COMOROS VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	905	4	349	+ 556
Stroke	2	856	3	356	+ 501
Diabetes Mellitus	3	398	9	136	+ 262
Kidney Disease	4	391	14	101	+ 290
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	237	1	594	- 357
Suicide	6	205	24	46	+ 159
HIV/AIDS	7	192	76	0	+ 192
Liver Disease	8	186	8	160	+ 27
Hypertension	9	186	12	115	+ 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	163	23	46	+ 117
Lung Cancers	11	142	60	1	+ 141
Lung Disease	12	129	17	83	+ 46
Road Traffic Accidents	13	124	6	226	- 102
Prostate Cancer	14	109	27	33	+ 76
Other Injuries	15	101	16	90	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	101	39	19	+ 82
Breast Cancer	17	76	33	23	+ 54
Skin Disease	18	74	48	9	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	19	72	5	328	- 257
Cervical Cancer	20	67	13	104	- 38
Liver Cancer	21	62	28	29	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	22	55	10	131	- 75
Inflammatory/Heart	23	52	31	26	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	24	52	36	19	+ 32
Falls	25	48	32	26	+ 22
Violence	26	47	20	63	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	44	2	363	- 319
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	40	34	21	+ 19
Drownings	29	39	25	35	+ 4
Birth Trauma	30	39	7	211	- 172
Parkinson's Disease	31	39	44	11	+ 27
Pancreas Cancer	32	37	82	0	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	33	34	45	11	+ 23
Lymphomas	34	32	37	19	+ 12
Leukemia	35	27	57	3	+ 24
Epilepsy	36	25	40	17	+ 8
Tuberculosis	37	23	19	79	- 56
Alcohol	38	23	51	6	+ 17
Asthma	39	22	21	49	- 27
Oral Cancer	40	22	41	15	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	41	20	22	47	- 27
Ovary Cancer	42	19	56	3	+ 16
Malnutrition	43	18	15	96	- 78
Fires	44	18	30	27	- 9
Drug Use	45	10	49	7	+ 4
Dengue	46	9	68	0	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	9	47	10	- 1
Bladder Cancer	48	7	46	10	- 3
Uterin Cancer	49	7	55	3	+ 4
Meningitis	50	7	11	115	- 108
Encephalitis	51	6	54	4	+ 2
Syphilis	52	4	38	19	- 15
Appendicitis	53	4	50	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	54	4	59	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	55	3	75	0	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	56	3	26	34	- 31
Poisonings	57	2	35	20	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	58	2	+ 0
Pertussis	59	2	18	80	- 78
Skin Cancers	60	1	42	12	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	62	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	43	12	- 11
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	5	- 4
Chagas disease	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	53	4	- 4
Chlamydia	68	0	66	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	29	29	- 29
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Suriname

Comoros

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.