SURINAME VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,630	1	650	+ 980
Hypertension	2	1,463	9	134	+ 1,329
Stroke	3	605	2	615	- 11
Lung Cancers	4	356	11	102	+ 254
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	285	16	72	+ 213
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	189	5	171	+ 18
Liver Disease	7	178	8	134	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	8	162	14	78	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	9	157	33	25	+ 132
Pancreas Cancer	10	145	32	26	+ 119
Breast Cancer	11	141	17	55	+ 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	124	10	117	+ 7
Lung Disease	13	124	12	93	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	14	118	23	37	+ 80
Lymphomas	15	115	34	23	+ 93
Suicide	16	107	6	148	- 41
Kidney Disease	17	96	4	281	- 186
Alcohol	18	80	38	16	+ 64
Diabetes Mellitus	19	79	3	286	- 207
Other Injuries	20	77	15	73	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	21	68	48	5	+ 63
Leukemia	22	68	35	20	+ 48
Other Neoplasms	23	67	54	3	+ 64
Falls	24	64	25	34	+ 30
Oral Cancer	25	60	40	16	+ 44
Liver Cancer	26	58	21	45	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	27	53	56	2	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	28	47	42	14	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	29	44	31	28	+ 17
Skin Cancers	30	43	60	1	+ 42
Drug Use	31	41	45	7	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	32	37	20	48	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	33	36	24	37	- 1
Uterin Cancer	34	33	49	5	+ 27
Road Traffic Accidents	35	32	13	89	- 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	30	28	29	+ 1
Epilepsy	37	24	36	18	+ 6
Fires	38	22	44	13	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	39	22	7	138	- 116
Drownings	40	16	29	28	- 12
Skin Disease	41	15	18	53	- 38
Violence	42	15	26	34	- 18
Congenital Anomalies	43	14	22	40	- 26
Asthma	44	13	39	16	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	12	47	6	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	9	58	1	+ 8
Tuberculosis	47	9	37	17	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	48	9	61	1	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	7	85	0	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	50	6	84	0	+ 6
Anemia	51	5	81	0	+ 5
Poisonings	52	5	57	2	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	4	27	31	- 27
Meningitis	54	4	50	5	- 1
Low Birth Weight	55	4	19	51	- 48
Schizophrenia	56	3	82	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	57	3	30	28	- 25
Hepatitis C	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	1	53	3	- 2
Oral conditions	60	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	41	14	- 13
Syphilis	62	1	52	3	- 3
Encephalitis	63	0	51	4	- 4
War	64	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	64	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	55	2	- 2
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	46	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	68	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	43	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	62	1	- 1
Diphtheria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	59	1	- 1
Measles	84	0	73	0	- 0
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.