MAURITANIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,352	4	1,636	+ 2,716
Stroke	2	4,118	6	1,307	+ 2,811
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,916	12	594	+ 1,321
Kidney Disease	4	1,881	15	555	+ 1,327
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,141	1	2,756	- 1,614
Suicide	6	987	30	141	+ 846
HIV/AIDS	7	923	25	231	+ 693
Liver Disease	8	897	13	586	+ 311
Hypertension	9	894	22	286	+ 608
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	785	24	251	+ 534
Lung Cancers	11	684	44	60	+ 624
Lung Disease	12	620	23	275	+ 346
Road Traffic Accidents	13	596	8	1,158	- 562
Prostate Cancer	14	525	34	118	+ 407
Other Injuries	15	486	19	343	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	485	37	110	+ 376
Breast Cancer	17	367	28	189	+ 178
Skin Disease	18	357	47	47	+ 310
Low Birth Weight	19	344	2	2,014	- 1,670
Cervical Cancer	20	321	20	333	- 12
Liver Cancer	21	300	21	312	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	22	266	10	665	- 399
Inflammatory/Heart	23	249	36	110	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	24	248	27	197	+ 50
Falls	25	229	31	140	+ 89
Violence	26	226	16	491	- 266
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	211	3	1,656	- 1,446
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	191	38	83	+ 108
Drownings	29	187	35	116	+ 71
Birth Trauma	30	186	7	1,204	- 1,019
Parkinson's Disease	31	185	41	69	+ 116
Pancreas Cancer	32	177	51	39	+ 138
Stomach Cancer	33	166	32	132	+ 33
Lymphomas	34	152	43	65	+ 87
Leukemia	35	131	55	22	+ 109
Epilepsy	36	123	39	75	+ 48
Tuberculosis	37	112	9	717	- 605
Alcohol	38	109	58	16	+ 93
Asthma	39	104	29	170	- 65
Oral Cancer	40	104	48	45	+ 59
Maternal Conditions	41	94	11	639	- 544
Ovary Cancer	42	91	49	43	+ 48
Malnutrition	43	88	17	462	- 374
Fires	44	85	33	123	- 38
Drug Use	45	50	40	71	- 22
Dengue	46	45	73	0	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	43	52	34	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	48	35	50	42	- 7
Uterin Cancer	49	35	57	17	+ 18
Meningitis	50	34	18	357	- 322
Encephalitis	51	28	53	33	- 5
Syphilis	52	22	26	204	- 182
Appendicitis	53	21	60	9	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	54	18	62	7	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	55	16	59	14	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	56	14	54	30	- 16
Poisonings	57	12	42	67	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	8	64	4	+ 4
Pertussis	59	8	14	574	- 566
Skin Cancers	60	7	46	50	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	63	5	+ 2
Tetanus	62	6	45	58	- 51
Hepatitis B	63	4	56	22	- 18
Chagas disease	64	2	78	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	1	69	2	- 2
War	66	1	70	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	70	0	67	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	73	0	61	9	- 9
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	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 MAURITANIA

Suriname

Mauritania

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.