NEPAL VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SURINAME		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,294	2	19,677	+ 11,618
Stroke	2	29,609	4	12,909	+ 16,700
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,775	14	2,929	+ 10,846
Kidney Disease	4	13,529	10	4,284	+ 9,245
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,207	6	6,237	+ 1,969
Suicide	6	7,098	16	2,571	+ 4,527
HIV/AIDS	7	6,641	34	737	+ 5,904
Liver Disease	8	6,447	5	6,383	+ 64
Hypertension	9	6,432	18	2,092	+ 4,340
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,647	19	2,022	+ 3,625
Lung Cancers	11	4,920	12	3,586	+ 1,334
Lung Disease	12	4,461	1	27,027	- 22,566
Road Traffic Accidents	13	4,287	9	4,654	- 368
Prostate Cancer	14	3,773	58	85	+ 3,688
Other Injuries	15	3,492	22	1,655	+ 1,838
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,488	26	1,167	+ 2,321
Breast Cancer	17	2,639	27	1,038	+ 1,601
Skin Disease	18	2,568	67	17	+ 2,551
Low Birth Weight	19	2,473	11	3,822	- 1,349
Cervical Cancer	20	2,309	20	1,969	+ 339
Liver Cancer	21	2,160	46	256	+ 1,904
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,911	21	1,949	- 37
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,789	48	217	+ 1,572
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,781	45	257	+ 1,524
Falls	25	1,650	13	3,321	- 1,671
Violence	26	1,622	35	704	+ 918
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,514	7	6,071	- 4,557
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	1,377	49	191	+ 1,185
Drownings	29	1,343	23	1,505	- 162
Birth Trauma	30	1,336	15	2,676	- 1,340
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,331	33	760	+ 572
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,273	41	445	+ 827
Stomach Cancer	33	1,190	25	1,379	- 189
Lymphomas	34	1,092	32	768	+ 324
Leukemia	35	945	36	668	+ 278
Epilepsy	36	881	30	874	+ 7
Tuberculosis	37	803	3	16,535	- 15,732
Alcohol	38	782	52	168	+ 614
Asthma	39	750	8	5,930	- 5,180
Oral Cancer	40	749	24	1,389	- 639
Maternal Conditions	41	678	28	977	- 299
Ovary Cancer	42	656	37	585	+ 72
Malnutrition	43	635	31	845	- 210
Fires	44	612	50	184	+ 428
Drug Use	45	356	57	93	+ 263
Dengue	46	321	55	120	+ 202
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	311	17	2,320	- 2,009
Bladder Cancer	48	252	44	325	- 73
Uterin Cancer	49	250	60	56	+ 194
Meningitis	50	248	43	377	- 129
Encephalitis	51	203	29	882	- 679
Syphilis	52	156	54	134	+ 21
Appendicitis	53	147	47	220	- 73
Other Neoplasms	54	133	61	50	+ 83
Schistosomiasis	55	113	73	0	+ 113
Oesophagus Cancer	56	99	38	491	- 393
Poisonings	57	83	39	474	- 390
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	60	51	173	- 113
Pertussis	59	57	40	453	- 396
Skin Cancers	60	51	42	400	- 349
Multiple Sclerosis	61	49	63	38	+ 11
Tetanus	62	46	53	134	- 88
Hepatitis B	63	30	56	117	- 87
Chagas disease	64	18	74	0	+ 18
Leishmaniasis	65	6	62	39	- 33
War	66	5	65	24	- 19
Upper Respiratory	67	4	66	24	- 20
Chlamydia	68	3	68	5	- 2
Ascariasis	69	2	69	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	70	2	64	29	- 26
Otitis Media	71	0	70	4	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	59	60	- 60
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	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 NEPAL

Suriname

Nepal

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.