MALDIVES VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	391	1	279	+ 112
Stroke	2	370	2	143	+ 227
Diabetes Mellitus	3	172	6	47	+ 125
Kidney Disease	4	169	4	80	+ 89
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	103	8	33	+ 70
Suicide	6	89	21	15	+ 74
HIV/AIDS	7	83	78	0	+ 83
Liver Disease	8	81	11	24	+ 56
Hypertension	9	80	17	16	+ 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	71	5	47	+ 23
Lung Cancers	11	61	7	36	+ 25
Lung Disease	12	56	3	91	- 35
Road Traffic Accidents	13	54	31	9	+ 45
Prostate Cancer	14	47	26	11	+ 36
Other Injuries	15	44	18	16	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	44	14	21	+ 23
Breast Cancer	17	33	9	28	+ 5
Skin Disease	18	32	32	8	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	19	31	20	15	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	20	29	13	22	+ 7
Liver Cancer	21	27	10	27	+ 0
Congenital Anomalies	22	24	15	19	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	23	22	36	5	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	24	22	12	22	+ 1
Falls	25	21	16	19	+ 2
Violence	26	20	28	10	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	19	22	14	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	17	42	4	+ 14
Drownings	29	17	23	14	+ 3
Birth Trauma	30	17	39	5	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	31	17	25	12	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	32	16	40	4	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	33	15	49	1	+ 14
Lymphomas	34	14	34	7	+ 6
Leukemia	35	12	24	13	- 1
Epilepsy	36	11	38	5	+ 6
Tuberculosis	37	10	27	11	- 1
Alcohol	38	10	51	1	+ 9
Asthma	39	9	29	10	- 0
Oral Cancer	40	9	19	15	- 6
Maternal Conditions	41	8	35	5	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	42	8	30	9	- 1
Malnutrition	43	8	45	3	+ 5
Fires	44	8	41	4	+ 4
Drug Use	45	4	48	2	+ 3
Dengue	46	4	33	8	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	4	43	3	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	48	3	37	5	- 2
Uterin Cancer	49	3	47	2	+ 1
Meningitis	50	3	50	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	3	44	3	- 0
Syphilis	52	2	58	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	53	2	61	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	2	46	2	- 0
Schistosomiasis	55	1	71	0	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	56	1	59	0	+ 1
Poisonings	57	1	55	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	53	0	+ 0
Pertussis	59	1	52	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	60	1	63	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	57	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	1	54	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	0	56	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	65	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	60	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Suriname

Maldives

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.