World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Syria and Sudan 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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
SYRIA | SUDAN | ||||||||||||
SYRIA | SUDAN | ||||||||||||
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
|
39.0
|
41.8
|
40.4
|
147
|
142
|
145
|
|
1970 |
54.3
|
57.6
|
55.9
|
94
|
94
|
94
|
42.9
|
45.6
|
44.2
|
147
|
144
|
146
|
|
1980 |
61.5
|
65.1
|
63.3
|
83
|
88
|
86
|
48.0
|
50.8
|
49.3
|
147
|
145
|
145
|
|
1990 |
66.7
|
70.3
|
68.4
|
64
|
92
|
82
|
51.4
|
54.4
|
52.9
|
154
|
154
|
155
|
|
2000 |
70.5
|
74.9
|
72.6
|
50
|
67
|
57
|
56.8
|
60.4
|
58.6
|
137
|
137
|
139
|
|
2010 |
71.9
|
75.5
|
73.7
|
60
|
89
|
76
|
60.7
|
64.3
|
62.5
|
140
|
141
|
140
|
|
2019 |
71.2
|
74.3
|
72.7
|
87
|
110
|
105
|
67.6
|
70.8
|
69.1
|
123
|
129
|
125
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
SYRIA | SUDAN | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
71.2
|
74.3
|
87
|
110
|
67.6
|
70.8
|
123
|
129
|
|
Age 5 |
73.0
|
75.9
|
84
|
109
|
72.0
|
74.7
|
94
|
120
|
|
Age 10 |
73.4
|
76.2
|
82
|
107
|
72.4
|
75.0
|
89
|
118
|
|
Age 15 |
73.8
|
76.4
|
73
|
106
|
72.6
|
75.2
|
87
|
117
|
|
Age 20 |
74.0
|
76.6
|
74
|
106
|
72.9
|
75.4
|
88
|
117
|
|
Age 25 |
74.3
|
76.7
|
75
|
106
|
73.2
|
75.6
|
88
|
117
|
|
Age 30 |
74.5
|
76.9
|
75
|
106
|
73.6
|
75.9
|
89
|
117
|
|
Age 35 |
74.8
|
77.1
|
78
|
107
|
74.0
|
76.2
|
90
|
117
|
|
Age 40 |
75.1
|
77.3
|
80
|
108
|
74.4
|
76.6
|
89
|
116
|
|
Age 45 |
75.5
|
77.6
|
82
|
108
|
75.0
|
77.1
|
90
|
114
|
|
Age 50 |
76.1
|
78.0
|
82
|
108
|
75.7
|
77.7
|
90
|
114
|
|
Age 55 |
77.0
|
78.5
|
83
|
111
|
76.6
|
78.4
|
89
|
114
|
|
Age 60 |
78.2
|
79.3
|
84
|
116
|
77.8
|
79.4
|
89
|
111
|
|
Age 65 |
79.9
|
80.4
|
82
|
130
|
79.4
|
80.7
|
92
|
111
|
|
Age 70 |
81.8
|
81.8
|
82
|
143
|
81.4
|
82.3
|
98
|
113
|
|
Age 75 |
84.0
|
83.5
|
83
|
164
|
83.8
|
84.5
|
97
|
114
|
|
Age 80 |
86.6
|
85.6
|
99
|
175
|
86.6
|
87.1
|
98
|
112
|
|
Age 85 |
89.5
|
88.2
|
126
|
180
|
89.8
|
90.2
|
90
|
106
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
SYRIA | SUDAN | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
279.54
|
12
|
231.30
|
20
|
|
2. | Stroke |
79.31
|
95
|
108.71
|
60
|
|
3. | War |
68.78
|
2
|
0.86
|
21
|
|
4. | Breast Cancer |
31.59
|
9
|
24.70
|
29
|
|
5. | Kidney Disease |
22.22
|
96
|
24.83
|
75
|
|
6. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
21.72
|
107
|
30.74
|
83
|
|
7. | Lung Cancers |
18.90
|
59
|
2.40
|
168
|
|
8. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
17.14
|
102
|
17.52
|
94
|
|
9. | Road Traffic Accidents |
16.75
|
87
|
36.38
|
33
|
|
10. | Lung Disease |
16.00
|
132
|
23.39
|
85
|
|
11. | Liver Disease |
15.66
|
104
|
19.11
|
92
|
|
12. | Diabetes Mellitus |
15.00
|
124
|
15.23
|
122
|
|
13. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
11.27
|
58
|
4.61
|
