EQU. GUINEA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,806	7	419	+ 1,387
Stroke	2	1,709	6	437	+ 1,271
Diabetes Mellitus	3	795	11	299	+ 496
Kidney Disease	4	781	14	198	+ 582
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	474	2	913	- 439
Suicide	6	410	22	107	+ 302
HIV/AIDS	7	383	1	1,838	- 1,455
Liver Disease	8	372	13	199	+ 173
Hypertension	9	371	16	165	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	326	29	55	+ 270
Lung Cancers	11	284	41	27	+ 257
Lung Disease	12	257	20	120	+ 137
Road Traffic Accidents	13	247	8	368	- 121
Prostate Cancer	14	218	35	43	+ 175
Other Injuries	15	202	23	105	+ 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	201	40	29	+ 173
Breast Cancer	17	152	24	84	+ 68
Skin Disease	18	148	51	13	+ 135
Low Birth Weight	19	143	4	457	- 314
Cervical Cancer	20	133	28	56	+ 77
Liver Cancer	21	125	34	43	+ 82
Congenital Anomalies	22	110	12	249	- 139
Inflammatory/Heart	23	103	27	63	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	24	103	25	73	+ 30
Falls	25	95	32	46	+ 50
Violence	26	94	33	45	+ 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	87	9	349	- 261
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	79	43	22	+ 58
Drownings	29	78	36	39	+ 38
Birth Trauma	30	77	5	441	- 364
Parkinson's Disease	31	77	46	18	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	32	73	55	11	+ 62
Stomach Cancer	33	69	49	16	+ 53
Lymphomas	34	63	45	19	+ 44
Leukemia	35	55	61	4	+ 51
Epilepsy	36	51	38	32	+ 19
Tuberculosis	37	46	10	321	- 275
Alcohol	38	45	53	12	+ 33
Asthma	39	43	26	65	- 22
Oral Cancer	40	43	37	35	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	41	39	17	139	- 100
Ovary Cancer	42	38	52	13	+ 25
Malnutrition	43	37	31	48	- 11
Fires	44	35	39	30	+ 5
Drug Use	45	21	30	50	- 30
Dengue	46	19	73	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	18	50	14	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	48	15	56	9	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	49	14	58	8	+ 7
Meningitis	50	14	19	127	- 113
Encephalitis	51	12	57	8	+ 4
Syphilis	52	9	18	134	- 125
Appendicitis	53	9	59	6	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	54	8	63	3	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	55	7	60	4	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	56	6	54	12	- 6
Poisonings	57	5	44	21	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	62	4	- 0
Pertussis	59	3	21	109	- 106
Skin Cancers	60	3	48	16	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	67	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	3	42	23	- 21
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	3	- 1
Chagas disease	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	78	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	73	0	15	181	- 181
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	78	0	3	668	- 668
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Suriname

Equ. Guinea

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.