LATVIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,811	1	8,099	- 6,288
Stroke	2	1,714	2	5,893	- 4,179
Diabetes Mellitus	3	797	8	529	+ 268
Kidney Disease	4	783	17	356	+ 427
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	475	9	501	- 26
Suicide	6	411	14	384	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	7	384	39	74	+ 310
Liver Disease	8	373	15	365	+ 8
Hypertension	9	372	3	1,194	- 821
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	327	7	664	- 337
Lung Cancers	11	285	4	956	- 672
Lung Disease	12	258	18	346	- 88
Road Traffic Accidents	13	248	27	154	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	14	218	12	464	- 246
Other Injuries	15	202	16	362	- 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	202	6	722	- 520
Breast Cancer	17	153	10	472	- 320
Skin Disease	18	149	38	76	+ 72
Low Birth Weight	19	143	56	11	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	20	134	33	128	+ 6
Liver Cancer	21	125	26	157	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	22	111	43	46	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	23	104	5	921	- 817
Endocrine Disorders	24	103	41	59	+ 44
Falls	25	95	23	201	- 106
Violence	26	94	37	94	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	88	54	14	+ 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	80	31	142	- 62
Drownings	29	78	34	127	- 49
Birth Trauma	30	77	55	12	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	31	77	35	125	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	32	74	13	436	- 363
Stomach Cancer	33	69	11	470	- 401
Lymphomas	34	63	19	245	- 182
Leukemia	35	55	25	186	- 131
Epilepsy	36	51	45	44	+ 7
Tuberculosis	37	46	40	71	- 25
Alcohol	38	45	21	227	- 182
Asthma	39	43	46	42	+ 2
Oral Cancer	40	43	22	214	- 171
Maternal Conditions	41	39	60	5	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	42	38	24	196	- 158
Malnutrition	43	37	64	2	+ 35
Fires	44	35	36	103	- 68
Drug Use	45	21	48	41	- 20
Dengue	46	19	83	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	18	47	41	- 23
Bladder Cancer	48	15	20	228	- 213
Uterin Cancer	49	14	29	148	- 133
Meningitis	50	14	52	15	- 0
Encephalitis	51	12	69	0	+ 12
Syphilis	52	9	65	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	53	9	59	5	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	54	8	28	153	- 145
Schistosomiasis	55	7	78	0	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	56	6	32	131	- 125
Poisonings	57	5	49	23	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	51	20	- 16
Pertussis	59	3	70	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	60	3	30	144	- 141
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	50	20	- 17
Tetanus	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	3	- 1
Chagas disease	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	4	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	42	53	- 53
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	82	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Suriname

Latvia

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.