FIJI VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	957	2	1,481	- 524
Stroke	2	905	3	583	+ 323
Diabetes Mellitus	3	421	1	1,628	- 1,207
Kidney Disease	4	414	4	277	+ 137
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	251	5	228	+ 22
Suicide	6	217	16	80	+ 137
HIV/AIDS	7	203	31	30	+ 173
Liver Disease	8	197	15	82	+ 115
Hypertension	9	197	7	170	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	173	19	63	+ 110
Lung Cancers	11	150	22	48	+ 103
Lung Disease	12	136	9	141	- 4
Road Traffic Accidents	13	131	11	120	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	14	115	25	41	+ 75
Other Injuries	15	107	17	77	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	107	24	45	+ 61
Breast Cancer	17	81	8	162	- 82
Skin Disease	18	79	41	19	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	19	76	14	86	- 10
Cervical Cancer	20	71	13	86	- 16
Liver Cancer	21	66	18	68	- 2
Congenital Anomalies	22	58	10	129	- 71
Inflammatory/Heart	23	55	23	45	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	24	54	34	28	+ 27
Falls	25	50	36	27	+ 24
Violence	26	50	40	19	+ 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	46	12	96	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	42	29	34	+ 8
Drownings	29	41	21	60	- 18
Birth Trauma	30	41	28	36	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	31	41	26	40	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	32	39	38	21	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	33	36	37	23	+ 13
Lymphomas	34	33	35	27	+ 6
Leukemia	35	29	30	31	- 2
Epilepsy	36	27	44	16	+ 11
Tuberculosis	37	25	27	39	- 15
Alcohol	38	24	57	2	+ 22
Asthma	39	23	6	226	- 203
Oral Cancer	40	23	46	13	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	41	21	49	9	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	42	20	32	29	- 9
Malnutrition	43	19	45	14	+ 5
Fires	44	19	33	28	- 9
Drug Use	45	11	52	4	+ 7
Dengue	46	10	55	3	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	10	20	62	- 52
Bladder Cancer	48	8	50	8	- 0
Uterin Cancer	49	8	39	20	- 12
Meningitis	50	8	43	17	- 10
Encephalitis	51	6	51	7	- 1
Syphilis	52	5	47	11	- 6
Appendicitis	53	5	54	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	4	53	3	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	55	3	74	0	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	56	3	42	18	- 15
Poisonings	57	3	56	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	62	0	+ 1
Pertussis	59	2	48	10	- 8
Skin Cancers	60	2	61	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	60	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	58	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	1	- 0
Chagas disease	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	73	0	+ 0
War	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Suriname

Fiji

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.