LIBERIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,467	7	1,885	+ 3,583
Stroke	2	5,173	11	1,578	+ 3,595
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,407	15	650	+ 1,757
Kidney Disease	4	2,364	16	609	+ 1,755
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,434	2	2,693	- 1,259
Suicide	6	1,240	30	220	+ 1,021
HIV/AIDS	7	1,160	6	1,919	- 759
Liver Disease	8	1,126	13	858	+ 268
Hypertension	9	1,124	23	371	+ 753
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	987	29	235	+ 752
Lung Cancers	11	860	44	66	+ 794
Lung Disease	12	779	26	294	+ 486
Road Traffic Accidents	13	749	5	1,920	- 1,171
Prostate Cancer	14	659	25	297	+ 362
Other Injuries	15	610	22	380	+ 230
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	609	40	90	+ 520
Breast Cancer	17	461	27	246	+ 216
Skin Disease	18	449	51	41	+ 407
Low Birth Weight	19	432	8	1,652	- 1,220
Cervical Cancer	20	403	19	474	- 70
Liver Cancer	21	377	20	439	- 62
Congenital Anomalies	22	334	14	833	- 499
Inflammatory/Heart	23	313	38	115	+ 197
Endocrine Disorders	24	311	28	245	+ 66
Falls	25	288	33	155	+ 133
Violence	26	283	18	477	- 194
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	264	10	1,592	- 1,327
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	240	36	126	+ 114
Drownings	29	235	35	127	+ 108
Birth Trauma	30	233	9	1,601	- 1,368
Parkinson's Disease	31	233	43	72	+ 160
Pancreas Cancer	32	222	53	38	+ 185
Stomach Cancer	33	208	37	122	+ 86
Lymphomas	34	191	39	93	+ 97
Leukemia	35	165	58	23	+ 142
Epilepsy	36	154	42	81	+ 73
Tuberculosis	37	140	1	2,766	- 2,626
Alcohol	38	137	57	25	+ 111
Asthma	39	131	31	200	- 68
Oral Cancer	40	131	48	50	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	41	118	12	870	- 751
Ovary Cancer	42	115	47	50	+ 64
Malnutrition	43	111	24	353	- 242
Fires	44	107	34	153	- 46
Drug Use	45	62	50	42	+ 20
Dengue	46	56	72	0	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	54	49	50	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	48	44	59	19	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	49	44	55	28	+ 15
Meningitis	50	43	17	552	- 509
Encephalitis	51	35	56	27	+ 8
Syphilis	52	27	21	394	- 367
Appendicitis	53	26	61	12	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	54	23	62	6	+ 18
Schistosomiasis	55	20	45	51	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	56	17	60	16	+ 2
Poisonings	57	15	41	82	- 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	64	4	+ 6
Pertussis	59	10	32	197	- 187
Skin Cancers	60	9	46	51	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	63	4	+ 4
Tetanus	62	8	54	31	- 23
Hepatitis B	63	5	52	39	- 34
Chagas disease	64	3	78	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
War	66	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	4	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Suriname

Liberia

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.