FINLAND VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,657	2	9,831	- 4,174
Stroke	2	5,353	3	4,115	+ 1,238
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,490	22	418	+ 2,073
Kidney Disease	4	2,446	26	342	+ 2,104
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,484	21	436	+ 1,047
Suicide	6	1,283	15	846	+ 437
HIV/AIDS	7	1,201	59	6	+ 1,195
Liver Disease	8	1,165	10	1,068	+ 97
Hypertension	9	1,163	5	2,030	- 867
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,021	1	11,120	- 10,099
Lung Cancers	11	889	4	2,312	- 1,423
Lung Disease	12	806	8	1,289	- 483
Road Traffic Accidents	13	775	33	215	+ 560
Prostate Cancer	14	682	11	970	- 288
Other Injuries	15	631	20	437	+ 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	631	6	1,433	- 803
Breast Cancer	17	477	12	948	- 471
Skin Disease	18	464	47	27	+ 437
Low Birth Weight	19	447	48	26	+ 421
Cervical Cancer	20	417	44	62	+ 355
Liver Cancer	21	391	16	545	- 155
Congenital Anomalies	22	346	35	192	+ 154
Inflammatory/Heart	23	323	17	518	- 195
Endocrine Disorders	24	322	31	257	+ 65
Falls	25	298	7	1,325	- 1,027
Violence	26	293	43	64	+ 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	274	52	15	+ 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	249	36	151	+ 97
Drownings	29	243	37	106	+ 137
Birth Trauma	30	242	56	8	+ 234
Parkinson's Disease	31	241	13	853	- 612
Pancreas Cancer	32	230	9	1,247	- 1,017
Stomach Cancer	33	215	19	447	- 232
Lymphomas	34	197	14	851	- 653
Leukemia	35	171	24	371	- 200
Epilepsy	36	159	38	104	+ 55
Tuberculosis	37	145	46	32	+ 113
Alcohol	38	141	18	464	- 323
Asthma	39	136	40	85	+ 51
Oral Cancer	40	135	34	207	- 72
Maternal Conditions	41	123	64	2	+ 121
Ovary Cancer	42	119	25	344	- 226
Malnutrition	43	115	57	7	+ 108
Fires	44	111	45	62	+ 49
Drug Use	45	64	30	269	- 205
Dengue	46	58	82	0	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	56	50	19	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	48	46	28	308	- 263
Uterin Cancer	49	45	32	225	- 180
Meningitis	50	45	55	9	+ 35
Encephalitis	51	37	66	0	+ 36
Syphilis	52	28	67	0	+ 28
Appendicitis	53	27	54	10	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	54	24	23	377	- 353
Schistosomiasis	55	21	77	0	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	56	18	27	320	- 302
Poisonings	57	15	49	25	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	41	83	- 72
Pertussis	59	10	69	0	+ 10
Skin Cancers	60	9	29	297	- 288
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	42	80	- 71
Tetanus	62	8	70	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	63	5	63	2	+ 4
Chagas disease	64	3	76	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	75	0	+ 1
War	66	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	60	5	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	58	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	82	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Suriname

Finland

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.