SURINAME VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	725	2	615	+ 110
Coronary Heart Disease	2	572	1	650	- 78
Diabetes Mellitus	3	537	3	286	+ 251
Kidney Disease	4	307	4	281	+ 26
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	253	5	171	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	6	217	14	78	+ 138
Road Traffic Accidents	7	210	13	89	+ 121
Lung Disease	8	203	12	93	+ 111
Hypertension	9	202	9	134	+ 68
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	183	10	117	+ 66
Violence	11	142	26	34	+ 109
Liver Disease	12	134	8	134	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	13	121	23	37	+ 84
Breast Cancer	14	98	17	55	+ 43
Stomach Cancer	15	84	33	25	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	81	16	72	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	17	78	24	37	+ 41
Lung Cancers	18	72	11	102	- 30
Low Birth Weight	19	66	19	51	+ 15
Skin Disease	20	62	18	53	+ 9
Other Injuries	21	57	15	73	- 16
Suicide	22	55	6	148	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	23	53	31	28	+ 26
Lymphomas	24	50	34	23	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	25	46	20	48	- 2
Falls	26	41	25	34	+ 6
Asthma	27	37	39	16	+ 21
Drownings	28	36	29	28	+ 8
Alcohol	29	36	38	16	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	30	31	22	40	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	31	31	32	26	+ 5
Epilepsy	32	27	36	18	+ 9
Malnutrition	33	25	43	13	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	21	28	29	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	18	27	31	- 14
Leukemia	36	17	35	20	- 3
Liver Cancer	37	16	21	45	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	15	47	6	+ 9
Fires	39	13	44	13	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	40	12	56	2	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	41	12	42	14	- 2
Birth Trauma	42	12	30	28	- 16
Oral Cancer	43	12	40	16	- 4
Tuberculosis	44	11	37	17	- 5
Uterin Cancer	45	8	49	5	+ 3
Drug Use	46	7	45	7	- 0
Maternal Conditions	47	7	41	14	- 7
Other Neoplasms	48	7	54	3	+ 4
Meningitis	49	6	50	5	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	58	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	51	4	53	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	4	51	4	+ 0
Dengue	53	2	46	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	61	1	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	57	2	- 1
Tetanus	56	1	62	1	- 0
Syphilis	57	1	52	3	- 3
War	58	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	0	63	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	61	0	55	2	- 2
Chlamydia	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	59	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	60	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	48	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	73	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	7	138	- 138
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Saint Lucia

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.