SURINAME VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	348	1	650	- 302
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	328	5	171	+ 157
Diabetes Mellitus	3	246	3	286	- 41
Kidney Disease	4	222	4	281	- 59
Liver Disease	5	201	8	134	+ 67
Stroke	6	172	2	615	- 444
Violence	7	156	26	34	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	8	143	13	89	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	93	27	31	+ 61
Other Injuries	10	87	15	73	+ 15
Malnutrition	11	70	43	13	+ 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	69	10	117	- 48
Lung Disease	13	67	12	93	- 25
Alcohol	14	64	38	16	+ 47
Liver Cancer	15	63	21	45	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	16	59	19	51	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	17	56	33	25	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	18	54	22	40	+ 14
Birth Trauma	19	52	30	28	+ 24
Falls	20	49	25	34	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	21	42	7	138	- 96
Suicide	22	37	6	148	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	36	28	29	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	24	30	14	78	- 48
Cervical Cancer	25	29	20	48	- 19
Hypertension	26	24	9	134	- 110
Leukemia	27	21	35	20	+ 2
Breast Cancer	28	18	17	55	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	29	17	24	37	- 20
Maternal Conditions	30	17	41	14	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	16	16	72	- 56
Drownings	32	16	29	28	- 11
Epilepsy	33	16	36	18	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	34	14	31	28	- 14
Lung Cancers	35	14	11	102	- 88
Asthma	36	12	39	16	- 4
Tuberculosis	37	11	37	17	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	38	10	32	26	- 16
Poisonings	39	10	57	2	+ 8
Drug Use	40	10	45	7	+ 2
Meningitis	41	10	50	5	+ 4
Skin Disease	42	8	18	53	- 45
Lymphomas	43	8	34	23	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	44	8	23	37	- 29
Fires	45	7	44	13	- 5
Skin Cancers	46	7	60	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	47	6	53	3	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	48	5	56	2	+ 3
Oral Cancer	49	5	40	16	- 11
Ovary Cancer	50	5	42	14	- 9
Encephalitis	51	4	51	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	3	58	1	+ 2
Pertussis	53	2	59	1	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	2	47	6	- 4
Bladder Cancer	55	2	48	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	1	54	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	57	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	58	1	46	7	- 6
Uterin Cancer	59	1	49	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	1	- 0
Chagas disease	61	1	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	62	1	- 1
Ascariasis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	52	3	- 3
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	55	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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.