COSTA RICA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,295	1	2,639	+ 2,655
Stroke	2	5,010	2	1,624	+ 3,385
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,331	5	953	+ 1,377
Kidney Disease	4	2,289	3	1,482	+ 807
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,388	7	836	+ 553
Suicide	6	1,201	15	407	+ 794
HIV/AIDS	7	1,124	25	192	+ 932
Liver Disease	8	1,091	18	370	+ 721
Hypertension	9	1,088	6	863	+ 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	955	8	818	+ 137
Lung Cancers	11	832	20	343	+ 489
Lung Disease	12	755	4	1,046	- 292
Road Traffic Accidents	13	725	9	746	- 21
Prostate Cancer	14	638	14	448	+ 190
Other Injuries	15	591	13	571	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	590	12	621	- 30
Breast Cancer	17	447	16	384	+ 62
Skin Disease	18	434	32	126	+ 308
Low Birth Weight	19	418	28	178	+ 241
Cervical Cancer	20	391	29	159	+ 232
Liver Cancer	21	365	17	382	- 16
Congenital Anomalies	22	323	21	315	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	23	303	26	191	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	24	301	27	183	+ 118
Falls	25	279	35	116	+ 163
Violence	26	274	11	635	- 361
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	256	39	87	+ 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	233	42	74	+ 159
Drownings	29	227	37	97	+ 131
Birth Trauma	30	226	47	48	+ 178
Parkinson's Disease	31	225	30	138	+ 87
Pancreas Cancer	32	215	22	294	- 78
Stomach Cancer	33	201	10	661	- 459
Lymphomas	34	185	19	356	- 171
Leukemia	35	160	24	262	- 102
Epilepsy	36	149	34	116	+ 33
Tuberculosis	37	136	50	32	+ 104
Alcohol	38	132	33	126	+ 6
Asthma	39	127	45	60	+ 66
Oral Cancer	40	127	38	96	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	41	115	55	17	+ 98
Ovary Cancer	42	111	40	80	+ 31
Malnutrition	43	108	48	37	+ 71
Fires	44	103	58	10	+ 93
Drug Use	45	60	43	63	- 3
Dengue	46	54	70	0	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	53	49	32	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	48	43	36	100	- 57
Uterin Cancer	49	42	41	80	- 38
Meningitis	50	42	54	18	+ 24
Encephalitis	51	34	63	3	+ 32
Syphilis	52	26	65	1	+ 25
Appendicitis	53	25	52	22	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	54	22	23	266	- 243
Schistosomiasis	55	19	76	0	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	56	17	44	61	- 44
Poisonings	57	14	60	5	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	46	55	- 45
Pertussis	59	10	69	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	60	9	31	137	- 128
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	57	11	- 2
Tetanus	62	8	74	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	7	- 2
Chagas disease	64	3	79	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	82	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Suriname

Costa Rica

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.