CHILE VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,768	1	10,685	+ 8,083
Stroke	2	17,757	2	9,731	+ 8,026
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,261	10	3,177	+ 5,085
Kidney Disease	4	8,113	3	4,065	+ 4,049
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,922	6	3,920	+ 1,002
Suicide	6	4,257	15	1,700	+ 2,557
HIV/AIDS	7	3,983	33	539	+ 3,443
Liver Disease	8	3,866	13	2,647	+ 1,219
Hypertension	9	3,857	7	3,817	+ 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,387	5	4,000	- 613
Lung Cancers	11	2,951	9	3,452	- 502
Lung Disease	12	2,675	4	4,062	- 1,387
Road Traffic Accidents	13	2,571	12	2,826	- 255
Prostate Cancer	14	2,263	14	2,435	- 172
Other Injuries	15	2,094	21	1,310	+ 784
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,092	11	3,022	- 930
Breast Cancer	17	1,583	16	1,689	- 106
Skin Disease	18	1,540	28	763	+ 777
Low Birth Weight	19	1,483	36	437	+ 1,046
Cervical Cancer	20	1,385	27	780	+ 605
Liver Cancer	21	1,295	19	1,369	- 74
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,146	25	858	+ 288
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,073	31	709	+ 364
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,068	22	1,286	- 218
Falls	25	990	23	904	+ 85
Violence	26	973	29	744	+ 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	908	39	334	+ 574
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	826	46	223	+ 602
Drownings	29	806	44	283	+ 523
Birth Trauma	30	801	54	87	+ 714
Parkinson's Disease	31	798	26	790	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	32	763	17	1,567	- 804
Stomach Cancer	33	714	8	3,631	- 2,917
Lymphomas	34	655	18	1,394	- 739
Leukemia	35	567	24	879	- 312
Epilepsy	36	528	43	294	+ 234
Tuberculosis	37	482	38	410	+ 71
Alcohol	38	469	47	207	+ 262
Asthma	39	450	42	295	+ 155
Oral Cancer	40	449	40	307	+ 143
Maternal Conditions	41	406	63	24	+ 383
Ovary Cancer	42	394	35	514	- 121
Malnutrition	43	381	37	420	- 39
Fires	44	367	41	295	+ 71
Drug Use	45	214	50	149	+ 65
Dengue	46	193	73	0	+ 193
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	186	52	104	+ 82
Bladder Cancer	48	151	32	641	- 490
Uterin Cancer	49	150	45	275	- 125
Meningitis	50	149	53	95	+ 54
Encephalitis	51	122	70	2	+ 120
Syphilis	52	93	66	5	+ 88
Appendicitis	53	88	59	37	+ 52
Other Neoplasms	54	80	20	1,358	- 1,278
Schistosomiasis	55	68	84	0	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	56	59	30	722	- 663
Poisonings	57	50	57	68	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	36	48	187	- 151
Pertussis	59	34	68	3	+ 31
Skin Cancers	60	30	34	526	- 495
Multiple Sclerosis	61	29	62	27	+ 3
Tetanus	62	28	69	2	+ 26
Hepatitis B	63	18	60	30	- 12
Chagas disease	64	11	55	79	- 68
Leishmaniasis	65	3	81	0	+ 3
War	66	3	64	14	- 11
Upper Respiratory	67	2	67	4	- 2
Chlamydia	68	2	80	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	61	27	- 25
Otitis Media	71	0	71	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	180	- 180
Schizophrenia	82	0	58	38	- 38
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	131	- 131
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	73	- 73
Oral conditions	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Suriname

Chile

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.