GREECE VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,519	1	21,124	- 10,605
Stroke	2	9,952	2	14,077	- 4,125
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,630	20	1,266	+ 3,365
Kidney Disease	4	4,547	6	4,759	- 211
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,758	3	8,282	- 5,524
Suicide	6	2,386	28	533	+ 1,853
HIV/AIDS	7	2,232	50	47	+ 2,185
Liver Disease	8	2,167	23	809	+ 1,358
Hypertension	9	2,162	9	2,922	- 760
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,898	7	3,940	- 2,042
Lung Cancers	11	1,654	4	7,355	- 5,702
Lung Disease	12	1,499	5	5,526	- 4,027
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,441	22	870	+ 571
Prostate Cancer	14	1,268	12	2,023	- 755
Other Injuries	15	1,174	17	1,453	- 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,172	8	3,264	- 2,091
Breast Cancer	17	887	11	2,520	- 1,633
Skin Disease	18	863	47	56	+ 807
Low Birth Weight	19	831	41	127	+ 704
Cervical Cancer	20	776	36	243	+ 533
Liver Cancer	21	726	14	1,566	- 839
Congenital Anomalies	22	642	38	174	+ 468
Inflammatory/Heart	23	601	24	725	- 124
Endocrine Disorders	24	599	29	526	+ 73
Falls	25	555	21	1,245	- 690
Violence	26	545	42	104	+ 441
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	509	44	95	+ 414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	463	26	611	- 148
Drownings	29	451	32	435	+ 16
Birth Trauma	30	449	57	17	+ 432
Parkinson's Disease	31	448	10	2,646	- 2,198
Pancreas Cancer	32	428	13	1,904	- 1,476
Stomach Cancer	33	400	16	1,535	- 1,135
Lymphomas	34	367	19	1,268	- 901
Leukemia	35	318	18	1,354	- 1,036
Epilepsy	36	296	34	249	+ 47
Tuberculosis	37	270	46	66	+ 203
Alcohol	38	263	49	50	+ 212
Asthma	39	252	55	27	+ 225
Oral Cancer	40	252	30	440	- 188
Maternal Conditions	41	228	61	2	+ 226
Ovary Cancer	42	221	27	557	- 337
Malnutrition	43	214	66	1	+ 213
Fires	44	206	39	146	+ 59
Drug Use	45	120	37	193	- 74
Dengue	46	108	71	0	+ 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	104	43	100	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	48	85	15	1,551	- 1,466
Uterin Cancer	49	84	33	373	- 288
Meningitis	50	83	53	33	+ 50
Encephalitis	51	68	67	1	+ 68
Syphilis	52	52	65	1	+ 51
Appendicitis	53	50	58	9	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	54	45	25	679	- 634
Schistosomiasis	55	38	75	0	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	56	33	35	246	- 212
Poisonings	57	28	56	19	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	20	45	67	- 47
Pertussis	59	19	69	0	+ 19
Skin Cancers	60	17	31	438	- 421
Multiple Sclerosis	61	16	40	135	- 119
Tetanus	62	16	62	2	+ 14
Hepatitis B	63	10	48	56	- 46
Chagas disease	64	6	77	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	65	2	60	4	- 2
War	66	2	64	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	59	8	- 7
Chlamydia	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	52	38	- 38
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	47	- 47
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	27	- 27
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	63	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Suriname

Greece

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.