DENMARK VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,006	1	5,341	+ 665
Stroke	2	5,683	5	3,662	+ 2,020
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,644	10	1,284	+ 1,360
Kidney Disease	4	2,596	12	911	+ 1,686
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,575	6	2,244	- 668
Suicide	6	1,362	16	617	+ 745
HIV/AIDS	7	1,274	55	23	+ 1,252
Liver Disease	8	1,237	14	692	+ 545
Hypertension	9	1,234	15	642	+ 592
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,084	2	5,218	- 4,134
Lung Cancers	11	944	4	3,721	- 2,777
Lung Disease	12	856	3	4,387	- 3,530
Road Traffic Accidents	13	823	33	213	+ 609
Prostate Cancer	14	724	8	1,480	- 756
Other Injuries	15	670	30	347	+ 323
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	669	7	2,147	- 1,477
Breast Cancer	17	507	9	1,299	- 792
Skin Disease	18	493	45	79	+ 414
Low Birth Weight	19	475	41	116	+ 358
Cervical Cancer	20	443	37	153	+ 290
Liver Cancer	21	415	25	464	- 50
Congenital Anomalies	22	367	36	153	+ 214
Inflammatory/Heart	23	343	31	284	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	24	342	19	575	- 233
Falls	25	317	22	541	- 224
Violence	26	311	47	63	+ 248
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	291	38	145	+ 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	264	32	216	+ 48
Drownings	29	258	50	37	+ 221
Birth Trauma	30	256	56	21	+ 235
Parkinson's Disease	31	256	17	600	- 344
Pancreas Cancer	32	244	11	1,096	- 852
Stomach Cancer	33	228	23	484	- 256
Lymphomas	34	210	13	730	- 520
Leukemia	35	181	20	558	- 377
Epilepsy	36	169	40	125	+ 44
Tuberculosis	37	154	57	16	+ 139
Alcohol	38	150	18	598	- 448
Asthma	39	144	44	82	+ 62
Oral Cancer	40	144	28	371	- 227
Maternal Conditions	41	130	64	2	+ 128
Ovary Cancer	42	126	29	367	- 241
Malnutrition	43	122	59	14	+ 108
Fires	44	117	49	53	+ 65
Drug Use	45	68	34	197	- 128
Dengue	46	62	83	0	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	60	42	96	- 37
Bladder Cancer	48	48	21	545	- 497
Uterin Cancer	49	48	35	156	- 108
Meningitis	50	48	52	25	+ 23
Encephalitis	51	39	67	1	+ 38
Syphilis	52	30	70	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	53	28	54	23	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	54	25	27	378	- 352
Schistosomiasis	55	22	75	0	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	56	19	24	477	- 458
Poisonings	57	16	62	6	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	43	84	- 73
Pertussis	59	11	72	0	+ 11
Skin Cancers	60	10	26	388	- 379
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	39	132	- 123
Tetanus	62	9	68	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	63	6	61	6	- 0
Chagas disease	64	3	77	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
War	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	58	15	- 15
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	60	9	- 8
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	73	- 73
Schizophrenia	82	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Suriname

Denmark

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.