449

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	SYRIA				SOMALIA
	SYRIA						SOMALIA
				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	34.7	37.7	36.2	163	158	163
1970	54.3	57.6	55.9	94	94	94	38.7	41.8	40.2	162	159	162
1980	61.5	65.1	63.3	83	88	86	41.0	44.2	42.6	171	169	169
1990	66.7	70.3	68.4	64	92	82	40.0	43.3	41.6	180	179	179
2000	70.5	74.9	72.6	50	67	57	49.1	51.8	50.5	163	164	162
2010	71.9	75.5	73.7	60	89	76	50.8	54.1	52.4	176	173	174
2019	71.2	74.3	72.7	87	110	105	54.0	59.2	56.5	180	181	181

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	SYRIA				SOMALIA
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	71.2	74.3	87	110	54.0	59.2	180	181
Age	71.2	74.3	87	110	54.0	59.2	180	181
Age 5	73.0	75.9	84	109	61.4	66.4	177	178
Age 10	73.4	76.2	82	107	62.3	67.4	176	177
Age 15	73.8	76.4	73	106	62.8	67.8	175	176
Age 20	74.0	76.6	74	106	63.4	68.2	175	176
Age 25	74.3	76.7	75	106	64.1	68.6	175	176
Age 30	74.5	76.9	75	106	64.8	69.2	175	177
Age 35	74.8	77.1	78	107	65.5	69.8	176	178
Age 40	75.1	77.3	80	108	66.4	70.6	176	178
Age 45	75.5	77.6	82	108	67.6	71.6	177	178
Age 50	76.1	78.0	82	108	69.1	72.8	177	178
Age 55	77.0	78.5	83	111	71.0	74.3	179	178
Age 60	78.2	79.3	84	116	73.2	76.0	179	178
Age 65	79.9	80.4	82	130	75.8	78.1	179	178
Age 70	81.8	81.8	82	143	78.7	80.3	179	176
Age 75	84.0	83.5	83	164	81.9	83.0	178	172
Age 80	86.6	85.6	99	175	85.4	86.1	171	166
Age 85	89.5	88.2	126	180	89.1	89.5	159	163

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		SYRIA		SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	279.54	12	129.66	67
2.	Stroke	79.31	95	150.17	23
3.	War	68.78	2	9.09	5
4.	Breast Cancer	31.59	9	33.65	7
5.	Kidney Disease	22.22	96	31.84	49
6.	Influenza and Pneumonia	21.72	107	155.59	3
7.	Lung Cancers	18.90	59	3.67	149
8.	Alzheimers & Dementia	17.14	102	18.02	82
9.	Road Traffic Accidents	16.75	87	38.94	28
10.	Lung Disease	16.00	132	44.55	22
11.	Liver Disease	15.66	104	57.15	7
12.	Diabetes Mellitus	15.00	124	48.19	41
13.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	11.27	58	8.09	101
14.	Diarrhoeal diseases	10.38	67	128.81	3
15.	Prostate Cancer	9.82	134	12.27	123
16.	Asthma	9.65	67	25.62	9
17.	Congenital Anomalies	8.06	30	8.94	20
18.	Bladder Cancer	7.53	3	2.40	74
19.	Lymphomas	7.40	15	7.68	12
20.	Hypertension	7.33	147	50.05	15
21.	Stomach Cancer	6.43	84	4.92	109
22.	Leukemia	6.15	5	6.38	1
23.	Ovary Cancer	5.40	55	8.19	6
24.	Low Birth Weight	5.18	86	11.34	25
25.	Parkinson's Disease	3.99	96	3.95	100
26.	Pancreas Cancer	3.71	92	1.69	148
27.	Other Injuries	3.62	158	31.38	1
28.	Liver Cancer	3.43	154	3.62	148
29.	Cervical Cancer	3.07	144	23.71	28
30.	Falls	3.00	148	7.93	52
31.	Endocrine Disorders	2.96	114	3.58	88
32.	Violence	2.84	116	6.81	70
33.	Skin Cancers	2.74	41	2.55	50
34.	Inflammatory/Heart	2.72	146	5.86	70
35.	Uterin Cancer	2.56	79	2.44	83
36.	Oral Cancer	2.45	106	4.64	44
37.	Birth Trauma	2.40	87	16.45	1
38.	Suicide	2.11	177	14.66	29
39.	Drug Use	1.89	51	0.62	150
40.	Meningitis	1.74	66	31.66	1
41.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	1.52	92	5.27	20
42.	Pertussis	1.35	58	6.89	3
43.	Drownings	1.21	137	6.47	16
44.	Fires	1.16	103	6.16	6
45.	Oesophagus Cancer	0.88	163	7.97	19
46.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	0.75	162	8.06	22
47.	Poisonings	0.66	83	5.99	1
48.	Epilepsy	0.59	170	3.50	15
49.	Maternal Conditions	0.58	105	38.60	1
50.	Malnutrition	0.53	113	42.27	1

