SURINAME VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	566	1	650	- 84
Kidney Disease	2	342	4	281	+ 61
Stroke	3	215	2	615	- 400
Diabetes Mellitus	4	200	3	286	- 86
Lung Disease	5	152	12	93	+ 59
Liver Disease	6	117	8	134	- 17
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	112	5	171	- 59
Road Traffic Accidents	8	107	13	89	+ 18
Hypertension	9	107	9	134	- 27
Violence	10	60	26	34	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	11	55	22	40	+ 16
Liver Cancer	12	49	21	45	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	13	47	19	51	- 4
Stomach Cancer	14	46	33	25	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	15	37	14	78	- 41
Cervical Cancer	16	36	20	48	- 12
Other Injuries	17	35	15	73	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	31	16	72	- 42
Suicide	19	28	6	148	- 120
Breast Cancer	20	27	17	55	- 27
Alcohol	21	27	38	16	+ 11
Falls	22	27	25	34	- 8
Lung Cancers	23	27	11	102	- 76
Leukemia	24	22	35	20	+ 2
Birth Trauma	25	19	30	28	- 9
Other Neoplasms	26	19	54	3	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	27	17	32	26	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	28	16	24	37	- 21
Lymphomas	29	16	34	23	- 7
Malnutrition	30	16	43	13	+ 3
Skin Disease	31	16	18	53	- 38
Drownings	32	15	29	28	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	14	10	117	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	34	14	23	37	- 24
HIV/AIDS	35	13	7	138	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	12	27	31	- 20
Tuberculosis	37	11	37	17	- 6
Asthma	38	10	39	16	- 5
Maternal Conditions	39	9	41	14	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	8	28	29	- 20
Epilepsy	41	7	36	18	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	42	6	31	28	- 21
Oral Cancer	43	6	40	16	- 9
Ovary Cancer	44	6	42	14	- 8
Skin Cancers	45	6	60	1	+ 5
Drug Use	46	5	45	7	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	4	56	2	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	48	4	49	5	- 1
Appendicitis	49	3	53	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	3	58	1	+ 2
Meningitis	51	3	50	5	- 2
Bladder Cancer	52	3	48	5	- 3
Anemia	53	3	81	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	2	47	6	- 5
Poisonings	55	2	57	2	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	85	0	+ 2
Fires	57	2	44	13	- 11
Encephalitis	58	1	51	4	- 3
Osteoarthritis	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	60	1	52	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	63	1	- 0
Oral conditions	63	0	86	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	0	46	7	- 6
Chagas disease	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	59	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
War	70	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	62	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	55	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Nicaragua

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.