GUATEMALA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,356	1	9,825	+ 8,531
Stroke	2	17,367	6	4,849	+ 12,519
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,080	3	6,932	+ 1,148
Kidney Disease	4	7,935	4	6,277	+ 1,659
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,814	2	9,245	- 4,432
Suicide	6	4,164	22	1,039	+ 3,124
HIV/AIDS	7	3,895	21	1,173	+ 2,723
Liver Disease	8	3,781	5	5,684	- 1,903
Hypertension	9	3,773	26	679	+ 3,094
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,312	12	1,957	+ 1,356
Lung Cancers	11	2,886	35	391	+ 2,495
Lung Disease	12	2,617	13	1,901	+ 715
Road Traffic Accidents	13	2,515	8	4,026	- 1,512
Prostate Cancer	14	2,213	24	846	+ 1,368
Other Injuries	15	2,048	10	2,466	- 417
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,046	31	464	+ 1,582
Breast Cancer	17	1,548	28	495	+ 1,053
Skin Disease	18	1,506	42	232	+ 1,274
Low Birth Weight	19	1,451	16	1,658	- 208
Cervical Cancer	20	1,354	25	808	+ 547
Liver Cancer	21	1,267	15	1,765	- 498
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,121	18	1,517	- 395
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,049	44	225	+ 824
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,045	29	486	+ 559
Falls	25	968	20	1,371	- 404
Violence	26	951	7	4,411	- 3,459
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	888	9	2,617	- 1,729
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	807	23	1,029	- 222
Drownings	29	788	32	463	+ 325
Birth Trauma	30	784	19	1,466	- 682
Parkinson's Disease	31	781	34	393	+ 388
Pancreas Cancer	32	747	38	282	+ 465
Stomach Cancer	33	698	17	1,570	- 872
Lymphomas	34	641	43	229	+ 411
Leukemia	35	554	27	601	- 46
Epilepsy	36	517	33	463	+ 54
Tuberculosis	37	471	37	301	+ 170
Alcohol	38	458	14	1,799	- 1,341
Asthma	39	440	36	335	+ 106
Oral Cancer	40	440	49	142	+ 297
Maternal Conditions	41	398	30	468	- 71
Ovary Cancer	42	385	50	133	+ 252
Malnutrition	43	373	11	1,981	- 1,608
Fires	44	359	45	207	+ 151
Drug Use	45	209	40	272	- 63
Dengue	46	188	58	33	+ 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	182	54	62	+ 120
Bladder Cancer	48	148	55	57	+ 90
Uterin Cancer	49	147	59	27	+ 120
Meningitis	50	145	41	271	- 126
Encephalitis	51	119	51	104	+ 15
Syphilis	52	91	64	3	+ 88
Appendicitis	53	86	47	164	- 77
Other Neoplasms	54	78	56	42	+ 36
Schistosomiasis	55	67	75	0	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	56	58	48	144	- 86
Poisonings	57	49	39	275	- 226
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	35	52	82	- 47
Pertussis	59	33	53	70	- 36
Skin Cancers	60	30	46	195	- 165
Multiple Sclerosis	61	29	60	21	+ 8
Tetanus	62	27	62	10	+ 17
Hepatitis B	63	17	65	2	+ 15
Chagas disease	64	10	61	19	- 8
Leishmaniasis	65	3	69	1	+ 3
War	66	3	68	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	2	57	34	- 32
Chlamydia	68	2	67	2	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	63	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	70	1	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	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 GUATEMALA

Suriname

Guatemala

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.