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Syria
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
SYRIA VS LATVIA

Compare Syria and Latvia 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.

Latvia
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
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Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Latvia LATVIA
  Syria SYRIA   Latvia LATVIA
       
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
  
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Latvia LATVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
70.9
80.1
116
61
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
71.1
80.2
118
60
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
71.3
80.3
118
61
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
71.6
80.4
119
62
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
72.2
80.6
119
61
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
72.7
80.8
121
61
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
73.5
81.2
119
61
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
74.4
81.6
118
58
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
75.7
82.2
111
57
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
77.3
83.0
108
56
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
79.1
83.9
104
56
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
81.4
85.0
95
56
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
84.0
86.4
87
59
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
86.7
88.1
85
69
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
89.7
90.2
108
107
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Latvia LATVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
146.65
49
2. Stroke
79.31
95
99.14
74
3. War
68.78
2
0.01
144
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
19.03
63
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
6.43
158
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
12.01
149
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
23.52
33
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
9.94
155
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
7.17
138
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
7.50
177
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
13.03
113
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
10.89
141
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
15.41
24
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
0.26
170
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
28.10
34
16. Asthma
9.65
67
0.88
139
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
2.45
168
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
4.46
17
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
6.05
41
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
19.91
83
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
11.16
30
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
4.38
53
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
8.99
3
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
0.57
180
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
2.07
160
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
10.04
4
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
11.98
45
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
3.97
133
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
7.05
105
30. Falls
3.00
148
4.77
106
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
1.76
156
32. Violence
2.84
116
4.15
98
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
3.11
29
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
30.32
3
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
4.89
20
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
6.18
28
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
0.60
145
38. Suicide
2.11
177
16.06
24
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
1.72
59
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
0.40
125
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
0.97
124
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
0.00
151
43. Drownings
1.21
137
5.64
21
44. Fires
1.16
103
3.48
36
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.50
55
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
3.17
85
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.96
69
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
1.76
84
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
0.29
126
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
0.07
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Latvia LATVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
8,099
30.00
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
5,893
21.83
3. War
7,760
9.40
0
0.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
501
1.86
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
154
0.57
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
356
1.32
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
14
0.05
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
46
0.17
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
956
3.54
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
472
1.75
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
365
1.35
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
11
0.04
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
346
1.28
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
664
2.46
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
529
1.96
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
722
2.67
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
42
0.16
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
245
0.91
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
186
0.69
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
228
0.84
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
12
0.04
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
470
1.74
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
1,194
4.42
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
362
1.34
25. Violence
444
0.54
94
0.35
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
59
0.22
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
436
1.61
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
464
1.72
29. Falls
383
0.46
201
0.74
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
125
0.46
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
157
0.58
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
921
3.41
33. Suicide
333
0.40
384
1.42
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
196
0.73
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
15
0.06
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
0
0.00
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
214
0.79
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
144
0.53
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
41
0.15
40. Drownings
215
0.26
127
0.47
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
41
0.15
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
128
0.47
43. Fires
179
0.22
103
0.38
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
148
0.55
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
5
0.02
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
23
0.09
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
131
0.49
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
44
0.16
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
142
0.53
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Latvia LATVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
19.03
63
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
23.52
33
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
15.41
24
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
28.10
34
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
4.46
17
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
6.05
41
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
11.16
30
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
4.38
53
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
8.99
3
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
10.04
4
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
3.97
133
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
7.05
105
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
3.11
29
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
4.89
20
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
6.18
28
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.50
55
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.