HAITI VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,819	1	13,208	- 1,389
Stroke	2	11,182	2	11,779	- 597
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,202	4	5,026	+ 177
Kidney Disease	4	5,109	6	2,701	+ 2,408
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,099	3	7,064	- 3,964
Suicide	6	2,681	21	1,085	+ 1,595
HIV/AIDS	7	2,508	5	2,706	- 198
Liver Disease	8	2,435	10	2,425	+ 10
Hypertension	9	2,429	7	2,632	- 203
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,133	23	955	+ 1,178
Lung Cancers	11	1,858	36	492	+ 1,367
Lung Disease	12	1,685	11	2,334	- 649
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,619	13	2,115	- 495
Prostate Cancer	14	1,425	17	1,356	+ 69
Other Injuries	15	1,319	16	1,499	- 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,317	32	680	+ 637
Breast Cancer	17	997	30	705	+ 292
Skin Disease	18	970	40	425	+ 545
Low Birth Weight	19	934	9	2,516	- 1,582
Cervical Cancer	20	872	34	573	+ 299
Liver Cancer	21	816	33	662	+ 153
Congenital Anomalies	22	722	15	1,819	- 1,097
Inflammatory/Heart	23	676	25	941	- 265
Endocrine Disorders	24	673	24	951	- 279
Falls	25	623	35	549	+ 74
Violence	26	613	12	2,330	- 1,717
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	572	8	2,540	- 1,968
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	520	31	704	- 184
Drownings	29	507	19	1,306	- 799
Birth Trauma	30	505	14	2,100	- 1,596
Parkinson's Disease	31	503	42	329	+ 173
Pancreas Cancer	32	481	44	268	+ 212
Stomach Cancer	33	450	26	863	- 413
Lymphomas	34	412	47	235	+ 177
Leukemia	35	357	43	300	+ 57
Epilepsy	36	333	41	409	- 76
Tuberculosis	37	303	22	1,007	- 704
Alcohol	38	295	39	428	- 132
Asthma	39	283	20	1,107	- 824
Oral Cancer	40	283	45	261	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	41	256	18	1,349	- 1,093
Ovary Cancer	42	248	51	153	+ 94
Malnutrition	43	240	29	717	- 477
Fires	44	231	37	470	- 239
Drug Use	45	135	52	140	- 5
Dengue	46	121	64	17	+ 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	117	27	814	- 697
Bladder Cancer	48	95	55	92	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	49	95	57	42	+ 53
Meningitis	50	94	28	780	- 686
Encephalitis	51	77	54	118	- 41
Syphilis	52	59	46	251	- 193
Appendicitis	53	56	48	172	- 116
Other Neoplasms	54	50	60	31	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	55	43	76	0	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	56	37	49	155	- 118
Poisonings	57	32	50	154	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	23	58	37	- 15
Pertussis	59	21	38	446	- 425
Skin Cancers	60	19	56	56	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	61	18	61	28	- 10
Tetanus	62	17	53	119	- 101
Hepatitis B	63	11	62	26	- 15
Chagas disease	64	7	77	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	65	2	79	0	+ 2
War	66	2	66	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	1	63	19	- 17
Chlamydia	68	1	68	5	- 3
Ascariasis	69	1	67	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	70	1	65	7	- 6
Otitis Media	71	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	69	3	- 3
Measles	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	59	36	- 36
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	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 HAITI

Suriname

Haiti

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.