SURINAME VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	334	5	171	+ 164
Stroke	2	261	2	615	- 354
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	234	27	31	+ 202
Coronary Heart Disease	4	220	1	650	- 431
Road Traffic Accidents	5	135	13	89	+ 46
Liver Disease	6	124	8	134	- 10
Diabetes Mellitus	7	96	3	286	- 190
Hypertension	8	94	9	134	- 39
Lung Disease	9	67	12	93	- 25
Malnutrition	10	67	43	13	+ 54
Birth Trauma	11	63	30	28	+ 35
Kidney Disease	12	59	4	281	- 222
Maternal Conditions	13	55	41	14	+ 41
Tuberculosis	14	55	37	17	+ 39
Other Injuries	15	55	15	73	- 18
Low Birth Weight	16	54	19	51	+ 3
Malaria	17	45	78	0	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	18	44	22	40	+ 4
Meningitis	19	41	50	5	+ 36
Violence	20	39	26	34	+ 5
Suicide	21	39	6	148	- 109
Asthma	22	33	39	16	+ 18
Breast Cancer	23	32	17	55	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	32	10	117	- 86
HIV/AIDS	25	31	7	138	- 107
Falls	26	17	25	34	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	15	28	29	- 14
Lymphomas	28	15	34	23	- 8
Leukemia	29	15	35	20	- 5
Cervical Cancer	30	14	20	48	- 34
Fires	31	13	44	13	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	32	13	23	37	- 25
Drownings	33	12	29	28	- 16
Poisonings	34	12	57	2	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	12	16	72	- 61
Pertussis	36	9	59	1	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	37	9	31	28	- 19
Epilepsy	38	8	36	18	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	39	8	56	2	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	40	8	42	14	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	8	47	6	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	42	7	55	2	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	43	7	24	37	- 30
Oral Cancer	44	7	40	16	- 8
Liver Cancer	45	7	21	45	- 38
Lung Cancers	46	6	11	102	- 96
Prostate Cancer	47	6	14	78	- 73
Stomach Cancer	48	5	33	25	- 20
Alcohol	49	5	38	16	- 12
Skin Disease	50	5	18	53	- 49
Bladder Cancer	51	4	48	5	- 1
Tetanus	52	4	62	1	+ 3
Drug Use	53	4	45	7	- 4
Syphilis	54	4	52	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	55	3	53	3	+ 0
Skin Cancers	56	3	60	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	3	63	1	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	32	26	- 24
Leishmaniasis	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	61	2	49	5	- 3
Encephalitis	62	2	51	4	- 3
Measles	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	54	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
War	71	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	46	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Eritrea

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.