NAMIBIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,819	5	1,221	+ 1,599
Stroke	2	2,667	4	1,333	+ 1,334
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,241	7	724	+ 517
Kidney Disease	4	1,219	15	322	+ 897
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	739	2	1,464	- 725
Suicide	6	639	17	243	+ 397
HIV/AIDS	7	598	1	2,928	- 2,330
Liver Disease	8	581	14	336	+ 245
Hypertension	9	579	12	428	+ 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	509	21	176	+ 333
Lung Cancers	11	443	35	59	+ 384
Lung Disease	12	402	10	461	- 59
Road Traffic Accidents	13	386	6	868	- 482
Prostate Cancer	14	340	31	94	+ 246
Other Injuries	15	315	19	207	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	314	36	54	+ 260
Breast Cancer	17	238	24	121	+ 117
Skin Disease	18	231	47	31	+ 200
Low Birth Weight	19	223	9	516	- 293
Cervical Cancer	20	208	23	133	+ 75
Liver Cancer	21	195	41	45	+ 150
Congenital Anomalies	22	172	16	283	- 111
Inflammatory/Heart	23	161	22	162	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	24	160	33	73	+ 88
Falls	25	149	34	62	+ 87
Violence	26	146	11	450	- 304
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	136	8	645	- 508
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	124	32	76	+ 48
Drownings	29	121	26	110	+ 11
Birth Trauma	30	120	13	345	- 224
Parkinson's Disease	31	120	42	43	+ 77
Pancreas Cancer	32	115	53	18	+ 97
Stomach Cancer	33	107	45	33	+ 75
Lymphomas	34	98	40	46	+ 53
Leukemia	35	85	49	24	+ 61
Epilepsy	36	79	38	49	+ 30
Tuberculosis	37	72	3	1,416	- 1,344
Alcohol	38	70	48	28	+ 42
Asthma	39	68	20	200	- 133
Oral Cancer	40	68	30	100	- 32
Maternal Conditions	41	61	25	110	- 49
Ovary Cancer	42	59	50	23	+ 36
Malnutrition	43	57	18	224	- 166
Fires	44	55	28	109	- 54
Drug Use	45	32	46	32	+ 0
Dengue	46	29	74	0	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	28	44	33	- 5
Bladder Cancer	48	23	54	16	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	49	23	56	11	+ 11
Meningitis	50	22	27	109	- 86
Encephalitis	51	18	59	8	+ 10
Syphilis	52	14	43	35	- 21
Appendicitis	53	13	58	9	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	54	12	60	8	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	55	10	55	14	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	56	9	52	21	- 12
Poisonings	57	8	39	46	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	57	9	- 4
Pertussis	59	5	37	54	- 49
Skin Cancers	60	5	29	108	- 103
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	64	2	+ 2
Tetanus	62	4	62	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	4	- 2
Chagas disease	64	2	78	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	1	79	0	+ 1
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	51	22	- 22
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Suriname

Namibia

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.