154
|
|
14. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
10.38
|
67
|
13.22
|
63
|
|
15. | Prostate Cancer |
9.82
|
134
|
7.55
|
143
|
|
16. | Asthma |
9.65
|
67
|
12.79
|
51
|
|
17. | Congenital Anomalies |
8.06
|
30
|
6.55
|
66
|
|
18. | Bladder Cancer |
7.53
|
3
|
1.94
|
101
|
|
19. | Lymphomas |
7.40
|
15
|
6.85
|
20
|
|
20. | Hypertension |
7.33
|
147
|
40.23
|
23
|
|
21. | Stomach Cancer |
6.43
|
84
|
2.16
|
175
|
|
22. | Leukemia |
6.15
|
5
|
6.37
|
2
|
|
23. | Ovary Cancer |
5.40
|
55
|
6.51
|
24
|
|
24. | Low Birth Weight |
5.18
|
86
|
14.18
|
9
|
|
25. | Parkinson's Disease |
3.99
|
96
|
4.17
|
90
|
|
26. | Pancreas Cancer |
3.71
|
92
|
1.20
|
163
|
|
27. | Other Injuries |
3.62
|
158
|
6.73
|
105
|
|
28. | Liver Cancer |
3.43
|
154
|
4.10
|
124
|
|
29. | Cervical Cancer |
3.07
|
144
|
6.36
|
112
|
|
30. | Falls |
3.00
|
148
|
4.91
|
104
|
|
31. | Endocrine Disorders |
2.96
|
114
|
3.60
|
87
|
|
32. | Violence |
2.84
|
116
|
6.81
|
69
|
|
33. | Skin Cancers |
2.74
|
41
|
1.67
|
108
|
|
34. | Inflammatory/Heart |
2.72
|
146
|
2.98
|
140
|
|
35. | Uterin Cancer |
2.56
|
79
|
0.67
|
172
|
|
36. | Oral Cancer |
2.45
|
106
|
2.23
|
119
|
|
37. | Birth Trauma |
2.40
|
87
|
7.45
|
45
|
|
38. | Suicide |
2.11
|
177
|
4.76
|
143
|
|
39. | Drug Use |
1.89
|
51
|
3.34
|
21
|
|
40. | Meningitis |
1.74
|
66
|
2.06
|
61
|
|
41. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
1.52
|
92
|
2.53
|
54
|
|
42. | Pertussis |
1.35
|
58
|
2.72
|
27
|
|
43. | Drownings |
1.21
|
137
|
3.02
|
74
|
|
44. | Fires |
1.16
|
103
|
3.17
|
44
|
|
45. | Oesophagus Cancer |
0.88
|
163
|
5.26
|
36
|
|
46. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
0.75
|
162
|
3.90
|
70
|
|
47. | Poisonings |
0.66
|
83
|
1.59
|
55
|
|
48. | Epilepsy |
0.59
|
170
|
1.59
|
93
|
|
49. | Maternal Conditions |
0.58
|
105
|
5.36
|
46
|
|
50. | Malnutrition |
0.53
|
113
|
2.39
|
82
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
SYRIA | SUDAN | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
28,203
|
34.16
|
43,966
|
20.16
|
|
2. | Stroke |
8,088
|
9.80
|
20,582
|
9.44
|
|
3. | War |
7,760
|
9.40
|
336
|
0.15
|
|
4. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
2,958
|
3.58
|
12,619
|
5.79
|
|
5. | Road Traffic Accidents |
2,550
|
3.09
|
11,459
|
5.25
|
|
6. | Kidney Disease |
2,329
|
2.82
|
5,095
|
2.34
|
|
7. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
2,156
|
2.61
|
6,277
|
2.88
|
|
8. | Congenital Anomalies |
2,077
|
2.52
|
5,507
|
2.53
|
|
9. | Lung Cancers |
2,048
|
2.48
|
545
|
0.25
|
|
10. | Breast Cancer |
1,953
|
2.37
|
3,071
|
1.41
|
|
11. | Liver Disease |
1,720
|
2.08
|
4,348
|
1.99
|
|
12. | Low Birth Weight |
1,652
|
2.00
|
16,036
|
7.35
|
|
13. | Lung Disease |
1,601
|
1.94
|
4,382
|
2.01
|
|
14. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
1,551
|
1.88
|
2,584
|
1.18
|
|
15. | Diabetes Mellitus |
1,534
|
1.86
|
3,070
