BOTSWANA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,464	3	1,632	+ 832
Stroke	2	2,331	4	1,588	+ 743
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,085	5	1,273	- 188
Kidney Disease	4	1,065	9	506	+ 559
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	646	2	1,674	- 1,027
Suicide	6	559	15	370	+ 189
HIV/AIDS	7	523	1	4,950	- 4,427
Liver Disease	8	508	12	459	+ 49
Hypertension	9	506	11	471	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	445	23	164	+ 281
Lung Cancers	11	387	39	45	+ 342
Lung Disease	12	351	10	482	- 130
Road Traffic Accidents	13	338	7	608	- 271
Prostate Cancer	14	297	41	45	+ 253
Other Injuries	15	275	19	216	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	275	47	28	+ 247
Breast Cancer	17	208	33	68	+ 139
Skin Disease	18	202	46	30	+ 172
Low Birth Weight	19	195	13	447	- 252
Cervical Cancer	20	182	22	164	+ 18
Liver Cancer	21	170	35	57	+ 113
Congenital Anomalies	22	151	16	287	- 137
Inflammatory/Heart	23	141	20	177	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	24	140	27	103	+ 38
Falls	25	130	34	62	+ 68
Violence	26	128	14	389	- 262
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	119	8	527	- 408
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	108	29	90	+ 18
Drownings	29	106	30	83	+ 23
Birth Trauma	30	105	17	261	- 156
Parkinson's Disease	31	105	38	47	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	32	100	50	16	+ 84
Stomach Cancer	33	94	53	10	+ 83
Lymphomas	34	86	31	77	+ 9
Leukemia	35	74	51	13	+ 61
Epilepsy	36	69	36	56	+ 13
Tuberculosis	37	63	6	649	- 586
Alcohol	38	62	45	31	+ 31
Asthma	39	59	18	232	- 173
Oral Cancer	40	59	32	70	- 11
Maternal Conditions	41	53	24	118	- 64
Ovary Cancer	42	52	49	19	+ 32
Malnutrition	43	50	21	171	- 121
Fires	44	48	26	108	- 60
Drug Use	45	28	48	26	+ 2
Dengue	46	25	76	0	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	24	43	37	- 13
Bladder Cancer	48	20	60	6	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	49	20	56	9	+ 10
Meningitis	50	20	25	108	- 89
Encephalitis	51	16	59	7	+ 9
Syphilis	52	12	44	36	- 24
Appendicitis	53	12	57	8	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	54	10	55	9	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	55	9	54	10	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	56	8	28	103	- 95
Poisonings	57	7	42	42	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	52	11	- 6
Pertussis	59	4	40	45	- 40
Skin Cancers	60	4	37	52	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	63	3	+ 1
Tetanus	62	4	61	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	6	- 3
Chagas disease	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
War	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Suriname

Botswana

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.