EL SALVADOR VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,665	1	5,814	+ 852
Stroke	2	6,306	5	1,595	+ 4,711
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,934	7	1,385	+ 1,549
Kidney Disease	4	2,881	3	4,726	- 1,844
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,748	4	2,418	- 670
Suicide	6	1,512	15	391	+ 1,121
HIV/AIDS	7	1,414	9	842	+ 572
Liver Disease	8	1,373	10	797	+ 576
Hypertension	9	1,370	31	146	+ 1,224
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,203	18	320	+ 883
Lung Cancers	11	1,048	23	290	+ 758
Lung Disease	12	950	6	1,493	- 542
Road Traffic Accidents	13	913	8	1,347	- 434
Prostate Cancer	14	804	17	328	+ 475
Other Injuries	15	744	38	95	+ 648
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	743	20	315	+ 428
Breast Cancer	17	562	22	291	+ 271
Skin Disease	18	547	36	121	+ 426
Low Birth Weight	19	527	19	317	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	20	492	13	451	+ 40
Liver Cancer	21	460	16	355	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	22	407	14	449	- 42
Inflammatory/Heart	23	381	42	78	+ 303
Endocrine Disorders	24	379	25	223	+ 157
Falls	25	351	24	243	+ 109
Violence	26	345	2	5,485	- 5,140
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	322	27	199	+ 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	293	30	157	+ 136
Drownings	29	286	33	137	+ 150
Birth Trauma	30	285	37	121	+ 164
Parkinson's Disease	31	284	44	70	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	32	271	29	161	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	33	254	11	702	- 448
Lymphomas	34	233	28	186	+ 46
Leukemia	35	201	21	312	- 110
Epilepsy	36	188	48	50	+ 137
Tuberculosis	37	171	46	60	+ 111
Alcohol	38	166	12	648	- 482
Asthma	39	160	35	122	+ 38
Oral Cancer	40	160	39	94	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	41	144	53	26	+ 118
Ovary Cancer	42	140	40	93	+ 47
Malnutrition	43	135	26	214	- 79
Fires	44	130	54	21	+ 109
Drug Use	45	76	43	74	+ 2
Dengue	46	68	61	9	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	66	65	6	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	48	54	49	42	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	49	53	50	39	+ 14
Meningitis	50	53	51	36	+ 17
Encephalitis	51	43	63	7	+ 36
Syphilis	52	33	58	14	+ 19
Appendicitis	53	31	56	18	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	54	28	32	145	- 117
Schistosomiasis	55	24	82	0	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	56	21	41	80	- 59
Poisonings	57	18	57	15	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	13	59	14	- 1
Pertussis	59	12	52	32	- 20
Skin Cancers	60	11	47	60	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	64	7	+ 4
Tetanus	62	10	60	11	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	6	66	5	+ 2
Chagas disease	64	4	55	18	- 14
Leishmaniasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
War	66	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	9	- 8
Chlamydia	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	34	131	- 131
Schizophrenia	82	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Suriname

El Salvador

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.