SURINAME VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	ALBANIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,831	1	650	+ 1,181
Stroke	2	1,830	2	615	+ 1,214
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	380	10	117	+ 263
Lung Cancers	4	214	11	102	+ 111
Lung Disease	5	182	12	93	+ 90
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	132	5	171	- 39
Stomach Cancer	7	103	33	25	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	8	97	23	37	+ 60
Liver Cancer	9	90	21	45	+ 45
Hypertension	10	89	9	134	- 45
Kidney Disease	11	83	4	281	- 198
Liver Disease	12	78	8	134	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	13	77	31	28	+ 49
Road Traffic Accidents	14	70	13	89	- 19
Bladder Cancer	15	69	48	5	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	16	65	14	78	- 14
Breast Cancer	17	48	17	55	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	18	47	32	26	+ 20
Diabetes Mellitus	19	43	3	286	- 243
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	41	16	72	- 31
Asthma	21	40	39	16	+ 24
Leukemia	22	27	35	20	+ 8
Falls	23	26	25	34	- 8
Suicide	24	26	6	148	- 121
Low Birth Weight	25	22	19	51	- 29
Other Injuries	26	22	15	73	- 51
Violence	27	21	26	34	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	28	21	22	40	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	29	19	24	37	- 18
Oral Cancer	30	19	40	16	+ 3
Lymphomas	31	14	34	23	- 8
Skin Cancers	32	13	60	1	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	12	28	29	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	34	11	56	2	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	10	47	6	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	36	10	20	48	- 38
Epilepsy	37	9	36	18	- 9
Uterin Cancer	38	9	49	5	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	39	8	42	14	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	40	8	61	1	+ 7
Birth Trauma	41	7	30	28	- 21
HIV/AIDS	42	5	7	138	- 133
Drownings	43	5	29	28	- 23
Drug Use	44	5	45	7	- 2
Fires	45	4	44	13	- 9
Encephalitis	46	4	51	4	- 0
Other Neoplasms	47	4	54	3	+ 1
Alcohol	48	4	38	16	- 12
Meningitis	49	3	50	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	50	3	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	2	58	1	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	2	27	31	- 30
Poisonings	53	2	57	2	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	2	37	17	- 15
Skin Disease	55	1	18	53	- 52
Appendicitis	56	1	53	3	- 2
Tetanus	57	1	62	1	- 0
Malnutrition	58	1	43	13	- 13
Maternal Conditions	59	0	41	14	- 14
Pertussis	60	0	59	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	61	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	52	3	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	0	63	1	- 1
War	64	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	55	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	64	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	46	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Albania

Suriname

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.