SURINAME VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	825	1	650	+ 175
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	508	10	117	+ 391
Stroke	3	400	2	615	- 215
Lung Cancers	4	366	11	102	+ 264
Lung Disease	5	348	12	93	+ 255
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	307	5	171	+ 136
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	180	16	72	+ 107
Kidney Disease	8	159	4	281	- 122
Breast Cancer	9	140	17	55	+ 85
Suicide	10	114	6	148	- 34
Other Injuries	11	108	15	73	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	12	99	54	3	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	13	99	14	78	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	14	98	32	26	+ 71
Falls	15	95	25	34	+ 61
Lymphomas	16	84	34	23	+ 61
Liver Disease	17	77	8	134	- 57
Endocrine Disorders	18	77	24	37	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	19	74	31	28	+ 47
Diabetes Mellitus	20	69	3	286	- 218
Leukemia	21	65	35	20	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	22	58	48	5	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	23	57	23	37	+ 20
Liver Cancer	24	53	21	45	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	25	48	56	2	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	26	47	33	25	+ 22
Hypertension	27	40	9	134	- 94
Oral Cancer	28	36	40	16	+ 21
Road Traffic Accidents	29	36	13	89	- 53
Ovary Cancer	30	35	42	14	+ 22
Skin Cancers	31	28	60	1	+ 27
Alcohol	32	27	38	16	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	23	27	31	- 9
Uterin Cancer	34	21	49	5	+ 16
Skin Disease	35	20	18	53	- 33
Epilepsy	36	19	36	18	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	16	47	6	+ 9
Malnutrition	38	16	43	13	+ 2
Drug Use	39	16	45	7	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	40	15	22	40	- 24
Cervical Cancer	41	13	20	48	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	11	28	29	- 17
Anemia	43	11	81	0	+ 11
Violence	44	8	26	34	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	45	8	61	1	+ 7
Asthma	46	7	39	16	- 9
Drownings	47	4	29	28	- 24
Fires	48	4	44	13	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	4	58	1	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	50	4	19	51	- 48
Osteoarthritis	51	3	84	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	52	3	70	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	53	3	30	28	- 25
Tuberculosis	54	2	37	17	- 14
Poisonings	55	2	57	2	+ 0
Schizophrenia	56	2	82	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	57	2	7	138	- 136
Meningitis	58	2	50	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	59	1	67	0	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	1	85	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	53	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	0	41	14	- 14
Otitis Media	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	51	4	- 4
War	67	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	59	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	52	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	64	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	62	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	46	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	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.