MALTA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	472	1	876	- 404
Stroke	2	447	2	291	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	3	208	6	163	+ 45
Kidney Disease	4	204	11	79	+ 125
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	124	3	213	- 89
Suicide	6	107	22	27	+ 80
HIV/AIDS	7	100	41	4	+ 97
Liver Disease	8	97	24	23	+ 74
Hypertension	9	97	20	33	+ 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	85	4	207	- 122
Lung Cancers	11	74	5	197	- 123
Lung Disease	12	67	8	127	- 59
Road Traffic Accidents	13	65	31	18	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	14	57	13	53	+ 4
Other Injuries	15	53	33	16	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	53	7	147	- 94
Breast Cancer	17	40	10	85	- 45
Skin Disease	18	39	25	23	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	19	37	35	11	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	20	35	39	4	+ 30
Liver Cancer	21	33	18	34	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	22	29	32	17	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	23	27	27	22	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	24	27	30	19	+ 8
Falls	25	25	14	52	- 27
Violence	26	24	40	4	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	23	55	1	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	21	37	7	+ 14
Drownings	29	20	48	2	+ 18
Birth Trauma	30	20	44	3	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	31	20	16	50	- 29
Pancreas Cancer	32	19	9	90	- 71
Stomach Cancer	33	18	15	50	- 32
Lymphomas	34	16	12	53	- 36
Leukemia	35	14	21	28	- 13
Epilepsy	36	13	43	3	+ 10
Tuberculosis	37	12	52	2	+ 11
Alcohol	38	12	47	3	+ 9
Asthma	39	11	36	8	+ 3
Oral Cancer	40	11	23	25	- 14
Maternal Conditions	41	10	64	0	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	42	10	17	34	- 24
Malnutrition	43	10	60	0	+ 9
Fires	44	9	62	0	+ 9
Drug Use	45	5	38	7	- 1
Dengue	46	5	78	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	5	49	2	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	48	4	19	33	- 29
Uterin Cancer	49	4	28	21	- 17
Meningitis	50	4	56	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	51	3	65	0	+ 3
Syphilis	52	2	81	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	53	2	63	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	2	26	22	- 20
Schistosomiasis	55	2	70	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	56	1	29	20	- 19
Poisonings	57	1	58	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	51	2	- 1
Pertussis	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	60	1	34	14	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	45	3	- 2
Tetanus	62	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	61	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
War	66	0	54	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	53	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	82	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.