SURINAME VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,079	5	171	+ 908
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	763	27	31	+ 732
Measles	3	575	73	0	+ 575
Tuberculosis	4	510	37	17	+ 493
Birth Trauma	5	476	30	28	+ 448
Stroke	6	427	2	615	- 188
Coronary Heart Disease	7	359	1	650	- 291
Low Birth Weight	8	311	19	51	+ 259
Meningitis	9	267	50	5	+ 262
Malnutrition	10	240	43	13	+ 227
Road Traffic Accidents	11	210	13	89	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	12	205	41	14	+ 191
Liver Disease	13	195	8	134	+ 61
Other Injuries	14	179	15	73	+ 106
Congenital Anomalies	15	169	22	40	+ 130
Diabetes Mellitus	16	143	3	286	- 143
Tetanus	17	132	62	1	+ 131
Hypertension	18	131	9	134	- 2
Lung Disease	19	121	12	93	+ 29
Pertussis	20	102	59	1	+ 101
Kidney Disease	21	102	4	281	- 179
Malaria	22	96	78	0	+ 96
Asthma	23	93	39	16	+ 78
War	24	65	66	0	+ 65
Drownings	25	63	29	28	+ 35
Breast Cancer	26	61	17	55	+ 6
Suicide	27	61	6	148	- 87
Cervical Cancer	28	44	20	48	- 4
Violence	29	41	26	34	+ 7
Fires	30	40	44	13	+ 28
Poisonings	31	38	57	2	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	32	10	117	- 85
HIV/AIDS	33	30	7	138	- 108
Lymphomas	34	30	34	23	+ 7
Leukemia	35	28	35	20	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	28	28	29	- 1
Falls	37	27	25	34	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	27	16	72	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	39	26	23	37	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	40	26	56	2	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	22	47	6	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	42	22	55	2	+ 19
Epilepsy	43	21	36	18	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	44	20	24	37	- 17
Syphilis	45	19	52	3	+ 16
Oral Cancer	46	16	40	16	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	47	16	67	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	48	16	63	1	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	49	15	33	25	- 9
Ovary Cancer	50	15	42	14	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	51	14	65	0	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	52	14	14	78	- 64
Liver Cancer	53	13	21	45	- 32
Lung Cancers	54	12	11	102	- 91
Appendicitis	55	9	53	3	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	56	9	31	28	- 19
Skin Cancers	57	8	60	1	+ 7
Skin Disease	58	8	18	53	- 46
Alcohol	59	8	38	16	- 9
Diphtheria	60	7	72	0	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	61	7	48	5	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	62	5	32	26	- 21
Encephalitis	63	5	51	4	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	64	4	49	5	- 1
Drug Use	65	3	45	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	58	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	70	1	54	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	71	0	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	46	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	64	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.