GHANA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,780	3	14,103	+ 20,678
Stroke	2	32,907	2	15,163	+ 17,744
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,310	12	5,929	+ 9,380
Kidney Disease	4	15,036	13	4,161	+ 10,874
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,121	1	16,262	- 7,141
Suicide	6	7,889	21	1,993	+ 5,896
HIV/AIDS	7	7,380	4	13,565	- 6,185
Liver Disease	8	7,165	11	6,053	+ 1,111
Hypertension	9	7,149	19	2,231	+ 4,918
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,276	29	1,294	+ 4,982
Lung Cancers	11	5,468	55	237	+ 5,231
Lung Disease	12	4,958	15	3,120	+ 1,838
Road Traffic Accidents	13	4,764	7	7,808	- 3,043
Prostate Cancer	14	4,194	31	1,031	+ 3,163
Other Injuries	15	3,881	18	2,433	+ 1,449
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,877	34	803	+ 3,074
Breast Cancer	17	2,933	25	1,937	+ 996
Skin Disease	18	2,854	50	264	+ 2,590
Low Birth Weight	19	2,748	8	6,662	- 3,913
Cervical Cancer	20	2,566	20	2,161	+ 405
Liver Cancer	21	2,401	17	2,851	- 450
Congenital Anomalies	22	2,124	14	3,935	- 1,811
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,988	28	1,615	+ 373
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,980	24	1,965	+ 15
Falls	25	1,834	30	1,168	+ 666
Violence	26	1,802	27	1,857	- 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,683	9	6,538	- 4,856
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	1,530	48	321	+ 1,209
Drownings	29	1,493	36	740	+ 752
Birth Trauma	30	1,485	10	6,194	- 4,709
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,480	43	387	+ 1,093
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,414	46	334	+ 1,080
Stomach Cancer	33	1,323	33	870	+ 453
Lymphomas	34	1,214	32	875	+ 339
Leukemia	35	1,051	45	340	+ 710
Epilepsy	36	979	47	329	+ 650
Tuberculosis	37	892	6	10,214	- 9,322
Alcohol	38	869	54	244	+ 625
Asthma	39	834	23	1,979	- 1,145
Oral Cancer	40	833	42	483	+ 350
Maternal Conditions	41	753	22	1,991	- 1,238
Ovary Cancer	42	729	38	698	+ 31
Malnutrition	43	706	26	1,868	- 1,162
Fires	44	680	37	729	- 50
Drug Use	45	396	39	630	- 234
Dengue	46	357	71	0	+ 357
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	345	52	256	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	48	280	53	245	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	49	278	57	219	+ 60
Meningitis	50	275	16	2,983	- 2,708
Encephalitis	51	226	44	357	- 132
Syphilis	52	173	41	483	- 310
Appendicitis	53	164	59	146	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	54	148	63	48	+ 100
Schistosomiasis	55	126	51	257	- 131
Oesophagus Cancer	56	110	49	285	- 176
Poisonings	57	93	40	522	- 429
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	66	67	16	+ 50
Pertussis	59	63	35	744	- 681
Skin Cancers	60	56	58	214	- 158
Multiple Sclerosis	61	54	61	113	- 58
Tetanus	62	51	56	220	- 169
Hepatitis B	63	33	62	101	- 68
Chagas disease	64	20	76	0	+ 20
Leishmaniasis	65	6	77	0	+ 6
War	66	5	64	29	- 24
Upper Respiratory	67	4	66	16	- 12
Chlamydia	68	3	70	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	3	68	12	- 10
Hepatitis C	70	3	65	28	- 25
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	69	4	- 3
Measles	73	0	60	135	- 135
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Suriname

Ghana

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.