GUINEA-BISSAU VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,144	5	907	+ 1,237
Stroke	2	2,029	6	829	+ 1,199
Diabetes Mellitus	3	944	14	313	+ 630
Kidney Disease	4	927	15	268	+ 659
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	562	2	1,390	- 827
Suicide	6	486	26	134	+ 352
HIV/AIDS	7	455	1	1,445	- 990
Liver Disease	8	442	11	405	+ 37
Hypertension	9	441	21	177	+ 263
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	387	34	69	+ 318
Lung Cancers	11	337	50	18	+ 319
Lung Disease	12	306	20	191	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	13	294	10	619	- 325
Prostate Cancer	14	259	42	41	+ 218
Other Injuries	15	239	17	234	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	239	38	50	+ 189
Breast Cancer	17	181	29	93	+ 88
Skin Disease	18	176	53	16	+ 160
Low Birth Weight	19	169	8	705	- 535
Cervical Cancer	20	158	23	154	+ 4
Liver Cancer	21	148	28	116	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	22	131	12	373	- 242
Inflammatory/Heart	23	123	37	53	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	24	122	18	221	- 99
Falls	25	113	33	71	+ 42
Violence	26	111	22	173	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	104	4	913	- 809
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	94	32	77	+ 17
Drownings	29	92	30	89	+ 3
Birth Trauma	30	92	7	790	- 698
Parkinson's Disease	31	91	46	27	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	32	87	54	14	+ 73
Stomach Cancer	33	82	36	55	+ 26
Lymphomas	34	75	45	28	+ 47
Leukemia	35	65	61	6	+ 59
Epilepsy	36	60	39	48	+ 12
Tuberculosis	37	55	3	1,387	- 1,332
Alcohol	38	54	57	12	+ 41
Asthma	39	51	24	150	- 99
Oral Cancer	40	51	56	13	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	41	46	13	333	- 287
Ovary Cancer	42	45	48	19	+ 26
Malnutrition	43	44	27	121	- 77
Fires	44	42	35	64	- 22
Drug Use	45	24	55	13	+ 11
Dengue	46	22	72	0	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	21	43	33	- 12
Bladder Cancer	48	17	51	17	- 0
Uterin Cancer	49	17	59	8	+ 9
Meningitis	50	17	16	258	- 241
Encephalitis	51	14	58	10	+ 4
Syphilis	52	11	31	85	- 74
Appendicitis	53	10	60	7	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	54	9	65	2	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	55	8	44	30	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	56	7	49	19	- 12
Poisonings	57	6	41	45	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	67	2	+ 2
Pertussis	59	4	19	212	- 208
Skin Cancers	60	3	52	17	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	64	2	+ 1
Tetanus	62	3	40	48	- 45
Hepatitis B	63	2	47	20	- 18
Chagas disease	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	2	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	62	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	70	0	63	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	25	147	- 147
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	9	684	- 684
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Suriname

Guinea-Bissau

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.