AUSTRALIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,916	1	21,548	+ 5,368
Stroke	2	25,467	3	10,331	+ 15,136
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,848	7	4,471	+ 7,377
Kidney Disease	4	11,636	12	3,139	+ 8,497
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,059	8	4,446	+ 2,612
Suicide	6	6,105	11	3,150	+ 2,956
HIV/AIDS	7	5,712	57	50	+ 5,662
Liver Disease	8	5,545	26	1,421	+ 4,123
Hypertension	9	5,532	23	1,631	+ 3,901
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,857	2	15,588	- 10,731
Lung Cancers	11	4,232	4	8,769	- 4,537
Lung Disease	12	3,837	5	8,487	- 4,650
Road Traffic Accidents	13	3,687	29	1,245	+ 2,442
Prostate Cancer	14	3,246	9	3,766	- 521
Other Injuries	15	3,004	22	1,642	+ 1,361
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,000	6	6,209	- 3,209
Breast Cancer	17	2,270	10	3,405	- 1,135
Skin Disease	18	2,208	34	594	+ 1,614
Low Birth Weight	19	2,127	43	248	+ 1,879
Cervical Cancer	20	1,986	39	342	+ 1,644
Liver Cancer	21	1,858	20	2,036	- 178
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,644	33	711	+ 933
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,539	24	1,571	- 32
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,532	16	2,328	- 796
Falls	25	1,419	14	3,116	- 1,697
Violence	26	1,395	44	243	+ 1,151
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,302	40	296	+ 1,006
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	1,184	42	276	+ 908
Drownings	29	1,155	47	177	+ 978
Birth Trauma	30	1,149	50	140	+ 1,009
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,145	19	2,036	- 891
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,095	13	3,118	- 2,023
Stomach Cancer	33	1,024	27	1,288	- 264
Lymphomas	34	939	15	3,039	- 2,099
Leukemia	35	813	18	2,126	- 1,313
Epilepsy	36	758	41	285	+ 473
Tuberculosis	37	691	56	53	+ 638
Alcohol	38	672	37	380	+ 292
Asthma	39	645	36	455	+ 190
Oral Cancer	40	645	32	972	- 328
Maternal Conditions	41	583	63	20	+ 563
Ovary Cancer	42	564	31	1,003	- 438
Malnutrition	43	546	51	117	+ 430
Fires	44	526	55	55	+ 472
Drug Use	45	306	21	1,783	- 1,476
Dengue	46	276	72	0	+ 276
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	267	38	379	- 112
Bladder Cancer	48	217	30	1,187	- 970
Uterin Cancer	49	215	35	524	- 309
Meningitis	50	213	60	37	+ 176
Encephalitis	51	175	68	3	+ 172
Syphilis	52	134	67	3	+ 131
Appendicitis	53	127	62	26	+ 100
Other Neoplasms	54	114	28	1,252	- 1,138
Schistosomiasis	55	98	79	0	+ 98
Oesophagus Cancer	56	85	25	1,494	- 1,409
Poisonings	57	72	61	35	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	51	45	229	- 178
Pertussis	59	49	69	1	+ 47
Skin Cancers	60	43	17	2,319	- 2,275
Multiple Sclerosis	61	42	46	188	- 146
Tetanus	62	40	70	1	+ 38
Hepatitis B	63	26	58	41	- 16
Chagas disease	64	15	80	0	+ 15
Leishmaniasis	65	5	81	0	+ 5
War	66	4	65	8	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	64	17	- 14
Chlamydia	68	3	77	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	70	2	48	173	- 171
Otitis Media	71	0	66	6	- 6
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	157	- 157
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	64	- 64
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	114	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	71	- 71
Oral conditions	86	0	59	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Suriname

Australia

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.