SURINAME VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,559	1	650	+ 1,909
Stroke	2	1,771	2	615	+ 1,156
Hypertension	3	392	9	134	+ 259
Lung Cancers	4	360	11	102	+ 258
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	333	5	171	+ 163
Liver Disease	6	318	8	134	+ 184
Lung Disease	7	262	12	93	+ 170
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	244	16	72	+ 171
Kidney Disease	9	184	4	281	- 97
Inflammatory/Heart	10	158	23	37	+ 121
Breast Cancer	11	137	17	55	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	12	123	33	25	+ 98
Liver Cancer	13	111	21	45	+ 66
Pancreas Cancer	14	105	32	26	+ 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	101	10	117	- 16
Prostate Cancer	16	87	14	78	+ 9
Oral Cancer	17	82	40	16	+ 66
Diabetes Mellitus	18	79	3	286	- 207
Other Injuries	19	76	15	73	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	20	71	13	89	- 18
Suicide	21	67	6	148	- 80
Cervical Cancer	22	67	20	48	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	23	61	48	5	+ 56
Falls	24	54	25	34	+ 19
Lymphomas	25	49	34	23	+ 27
Leukemia	26	48	35	20	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	27	40	42	14	+ 26
Tuberculosis	28	36	37	17	+ 20
Skin Cancers	29	36	60	1	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	30	27	56	2	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	31	26	31	28	- 1
Drownings	32	21	29	28	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	19	28	29	- 10
Uterin Cancer	34	19	49	5	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	16	47	6	+ 9
Fires	36	15	44	13	+ 2
Alcohol	37	15	38	16	- 2
Congenital Anomalies	38	13	22	40	- 27
Poisonings	39	13	57	2	+ 11
Drug Use	40	12	45	7	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	41	11	19	51	- 40
Epilepsy	42	11	36	18	- 7
Other Neoplasms	43	10	54	3	+ 8
Violence	44	9	26	34	- 25
Asthma	45	8	39	16	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	8	27	31	- 23
HIV/AIDS	47	8	7	138	- 130
Endocrine Disorders	48	7	24	37	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	5	85	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	50	5	43	13	- 8
Schizophrenia	51	4	82	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	52	4	70	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	3	18	53	- 50
Meningitis	54	3	50	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	55	2	61	1	+ 1
Anemia	56	2	81	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	57	1	30	28	- 26
Maternal Conditions	58	1	41	14	- 13
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	1	53	3	- 2
Measles	61	0	73	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	0	51	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	0	86	0	+ 0
War	65	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	66	0	52	3	- 3
Tetanus	67	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	59	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	55	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	46	7	- 7
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	58	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Romania

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.