IRELAND VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,262	1	4,762	+ 501
Stroke	2	4,979	5	1,770	+ 3,209
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,316	16	414	+ 1,903
Kidney Disease	4	2,275	10	566	+ 1,709
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,380	6	1,298	+ 82
Suicide	6	1,194	14	470	+ 724
HIV/AIDS	7	1,117	57	9	+ 1,108
Liver Disease	8	1,084	19	279	+ 805
Hypertension	9	1,082	29	175	+ 907
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	950	2	3,209	- 2,260
Lung Cancers	11	827	3	1,916	- 1,089
Lung Disease	12	750	4	1,915	- 1,165
Road Traffic Accidents	13	721	33	153	+ 568
Prostate Cancer	14	635	9	585	+ 50
Other Injuries	15	587	30	171	+ 416
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	587	7	1,095	- 509
Breast Cancer	17	444	8	760	- 316
Skin Disease	18	432	42	58	+ 374
Low Birth Weight	19	416	44	56	+ 360
Cervical Cancer	20	388	35	103	+ 285
Liver Cancer	21	363	18	318	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	22	321	32	153	+ 168
Inflammatory/Heart	23	301	26	240	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	24	300	24	249	+ 50
Falls	25	277	25	247	+ 31
Violence	26	273	47	38	+ 235
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	255	45	53	+ 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	231	38	67	+ 165
Drownings	29	226	43	57	+ 169
Birth Trauma	30	225	56	10	+ 215
Parkinson's Disease	31	224	12	530	- 306
Pancreas Cancer	32	214	11	530	- 316
Stomach Cancer	33	200	17	357	- 156
Lymphomas	34	184	13	513	- 329
Leukemia	35	159	20	274	- 115
Epilepsy	36	148	36	85	+ 63
Tuberculosis	37	135	50	23	+ 112
Alcohol	38	131	39	64	+ 67
Asthma	39	126	41	58	+ 68
Oral Cancer	40	126	28	183	- 57
Maternal Conditions	41	114	61	3	+ 111
Ovary Cancer	42	110	21	273	- 163
Malnutrition	43	107	63	2	+ 105
Fires	44	103	48	30	+ 73
Drug Use	45	60	31	167	- 107
Dengue	46	54	78	0	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	52	46	50	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	48	42	22	256	- 214
Uterin Cancer	49	42	34	126	- 84
Meningitis	50	42	58	7	+ 34
Encephalitis	51	34	66	0	+ 34
Syphilis	52	26	68	0	+ 26
Appendicitis	53	25	60	3	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	54	22	27	218	- 196
Schistosomiasis	55	19	72	0	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	56	17	15	419	- 402
Poisonings	57	14	53	14	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	40	59	- 49
Pertussis	59	10	67	0	+ 10
Skin Cancers	60	9	23	252	- 243
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	37	83	- 75
Tetanus	62	8	81	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	6	- 1
Chagas disease	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
War	66	1	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	52	19	- 19
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	82	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Suriname

Ireland

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.