SURINAME VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	816	1	650	+ 166
Stroke	2	782	2	615	+ 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	456	10	117	+ 338
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	434	5	171	+ 264
Lung Cancers	5	279	11	102	+ 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	278	16	72	+ 206
Lung Disease	7	272	12	93	+ 179
Diabetes Mellitus	8	228	3	286	- 58
Kidney Disease	9	178	4	281	- 104
Stomach Cancer	10	160	33	25	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	11	135	14	78	+ 56
Breast Cancer	12	127	17	55	+ 72
Other Injuries	13	123	15	73	+ 50
Hypertension	14	119	9	134	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	15	106	32	26	+ 79
Lymphomas	16	102	34	23	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	17	98	24	37	+ 61
Liver Cancer	18	80	21	45	+ 36
Suicide	19	74	6	148	- 73
Bladder Cancer	20	74	48	5	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	21	72	31	28	+ 45
Liver Disease	22	71	8	134	- 63
Falls	23	65	25	34	+ 31
Leukemia	24	64	35	20	+ 45
Oral Cancer	25	58	40	16	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	26	58	23	37	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	27	53	13	89	- 36
Other Neoplasms	28	41	54	3	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	29	39	56	2	+ 37
Skin Cancers	30	33	60	1	+ 32
Epilepsy	31	26	36	18	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	32	26	49	5	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	33	25	42	14	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	34	21	20	48	- 27
HIV/AIDS	35	20	7	138	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	15	27	31	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	14	28	29	- 14
Tuberculosis	38	13	37	17	- 3
Skin Disease	39	13	18	53	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	40	12	22	40	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	47	6	+ 4
Anemia	42	10	81	0	+ 10
Asthma	43	9	39	16	- 6
Drug Use	44	8	45	7	+ 1
Alcohol	45	7	38	16	- 9
Fires	46	7	44	13	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	6	58	1	+ 5
Violence	48	6	26	34	- 28
Hepatitis C	49	6	70	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	5	85	0	+ 5
Drownings	51	5	29	28	- 23
Low Birth Weight	52	5	19	51	- 46
Malnutrition	53	5	43	13	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	61	1	+ 3
Schizophrenia	55	3	82	0	+ 3
Meningitis	56	3	50	5	- 2
Poisonings	57	2	57	2	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	58	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	63	1	+ 1
Birth Trauma	60	2	30	28	- 26
Appendicitis	61	1	53	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	67	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	0	41	14	- 14
Syphilis	64	0	52	3	- 3
Oral conditions	65	0	86	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	51	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	68	0	65	0	- 0
War	69	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	59	1	- 1
Tetanus	73	0	62	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	2	- 2
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	46	7	- 7
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Portugal

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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.