ESTONIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,200	1	3,009	- 1,808
Stroke	2	1,136	3	1,116	+ 20
Diabetes Mellitus	3	528	19	146	+ 382
Kidney Disease	4	519	17	176	+ 342
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	315	6	349	- 34
Suicide	6	272	16	197	+ 75
HIV/AIDS	7	255	39	40	+ 214
Liver Disease	8	247	7	328	- 81
Hypertension	9	247	2	2,700	- 2,454
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	217	12	229	- 13
Lung Cancers	11	189	4	657	- 468
Lung Disease	12	171	13	229	- 58
Road Traffic Accidents	13	164	35	59	+ 105
Prostate Cancer	14	145	8	298	- 154
Other Injuries	15	134	20	141	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	134	5	527	- 393
Breast Cancer	17	101	11	260	- 159
Skin Disease	18	98	41	29	+ 70
Low Birth Weight	19	95	55	7	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	20	89	32	68	+ 21
Liver Cancer	21	83	26	107	- 24
Congenital Anomalies	22	73	43	25	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	23	69	14	217	- 148
Endocrine Disorders	24	68	33	66	+ 2
Falls	25	63	24	119	- 55
Violence	26	62	42	28	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	58	53	8	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	53	36	55	- 2
Drownings	29	52	40	30	+ 22
Birth Trauma	30	51	57	5	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	31	51	29	82	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	32	49	10	268	- 220
Stomach Cancer	33	46	9	290	- 244
Lymphomas	34	42	15	213	- 171
Leukemia	35	36	22	126	- 89
Epilepsy	36	34	37	45	- 11
Tuberculosis	37	31	47	16	+ 14
Alcohol	38	30	18	148	- 118
Asthma	39	29	44	24	+ 5
Oral Cancer	40	29	25	110	- 82
Maternal Conditions	41	26	61	1	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	42	25	28	87	- 62
Malnutrition	43	24	79	0	+ 24
Fires	44	23	38	41	- 17
Drug Use	45	14	31	75	- 61
Dengue	46	12	75	0	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	12	45	22	- 10
Bladder Cancer	48	10	21	126	- 116
Uterin Cancer	49	10	34	60	- 51
Meningitis	50	10	54	7	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	8	63	0	+ 8
Syphilis	52	6	62	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	53	6	59	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	54	5	23	123	- 118
Schistosomiasis	55	4	72	0	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	56	4	27	99	- 95
Poisonings	57	3	52	8	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	46	17	- 15
Pertussis	59	2	83	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	60	2	30	79	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	48	16	- 14
Tetanus	62	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	58	4	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	82	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.