SURINAME VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	329	37	17	+ 312
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	320	5	171	+ 150
Measles	3	304	73	0	+ 304
Malaria	4	289	78	0	+ 289
Road Traffic Accidents	5	228	13	89	+ 139
HIV/AIDS	6	228	7	138	+ 90
Coronary Heart Disease	7	224	1	650	- 426
Low Birth Weight	8	196	19	51	+ 145
Birth Trauma	9	190	30	28	+ 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	189	27	31	+ 158
Stroke	11	188	2	615	- 428
Maternal Conditions	12	103	41	14	+ 89
Liver Disease	13	102	8	134	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	14	99	22	40	+ 59
Diabetes Mellitus	15	77	3	286	- 209
Kidney Disease	16	72	4	281	- 209
Meningitis	17	66	50	5	+ 61
Violence	18	57	26	34	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	19	56	20	48	+ 8
Liver Cancer	20	52	21	45	+ 7
Syphilis	21	47	52	3	+ 44
Other Injuries	22	45	15	73	- 27
Hypertension	23	44	9	134	- 90
Malnutrition	24	42	43	13	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	25	35	14	78	- 43
Lung Disease	26	35	12	93	- 58
Breast Cancer	27	29	17	55	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	28	29	24	37	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	28	10	117	- 89
Suicide	30	26	6	148	- 121
Asthma	31	24	39	16	+ 8
Pertussis	32	23	59	1	+ 22
Falls	33	18	25	34	- 16
Fires	34	18	44	13	+ 6
Drownings	35	15	29	28	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	15	28	29	- 14
Stomach Cancer	37	14	33	25	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	38	14	23	37	- 23
Lymphomas	39	11	34	23	- 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	11	16	72	- 62
Poisonings	41	10	57	2	+ 8
Epilepsy	42	10	36	18	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	43	9	31	28	- 19
Lung Cancers	44	8	11	102	- 94
Schistosomiasis	45	6	55	2	+ 4
Skin Cancers	46	6	60	1	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	47	6	42	14	- 8
Oral Cancer	48	6	40	16	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	6	47	6	- 1
Drug Use	50	5	45	7	- 2
Skin Disease	51	5	18	53	- 48
Hepatitis B	52	5	63	1	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	4	32	26	- 22
Tetanus	54	4	62	1	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	55	3	49	5	- 2
Encephalitis	56	3	51	4	- 1
Alcohol	57	3	38	16	- 13
Leukemia	58	3	35	20	- 17
Bladder Cancer	59	2	48	5	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	60	2	56	2	- 0
Appendicitis	61	1	53	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	62	1	54	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	61	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	0	58	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
War	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	46	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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
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

Liberia

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.