SURINAME VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,255	1	650	+ 604
Diabetes Mellitus	2	797	3	286	+ 511
Stroke	3	773	2	615	+ 158
Kidney Disease	4	365	4	281	+ 84
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	336	5	171	+ 166
Lung Disease	6	268	12	93	+ 175
Suicide	7	209	6	148	+ 61
Hypertension	8	176	9	134	+ 42
Liver Disease	9	154	8	134	+ 20
Lung Cancers	10	149	11	102	+ 47
Drownings	11	112	29	28	+ 84
Breast Cancer	12	110	17	55	+ 55
Asthma	13	103	39	16	+ 88
Low Birth Weight	14	97	19	51	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	89	47	6	+ 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	87	27	31	+ 56
Other Injuries	17	86	15	73	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	18	86	22	40	+ 46
Tuberculosis	19	81	37	17	+ 65
Stomach Cancer	20	76	33	25	+ 51
Birth Trauma	21	70	30	28	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	55	16	72	- 18
Cervical Cancer	23	54	20	48	+ 6
Liver Cancer	24	53	21	45	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	43	28	29	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	42	10	117	- 75
Falls	27	40	25	34	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	28	39	23	37	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	29	36	14	78	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	30	34	24	37	- 3
Violence	31	34	26	34	+ 1
Leukemia	32	33	35	20	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	33	30	31	28	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	34	24	41	14	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	35	24	32	26	- 3
Lymphomas	36	23	34	23	+ 1
Pertussis	37	23	59	1	+ 22
Oral Cancer	38	22	40	16	+ 6
Meningitis	39	21	50	5	+ 16
Syphilis	40	20	52	3	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	41	19	49	5	+ 13
Skin Disease	42	18	18	53	- 36
Epilepsy	43	18	36	18	- 1
Malnutrition	44	17	43	13	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	45	15	42	14	+ 1
Alcohol	46	15	38	16	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	14	56	2	+ 12
Fires	48	13	44	13	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	49	10	48	5	+ 5
Poisonings	50	7	57	2	+ 5
Skin Cancers	51	6	60	1	+ 5
Drug Use	52	4	45	7	- 3
Encephalitis	53	4	51	4	- 0
Appendicitis	54	3	53	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	55	2	54	3	- 0
Measles	56	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	2	63	1	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	1	13	89	- 88
Tetanus	59	1	62	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	1	- 0
Dengue	61	1	46	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
War	66	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	7	138	- 138
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Micronesia

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.