SURINAME VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	526	1	650	- 124
Stroke	2	353	2	615	- 263
Hypertension	3	311	9	134	+ 178
Diabetes Mellitus	4	242	3	286	- 44
Violence	5	234	26	34	+ 200
HIV/AIDS	6	211	7	138	+ 73
Kidney Disease	7	189	4	281	- 93
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	154	5	171	- 17
Breast Cancer	9	108	17	55	+ 54
Other Injuries	10	105	15	73	+ 33
Liver Disease	11	105	8	134	- 29
Prostate Cancer	12	103	14	78	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	13	97	24	37	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	84	10	117	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	15	74	23	37	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	67	16	72	- 6
Lung Disease	17	52	12	93	- 40
Road Traffic Accidents	18	47	13	89	- 42
Lung Cancers	19	46	11	102	- 56
Skin Disease	20	42	18	53	- 12
Drownings	21	41	29	28	+ 13
Lymphomas	22	39	34	23	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	23	32	20	48	- 16
Alcohol	24	32	38	16	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	25	28	33	25	+ 3
Falls	26	28	25	34	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	27	26	31	28	- 1
Low Birth Weight	28	26	19	51	- 25
Congenital Anomalies	29	25	22	40	- 15
Uterin Cancer	30	22	49	5	+ 17
Suicide	31	22	6	148	- 126
Liver Cancer	32	19	21	45	- 26
Fires	33	16	44	13	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	16	28	29	- 12
Leukemia	35	16	35	20	- 4
Ovary Cancer	36	16	42	14	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	37	15	32	26	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	38	14	56	2	+ 12
Asthma	39	13	39	16	- 2
Epilepsy	40	12	36	18	- 6
Maternal Conditions	41	10	41	14	- 4
Birth Trauma	42	10	30	28	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	8	27	31	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	7	47	6	+ 0
Malnutrition	45	7	43	13	- 7
Oral Cancer	46	5	40	16	- 10
Other Neoplasms	47	5	54	3	+ 2
Drug Use	48	4	45	7	- 3
Meningitis	49	4	50	5	- 1
Bladder Cancer	50	3	48	5	- 2
Encephalitis	51	3	51	4	- 1
Appendicitis	52	3	53	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	58	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	61	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	55	1	60	1	+ 0
Poisonings	56	1	57	2	- 1
War	57	1	66	0	+ 1
Tuberculosis	58	1	37	17	- 16
Dengue	59	0	46	7	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	0	63	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	62	1	- 1
Syphilis	63	0	52	3	- 3
Chlamydia	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	59	1	- 1
Measles	69	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	55	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.