SURINAME VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	370	1	650	- 280
Stroke	2	337	2	615	- 278
Kidney Disease	3	141	4	281	- 140
Lung Disease	4	141	12	93	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	139	10	117	+ 21
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	136	5	171	- 35
Hypertension	7	132	9	134	- 1
Stomach Cancer	8	126	33	25	+ 101
Lung Cancers	9	120	11	102	+ 17
Diabetes Mellitus	10	110	3	286	- 176
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	105	16	72	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	12	98	13	89	+ 9
Liver Disease	13	92	8	134	- 42
Prostate Cancer	14	84	14	78	+ 6
Suicide	15	59	6	148	- 89
Breast Cancer	16	59	17	55	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	17	54	32	26	+ 28
Lymphomas	18	48	34	23	+ 26
Liver Cancer	19	47	21	45	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	20	47	54	3	+ 44
Other Injuries	21	45	15	73	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	22	45	24	37	+ 8
Falls	23	31	25	34	- 3
Leukemia	24	30	35	20	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	25	30	22	40	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	26	27	31	28	- 0
Cervical Cancer	27	27	20	48	- 21
Skin Disease	28	26	18	53	- 27
Violence	29	26	26	34	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	30	25	56	2	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	31	25	23	37	- 13
Bladder Cancer	32	22	48	5	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	33	19	7	138	- 119
Skin Cancers	34	18	60	1	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	35	18	42	14	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	36	15	19	51	- 36
Malnutrition	37	15	43	13	+ 1
Tuberculosis	38	14	37	17	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	12	27	31	- 20
Oral Cancer	40	11	40	16	- 5
Fires	41	10	44	13	- 2
Asthma	42	10	39	16	- 5
Epilepsy	43	10	36	18	- 8
Drownings	44	10	29	28	- 18
Uterin Cancer	45	10	49	5	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	8	28	29	- 21
Alcohol	47	7	38	16	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	6	58	1	+ 5
Anemia	49	6	81	0	+ 6
Drug Use	50	5	45	7	- 2
Osteoarthritis	51	5	84	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	4	47	6	- 3
Meningitis	53	3	50	5	- 2
Birth Trauma	54	3	30	28	- 25
Chagas disease	55	3	64	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	85	0	+ 3
Poisonings	57	2	57	2	+ 1
Schizophrenia	58	1	82	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	53	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	63	1	41	14	- 13
War	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	0	86	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	52	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	59	1	- 1
Tetanus	69	0	62	1	- 1
Encephalitis	70	0	51	4	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	46	7	- 7
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	65	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	55	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	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.