GUYANA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	798	1	1,335	- 536
Stroke	2	755	2	1,022	- 267
Diabetes Mellitus	3	351	3	579	- 227
Kidney Disease	4	345	8	233	+ 112
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	209	6	302	- 92
Suicide	6	181	5	315	- 134
HIV/AIDS	7	169	7	256	- 87
Liver Disease	8	164	9	197	- 32
Hypertension	9	164	4	320	- 156
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	144	38	23	+ 121
Lung Cancers	11	126	29	38	+ 88
Lung Disease	12	114	13	174	- 60
Road Traffic Accidents	13	109	11	175	- 65
Prostate Cancer	14	96	17	123	- 27
Other Injuries	15	89	14	167	- 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	89	25	59	+ 30
Breast Cancer	17	67	19	96	- 29
Skin Disease	18	66	56	3	+ 62
Low Birth Weight	19	63	22	89	- 26
Cervical Cancer	20	59	21	91	- 32
Liver Cancer	21	55	34	29	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	22	49	23	69	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	23	46	20	92	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	24	45	12	174	- 129
Falls	25	42	48	11	+ 31
Violence	26	41	10	194	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	39	27	48	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	35	26	54	- 19
Drownings	29	34	15	145	- 111
Birth Trauma	30	34	24	64	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	31	34	49	9	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	32	32	42	19	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	33	30	31	34	- 4
Lymphomas	34	28	32	32	- 4
Leukemia	35	24	39	21	+ 3
Epilepsy	36	22	37	24	- 1
Tuberculosis	37	20	16	137	- 116
Alcohol	38	20	57	3	+ 17
Asthma	39	19	36	25	- 6
Oral Cancer	40	19	40	20	- 1
Maternal Conditions	41	17	35	28	- 11
Ovary Cancer	42	17	43	18	- 1
Malnutrition	43	16	30	37	- 21
Fires	44	16	41	19	- 4
Drug Use	45	9	45	16	- 7
Dengue	46	8	60	2	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	8	47	13	- 5
Bladder Cancer	48	6	50	8	- 1
Uterin Cancer	49	6	46	13	- 7
Meningitis	50	6	44	17	- 11
Encephalitis	51	5	53	7	- 2
Syphilis	52	4	71	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	53	4	54	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	54	3	28	40	- 37
Schistosomiasis	55	3	84	0	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	56	3	51	8	- 5
Poisonings	57	2	65	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	63	1	+ 1
Pertussis	59	1	73	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	60	1	55	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	61	1	+ 0
Tetanus	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	2	- 1
Chagas disease	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	83	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	33	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	18	99	- 99
Schizophrenia	82	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Suriname

Guyana

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.