ICELAND VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	366	1	403	- 37
Stroke	2	346	3	141	+ 206
Diabetes Mellitus	3	161	16	30	+ 131
Kidney Disease	4	158	15	33	+ 125
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	96	6	82	+ 14
Suicide	6	83	13	40	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	7	78	59	0	+ 77
Liver Disease	8	75	31	9	+ 66
Hypertension	9	75	17	24	+ 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	66	2	295	- 229
Lung Cancers	11	58	4	134	- 77
Lung Disease	12	52	5	129	- 77
Road Traffic Accidents	13	50	35	7	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	14	44	8	61	- 17
Other Injuries	15	41	11	50	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	41	7	73	- 33
Breast Cancer	17	31	9	53	- 22
Skin Disease	18	30	45	3	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	19	29	43	3	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	20	27	32	9	+ 18
Liver Cancer	21	25	20	22	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	22	22	34	7	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	23	21	26	16	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	24	21	27	16	+ 5
Falls	25	19	18	24	- 4
Violence	26	19	39	4	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	18	55	1	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	16	41	3	+ 13
Drownings	29	16	56	1	+ 15
Birth Trauma	30	16	46	2	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	31	16	10	53	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	32	15	12	43	- 28
Stomach Cancer	33	14	23	18	- 4
Lymphomas	34	13	14	37	- 24
Leukemia	35	11	22	19	- 8
Epilepsy	36	10	37	5	+ 5
Tuberculosis	37	9	82	0	+ 9
Alcohol	38	9	28	14	- 5
Asthma	39	9	48	2	+ 7
Oral Cancer	40	9	33	9	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	41	8	60	0	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	42	8	25	16	- 9
Malnutrition	43	7	57	1	+ 7
Fires	44	7	58	1	+ 7
Drug Use	45	4	24	17	- 13
Dengue	46	4	72	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	4	54	1	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	48	3	21	20	- 17
Uterin Cancer	49	3	36	7	- 4
Meningitis	50	3	50	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	2	78	0	+ 2
Syphilis	52	2	80	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	53	2	86	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	2	30	10	- 8
Schistosomiasis	55	1	75	0	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	56	1	19	23	- 21
Poisonings	57	1	42	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	38	4	- 4
Pertussis	59	1	62	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	60	1	29	13	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	44	3	- 2
Tetanus	62	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	63	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	51	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	52	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	82	0	49	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Suriname

Iceland

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.