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Syria
COUNTRY #1
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SYRIA VS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Compare Syria and Central African Republic 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.

Central African Republic
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Central African Republic Population Pyramid
8,400,954
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  Syria SYRIA   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
       
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
  
36.2
41.2
38.7
159
146
156
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
40.2
45.2
42.6
160
148
154
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
45.1
50.4
47.7
157
147
153
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
47.3
52.5
49.8
165
159
163
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
44.9
47.1
46.0
177
178
178
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
47.9
50.5
49.2
181
181
181
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
50.2
56.3
53.1
182
182
182
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
50.2
56.3
182
182
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
50.2
56.3
182
182
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
56.9
62.8
181
182
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
57.3
63.3
181
182
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
57.6
63.5
181
182
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
58.4
64.0
181
182
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
59.2
64.6
181
182
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
60.1
65.4
181
182
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
61.0
66.4
181
182
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
62.3
67.7
182
182
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
64.0
69.2
182
182
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
66.1
70.9
182
182
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
68.6
72.8
182
182
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
71.3
74.9
182
182
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
74.4
77.1
183
182
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
77.7
79.6
183
182
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
81.2
82.5
182
179
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
84.9
85.7
179
170
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
88.8
89.3
169
169
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
161.58
39
2. Stroke
79.31
95
181.27
9
3. War
68.78
2
6.90
7
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
26.45
19
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
35.36
36
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
163.64
2
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
2.48
167
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
17.60
91
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
46.52
13
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
56.65
12
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
52.83
8
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
59.37
26
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.15
133
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
186.48
1
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
26.97
36
16. Asthma
9.65
67
38.64
4
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
7.72
39
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.26
143
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
4.93
81
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
73.55
2
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
3.43
140
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.09
117
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
5.08
64
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
14.93
4
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
4.47
71
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
1.95
145
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
21.36
7
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
5.31
94
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
18.81
41
30. Falls
3.00
148
9.19
26
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
14.01
11
32. Violence
2.84
116
25.46
15
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.26
66
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
12.87
16
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.81
118
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
4.02
58
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
14.54
5
38. Suicide
2.11
177
22.96
10
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
1.33
81
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
21.14
5
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
8.80
11
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
3.36
23
43. Drownings
1.21
137
4.30
39
44. Fires
1.16
103
4.94
11
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
2.54
89
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
15.30
5
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
4.53
4
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
3.37
19
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
31.52
2
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
24.59
6
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
2,900
5.48
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
3,284
6.20
3. War
7,760
9.40
314
0.59
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
5,231
9.88
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
1,790
3.38
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
710
1.34
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
4,684
8.84
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
776
1.47
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
47
0.09
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
344
0.65
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
1,153
2.18
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
2,228
4.21
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
956
1.80
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
204
0.39
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
1,141
2.15
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
116
0.22
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
761
1.44
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
119
0.22
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
88
0.17
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
23
0.04
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
2,192
4.14
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
65
0.12
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
1,252
2.36
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
621
1.17
25. Violence
444
0.54
1,009
1.91
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
423
0.80
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
37
0.07
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
156
0.29
29. Falls
383
0.46
181
0.34
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
67
0.13
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
117
0.22
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
270
0.51
33. Suicide
333
0.40
585
1.10
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
64
0.12
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
1,015
1.92
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
265
0.50
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
91
0.17
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
43
0.08
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
44
0.08
40. Drownings
215
0.26
202
0.38
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
194
0.37
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
230
0.43
43. Fires
179
0.22
142
0.27
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
20
0.04
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
1,174
2.22
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
134
0.25
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
48
0.09
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
119
0.22
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
317
0.60
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
28
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
26.45
19
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
2.48
167
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.15
133
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
26.97
36
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.26
143
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
4.93
81
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
3.43
140
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.09
117
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
5.08
64
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
1.95
145
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
5.31
94
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
18.81
41
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.26
66
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.81
118
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
4.02
58
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
2.54
89
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.