SURINAME VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	299	1	650	- 352
Violence	2	227	26	34	+ 193
Diabetes Mellitus	3	219	3	286	- 68
Stroke	4	197	2	615	- 418
HIV/AIDS	5	185	7	138	+ 47
Kidney Disease	6	159	4	281	- 122
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	150	5	171	- 20
Road Traffic Accidents	8	137	13	89	+ 48
Liver Disease	9	90	8	134	- 44
Prostate Cancer	10	74	14	78	- 5
Lung Disease	11	71	12	93	- 21
Hypertension	12	71	9	134	- 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	70	10	117	- 48
Other Injuries	14	55	15	73	- 17
Lung Cancers	15	47	11	102	- 55
Suicide	16	43	6	148	- 105
Cervical Cancer	17	43	20	48	- 5
Drownings	18	37	29	28	+ 9
Liver Cancer	19	37	21	45	- 8
Stomach Cancer	20	36	33	25	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	21	36	22	40	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	22	35	24	37	- 2
Breast Cancer	23	34	17	55	- 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	31	16	72	- 41
Low Birth Weight	25	31	19	51	- 21
Inflammatory/Heart	26	28	23	37	- 9
Falls	27	20	25	34	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	28	17	31	28	- 11
Malnutrition	29	15	43	13	+ 2
Alcohol	30	15	38	16	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	31	15	32	26	- 12
Birth Trauma	32	14	30	28	- 13
Tuberculosis	33	14	37	17	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	13	27	31	- 18
Asthma	35	12	39	16	- 4
Epilepsy	36	12	36	18	- 6
Skin Disease	37	9	18	53	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	8	28	29	- 21
Leukemia	39	6	35	20	- 13
Fires	40	6	44	13	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	5	47	6	- 1
Maternal Conditions	42	4	41	14	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	43	3	56	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	44	2	53	3	- 1
Poisonings	45	2	57	2	+ 0
Meningitis	46	2	50	5	- 3
Drug Use	47	2	45	7	- 5
Encephalitis	48	2	51	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	2	58	1	+ 0
Lymphomas	50	2	34	23	- 21
Uterin Cancer	51	2	49	5	- 4
Ovary Cancer	52	1	42	14	- 12
Other Neoplasms	53	1	54	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	61	1	- 0
Dengue	55	0	46	7	- 6
Hepatitis B	56	0	63	1	- 0
Chagas disease	57	0	64	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	59	0	62	1	- 1
War	60	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	52	3	- 3
Pertussis	63	0	59	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	60	1	- 1
Oral Cancer	67	0	40	16	- 16
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	55	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	48	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	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.