|
1.41
|
|
16. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
1,224
|
1.48
|
1,049
|
0.48
|
|
17. | Asthma |
1,052
|
1.27
|
2,636
|
1.21
|
|
18. | Lymphomas |
827
|
1.00
|
1,533
|
0.70
|
|
19. | Leukemia |
796
|
0.96
|
1,828
|
0.84
|
|
20. | Bladder Cancer |
757
|
0.92
|
369
|
0.17
|
|
21. | Birth Trauma |
744
|
0.90
|
8,526
|
3.91
|
|
22. | Stomach Cancer |
725
|
0.88
|
478
|
0.22
|
|
23. | Hypertension |
707
|
0.86
|
7,287
|
3.34
|
|
24. | Other Injuries |
521
|
0.63
|
2,912
|
1.34
|
|
25. | Violence |
444
|
0.54
|
2,478
|
1.14
|
|
26. | Endocrine Disorders |
418
|
0.51
|
1,459
|
0.67
|
|
27. | Pancreas Cancer |
411
|
0.50
|
272
|
0.12
|
|
28. | Prostate Cancer |
404
|
0.49
|
523
|
0.24
|
|
29. | Falls |
383
|
0.46
|
1,559
|
0.71
|
|
30. | Parkinson's Disease |
367
|
0.44
|
705
|
0.32
|
|
31. | Liver Cancer |
366
|
0.44
|
946
|
0.43
|
|
32. | Inflammatory/Heart |
337
|
0.41
|
839
|
0.38
|
|
33. | Suicide |
333
|
0.40
|
1,644
|
0.75
|
|
34. | Ovary Cancer |
328
|
0.40
|
794
|
0.36
|
|
35. | Meningitis |
295
|
0.36
|
1,092
|
0.50
|
|
36. | Pertussis |
289
|
0.35
|
1,899
|
0.87
|
|
37. | Oral Cancer |
289
|
0.35
|
493
|
0.23
|
|
38. | Skin Cancers |
276
|
0.33
|
356
|
0.16
|
|
39. | Drug Use |
249
|
0.30
|
1,036
|
0.48
|
|
40. | Drownings |
215
|
0.26
|
1,684
|
0.77
|
|
41. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
197
|
0.24
|
684
|
0.31
|
|
42. | Cervical Cancer |
188
|
0.23
|
770
|
0.35
|
|
43. | Fires |
179
|
0.22
|
1,310
|
0.60
|
|
44. | Uterin Cancer |
146
|
0.18
|
71
|
0.03
|
|
45. | Maternal Conditions |
105
|
0.13
|
1,961
|
0.90
|
|
46. | Poisonings |
98
|
0.12
|
744
|
0.34
|
|
47. | Oesophagus Cancer |
97
|
0.12
|
1,126
|
0.52
|
|
48. | Epilepsy |
92
|
0.11
|
735
|
0.34
|
|
49. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
79
|
0.10
|
775
|
0.36
|
|
50. | Encephalitis |
77
|
0.09
|
303
|
0.14
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
SYRIA | SUDAN | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Breast Cancer |
31.59
|
9
|
24.70
|
29
|
|
2. | Lung Cancers |
18.90
|
59
|
2.40
|
168
|
|
3. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
11.27
|
58
|
4.61
|
154
|
|
4. | Prostate Cancer |
9.82
|
134
|
7.55
|
143
|
|
5. | Bladder Cancer |
7.53
|
3
|
1.94
|
101
|
|
6. | Lymphomas |
7.40
|
15
|
6.85
|
20
|
|
7. | Stomach Cancer |
6.43
|
84
|
2.16
|
175
|
|
8. | Leukemia |
6.15
|
5
|
6.37
|
2
|
|
9. | Ovary Cancer |
5.40
|
55
|
6.51
|
24
|
|
10. | Pancreas Cancer |
3.71
|
92
|
1.20
|
163
|
|
11. | Liver Cancer |
3.43
|
154
|
4.10
|
124
|
|
12. | Cervical Cancer |
3.07
|
144
|
6.36
|
112
|
|
13. | Skin Cancers |
2.74
|
41
|
1.67
|
108
|
|
14. | Uterin Cancer |
2.56
|
79
|
0.67
|
172
|
|
15. | Oral Cancer |
2.45
|
106
|
2.23
|
119
|
|
16. | Oesophagus Cancer |
0.88
|
163
|
5.26
|
36
|
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.
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.