MAURITIUS VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,318	2	1,805	- 487
Stroke	2	1,247	3	985	+ 262
Diabetes Mellitus	3	580	1	1,873	- 1,293
Kidney Disease	4	570	4	724	- 155
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	346	7	346	- 1
Suicide	6	299	14	120	+ 179
HIV/AIDS	7	280	13	141	+ 139
Liver Disease	8	271	12	145	+ 126
Hypertension	9	271	6	592	- 321
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	238	34	42	+ 196
Lung Cancers	11	207	9	182	+ 25
Lung Disease	12	188	5	646	- 459
Road Traffic Accidents	13	181	11	155	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	14	159	15	115	+ 44
Other Injuries	15	147	21	66	+ 81
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	147	10	182	- 35
Breast Cancer	17	111	8	232	- 121
Skin Disease	18	108	22	64	+ 44
Low Birth Weight	19	104	35	37	+ 67
Cervical Cancer	20	97	30	49	+ 48
Liver Cancer	21	91	27	56	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	22	80	25	57	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	23	75	16	108	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	24	75	19	101	- 26
Falls	25	69	26	57	+ 13
Violence	26	68	41	30	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	64	42	23	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	58	43	22	+ 36
Drownings	29	57	33	43	+ 13
Birth Trauma	30	56	36	37	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	31	56	47	12	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	32	54	28	55	- 1
Stomach Cancer	33	50	18	104	- 54
Lymphomas	34	46	24	57	- 11
Leukemia	35	40	31	48	- 9
Epilepsy	36	37	38	35	+ 2
Tuberculosis	37	34	45	17	+ 16
Alcohol	38	33	29	53	- 20
Asthma	39	32	17	107	- 75
Oral Cancer	40	32	23	63	- 32
Maternal Conditions	41	29	48	11	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	42	28	32	46	- 18
Malnutrition	43	27	54	4	+ 23
Fires	44	26	50	10	+ 15
Drug Use	45	15	46	16	- 1
Dengue	46	14	68	0	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	13	56	3	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	48	11	44	21	- 10
Uterin Cancer	49	11	40	32	- 21
Meningitis	50	10	57	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	51	9	61	1	+ 8
Syphilis	52	7	67	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	53	6	59	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	54	6	20	77	- 71
Schistosomiasis	55	5	69	0	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	56	4	37	35	- 31
Poisonings	57	4	49	11	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	60	1	+ 2
Pertussis	59	2	66	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	60	2	53	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	76	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	51	9	- 9
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	39	33	- 33
Schizophrenia	82	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Suriname

Mauritius

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.