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		SYRIA		SOMALIA
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	28,203	34.16	7,233	4.57
2.	Stroke	8,088	9.80	8,595	5.43
3.	War	7,760	9.40	1,318	0.83
4.	Influenza and Pneumonia	2,958	3.58	21,712	13.71
5.	Road Traffic Accidents	2,550	3.09	4,231	2.67
6.	Kidney Disease	2,329	2.82	2,051	1.29
7.	Diarrhoeal diseases	2,156	2.61	15,363	9.70
8.	Congenital Anomalies	2,077	2.52	3,410	2.15
9.	Lung Cancers	2,048	2.48	233	0.15
10.	Breast Cancer	1,953	2.37	1,232	0.78
11.	Liver Disease	1,720	2.08	3,917	2.47
12.	Low Birth Weight	1,652	2.00	6,250	3.95
13.	Lung Disease	1,601	1.94	2,442	1.54
14.	Alzheimers & Dementia	1,551	1.88	647	0.41
15.	Diabetes Mellitus	1,534	1.86	2,888	1.82
16.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	1,224	1.48	546	0.34
17.	Asthma	1,052	1.27	1,878	1.19
18.	Lymphomas	827	1.00	605	0.38
19.	Leukemia	796	0.96	562	0.35
20.	Bladder Cancer	757	0.92	149	0.09
21.	Birth Trauma	744	0.90	9,573	6.04
22.	Stomach Cancer	725	0.88	310	0.20
23.	Hypertension	707	0.86	2,643	1.67
24.	Other Injuries	521	0.63	3,602	2.27
25.	Violence	444	0.54	828	0.52
26.	Endocrine Disorders	418	0.51	406	0.26
27.	Pancreas Cancer	411	0.50	108	0.07
28.	Prostate Cancer	404	0.49	285	0.18
29.	Falls	383	0.46	548	0.35
30.	Parkinson's Disease	367	0.44	184	0.12
31.	Liver Cancer	366	0.44	256	0.16
32.	Inflammatory/Heart	337	0.41	521	0.33
33.	Suicide	333	0.40	1,219	0.77
34.	Ovary Cancer	328	0.40	295	0.19
35.	Meningitis	295	0.36	5,381	3.40
36.	Pertussis	289	0.35	2,054	1.30
37.	Oral Cancer	289	0.35	328	0.21
38.	Skin Cancers	276	0.33	164	0.10
39.	Drug Use	249	0.30	54	0.03
40.	Drownings	215	0.26	1,272	0.80
41.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	197	0.24	446	0.28
42.	Cervical Cancer	188	0.23	883	0.56
43.	Fires	179	0.22	810	0.51
44.	Uterin Cancer	146	0.18	78	0.05
45.	Maternal Conditions	105	0.13	4,127	2.61
46.	Poisonings	98	0.12	758	0.48
47.	Oesophagus Cancer	97	0.12	516	0.33
48.	Epilepsy	92	0.11	419	0.26
49.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	79	0.10	559	0.35
50.	Encephalitis	77	0.09	91	0.06

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		SYRIA		SOMALIA
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Breast Cancer	31.59	9	33.65	7
2.	Lung Cancers	18.90	59	3.67	149
3.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	11.27	58	8.09	101
4.	Prostate Cancer	9.82	134	12.27	123
5.	Bladder Cancer	7.53	3	2.40	74
6.	Lymphomas	7.40	15	7.68	12
7.	Stomach Cancer	6.43	84	4.92	109
8.	Leukemia	6.15	5	6.38	1
9.	Ovary Cancer	5.40	55	8.19	6
10.	Pancreas Cancer	3.71	92	1.69	148
11.	Liver Cancer	3.43	154	3.62	148
12.	Cervical Cancer	3.07	144	23.71	28
13.	Skin Cancers	2.74	41	2.55	50
14.	Uterin Cancer	2.56	79	2.44	83
15.	Oral Cancer	2.45	106	4.64	44
16.	Oesophagus Cancer	0.88	163	7.97	19

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.