MALAYSIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,756	1	36,729	- 1,973
Stroke	2	32,884	3	21,592	+ 11,292
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,299	9	4,107	+ 11,192
Kidney Disease	4	15,025	6	6,629	+ 8,396
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,114	2	23,477	- 14,363
Suicide	6	7,883	19	1,823	+ 6,060
HIV/AIDS	7	7,375	13	2,679	+ 4,696
Liver Disease	8	7,160	7	5,125	+ 2,034
Hypertension	9	7,143	38	649	+ 6,494
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,272	10	3,996	+ 2,275
Lung Cancers	11	5,464	8	4,319	+ 1,145
Lung Disease	12	4,955	5	6,633	- 1,678
Road Traffic Accidents	13	4,761	4	7,181	- 2,420
Prostate Cancer	14	4,191	33	903	+ 3,287
Other Injuries	15	3,878	14	2,222	+ 1,656
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,874	11	3,832	+ 41
Breast Cancer	17	2,931	12	3,071	- 140
Skin Disease	18	2,852	15	2,066	+ 786
Low Birth Weight	19	2,746	29	1,020	+ 1,726
Cervical Cancer	20	2,564	31	1,010	+ 1,554
Liver Cancer	21	2,399	16	1,984	+ 415
Congenital Anomalies	22	2,123	24	1,403	+ 720
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,987	27	1,214	+ 773
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,979	37	809	+ 1,169
Falls	25	1,832	18	1,855	- 23
Violence	26	1,801	34	869	+ 932
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,681	20	1,773	- 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	1,529	22	1,424	+ 104
Drownings	29	1,492	36	820	+ 672
Birth Trauma	30	1,484	42	359	+ 1,125
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,479	28	1,106	+ 373
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,413	32	994	+ 419
Stomach Cancer	33	1,322	21	1,441	- 119
Lymphomas	34	1,213	25	1,321	- 108
Leukemia	35	1,050	23	1,412	- 362
Epilepsy	36	978	52	226	+ 753
Tuberculosis	37	892	26	1,227	- 335
Alcohol	38	868	55	181	+ 687
Asthma	39	833	30	1,013	- 180
Oral Cancer	40	832	17	1,865	- 1,032
Maternal Conditions	41	753	56	167	+ 586
Ovary Cancer	42	729	35	827	- 99
Malnutrition	43	706	49	249	+ 456
Fires	44	679	44	336	+ 344
Drug Use	45	396	45	322	+ 74
Dengue	46	357	47	280	+ 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	345	51	246	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	48	280	39	467	- 187
Uterin Cancer	49	278	43	352	- 74
Meningitis	50	275	46	301	- 26
Encephalitis	51	225	40	452	- 227
Syphilis	52	173	62	19	+ 154
Appendicitis	53	164	58	71	+ 92
Other Neoplasms	54	148	48	265	- 117
Schistosomiasis	55	126	75	0	+ 126
Oesophagus Cancer	56	109	41	435	- 325
Poisonings	57	93	53	211	- 118
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	66	60	27	+ 39
Pertussis	59	63	57	80	- 17
Skin Cancers	60	56	50	247	- 191
Multiple Sclerosis	61	54	59	30	+ 24
Tetanus	62	51	61	21	+ 30
Hepatitis B	63	33	54	206	- 173
Chagas disease	64	20	78	0	+ 20
Leishmaniasis	65	6	77	0	+ 6
War	66	5	63	11	- 5
Upper Respiratory	67	4	65	5	- 1
Chlamydia	68	3	68	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	3	67	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	3	64	6	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	72	1	69	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	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 MALAYSIA

Suriname

Malaysia

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.