GAMBIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,537	3	1,007	+ 1,531
Stroke	2	2,401	4	802	+ 1,598
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,117	15	290	+ 827
Kidney Disease	4	1,097	16	266	+ 831
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	665	1	1,340	- 675
Suicide	6	576	25	113	+ 463
HIV/AIDS	7	538	2	1,125	- 586
Liver Disease	8	523	14	323	+ 199
Hypertension	9	521	22	172	+ 349
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	458	28	89	+ 369
Lung Cancers	11	399	38	34	+ 365
Lung Disease	12	362	19	206	+ 156
Road Traffic Accidents	13	348	6	695	- 348
Prostate Cancer	14	306	43	21	+ 285
Other Injuries	15	283	21	194	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	283	52	11	+ 272
Breast Cancer	17	214	40	26	+ 188
Skin Disease	18	208	44	19	+ 190
Low Birth Weight	19	200	8	662	- 461
Cervical Cancer	20	187	23	145	+ 42
Liver Cancer	21	175	12	377	- 202
Congenital Anomalies	22	155	11	383	- 228
Inflammatory/Heart	23	145	32	59	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	24	144	17	230	- 85
Falls	25	134	29	83	+ 51
Violence	26	131	20	195	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	123	9	626	- 503
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	112	33	56	+ 55
Drownings	29	109	30	69	+ 40
Birth Trauma	30	108	5	754	- 646
Parkinson's Disease	31	108	37	34	+ 74
Pancreas Cancer	32	103	53	6	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	33	97	47	14	+ 83
Lymphomas	34	89	51	12	+ 77
Leukemia	35	77	59	2	+ 74
Epilepsy	36	71	35	43	+ 28
Tuberculosis	37	65	10	445	- 380
Alcohol	38	63	50	12	+ 51
Asthma	39	61	24	134	- 73
Oral Cancer	40	61	71	0	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	41	55	13	345	- 290
Ovary Cancer	42	53	61	2	+ 51
Malnutrition	43	52	26	110	- 58
Fires	44	50	31	67	- 17
Drug Use	45	29	39	28	+ 1
Dengue	46	26	73	0	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	25	41	24	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	48	20	56	4	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	49	20	66	1	+ 19
Meningitis	50	20	18	229	- 209
Encephalitis	51	16	48	14	+ 3
Syphilis	52	13	34	55	- 42
Appendicitis	53	12	55	5	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	54	11	57	3	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	55	9	42	23	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	56	8	54	5	+ 3
Poisonings	57	7	36	42	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	62	2	+ 3
Pertussis	59	5	27	99	- 94
Skin Cancers	60	4	68	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	58	3	+ 1
Tetanus	62	4	45	18	- 15
Hepatitis B	63	2	46	14	- 11
Chagas disease	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	60	2	- 2
War	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	674	- 674
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Suriname

Gambia

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.