CENTRAL AFRICA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,682	7	2,900	+ 2,782
Stroke	2	5,376	5	3,284	+ 2,092
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,501	15	1,141	+ 1,360
Kidney Disease	4	2,456	21	710	+ 1,746
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,490	1	5,231	- 3,741
Suicide	6	1,289	24	585	+ 704
HIV/AIDS	7	1,206	4	3,753	- 2,547
Liver Disease	8	1,171	14	1,153	+ 17
Hypertension	9	1,168	12	1,252	- 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,025	33	204	+ 821
Lung Cancers	11	893	55	47	+ 847
Lung Disease	12	810	18	956	- 146
Road Traffic Accidents	13	778	10	1,790	- 1,011
Prostate Cancer	14	685	38	156	+ 529
Other Injuries	15	634	23	621	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	633	45	116	+ 517
Breast Cancer	17	479	26	344	+ 135
Skin Disease	18	466	54	48	+ 418
Low Birth Weight	19	449	8	2,228	- 1,779
Cervical Cancer	20	419	32	230	+ 189
Liver Cancer	21	392	44	117	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	22	347	19	776	- 428
Inflammatory/Heart	23	325	30	270	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	24	323	25	423	- 100
Falls	25	300	36	181	+ 118
Violence	26	294	17	1,009	- 714
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	275	3	4,684	- 4,409
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	250	27	317	- 67
Drownings	29	244	34	202	+ 42
Birth Trauma	30	243	9	2,192	- 1,949
Parkinson's Disease	31	242	48	67	+ 175
Pancreas Cancer	32	231	60	37	+ 194
Stomach Cancer	33	216	49	65	+ 151
Lymphomas	34	198	42	119	+ 79
Leukemia	35	172	47	88	+ 84
Epilepsy	36	160	43	119	+ 41
Tuberculosis	37	146	2	4,704	- 4,558
Alcohol	38	142	52	62	+ 80
Asthma	39	136	20	761	- 625
Oral Cancer	40	136	46	91	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	41	123	13	1,174	- 1,051
Ovary Cancer	42	119	50	64	+ 55
Malnutrition	43	115	22	691	- 575
Fires	44	111	39	142	- 31
Drug Use	45	65	57	44	+ 21
Dengue	46	58	74	0	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	56	35	194	- 137
Bladder Cancer	48	46	64	23	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	49	45	65	20	+ 26
Meningitis	50	45	16	1,015	- 970
Encephalitis	51	37	62	28	+ 9
Syphilis	52	28	41	120	- 92
Appendicitis	53	27	51	62	- 35
Other Neoplasms	54	24	70	5	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	55	21	37	169	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	56	18	53	48	- 30
Poisonings	57	15	40	134	- 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	66	15	- 4
Pertussis	59	10	31	265	- 255
Skin Cancers	60	9	58	43	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	72	4	+ 5
Tetanus	62	8	29	280	- 272
Hepatitis B	63	5	61	33	- 28
Chagas disease	64	3	79	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	56	46	- 44
War	66	1	28	314	- 313
Upper Respiratory	67	1	63	24	- 24
Chlamydia	68	1	73	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	71	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	70	0	69	6	- 5
Otitis Media	71	0	68	6	- 6
Diphtheria	72	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	73	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	59	40	- 40
Malaria	78	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Suriname

Central Africa

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.