SURINAME VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	676	7	138	+ 538
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	338	5	171	+ 167
Tuberculosis	3	327	37	17	+ 310
Stroke	4	307	2	615	- 308
Coronary Heart Disease	5	282	1	650	- 369
Road Traffic Accidents	6	200	13	89	+ 111
Diabetes Mellitus	7	167	3	286	- 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	149	27	31	+ 117
Low Birth Weight	9	119	19	51	+ 68
Lung Disease	10	106	12	93	+ 14
Violence	11	104	26	34	+ 70
Hypertension	12	99	9	134	- 35
Birth Trauma	13	79	30	28	+ 52
Liver Disease	14	77	8	134	- 57
Kidney Disease	15	74	4	281	- 207
Congenital Anomalies	16	65	22	40	+ 26
Suicide	17	56	6	148	- 92
Malnutrition	18	52	43	13	+ 38
Other Injuries	19	48	15	73	- 25
Asthma	20	46	39	16	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	41	10	117	- 77
Inflammatory/Heart	22	37	23	37	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	23	31	20	48	- 17
Breast Cancer	24	28	17	55	- 27
Maternal Conditions	25	25	41	14	+ 11
Drownings	26	25	29	28	- 3
Meningitis	27	25	50	5	+ 20
Fires	28	25	44	13	+ 12
Skin Cancers	29	25	60	1	+ 24
Oral Cancer	30	23	40	16	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	31	22	14	78	- 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	17	28	29	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	33	17	24	37	- 20
Falls	34	14	25	34	- 20
Lung Cancers	35	14	11	102	- 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	13	16	72	- 60
Pertussis	37	12	59	1	+ 11
Epilepsy	38	11	36	18	- 7
Poisonings	39	11	57	2	+ 9
Lymphomas	40	11	34	23	- 12
Liver Cancer	41	10	21	45	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	42	10	31	28	- 18
Syphilis	43	8	52	3	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	8	47	6	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	45	8	33	25	- 17
Drug Use	46	7	45	7	- 0
Skin Disease	47	7	18	53	- 46
Alcohol	48	6	38	16	- 10
Leukemia	49	5	35	20	- 14
Ovary Cancer	50	5	42	14	- 8
Malaria	51	5	78	0	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	52	5	56	2	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	53	4	32	26	- 22
Bladder Cancer	54	4	48	5	- 2
Schistosomiasis	55	3	55	2	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	56	3	49	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	2	58	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	2	53	3	- 1
Encephalitis	59	2	51	4	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	2	54	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	67	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	62	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	70	0	+ 0
War	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	46	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Namibia

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.