NETHERLANDS VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,871	2	17,601	+ 270
Stroke	2	16,908	4	9,707	+ 7,201
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,866	14	2,386	+ 5,480
Kidney Disease	4	7,726	12	2,530	+ 5,195
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,686	7	4,946	- 260
Suicide	6	4,053	17	2,025	+ 2,029
HIV/AIDS	7	3,792	55	33	+ 3,759
Liver Disease	8	3,681	28	936	+ 2,746
Hypertension	9	3,673	29	818	+ 2,855
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,225	1	18,148	- 14,924
Lung Cancers	11	2,810	3	10,980	- 8,170
Lung Disease	12	2,547	5	9,567	- 7,020
Road Traffic Accidents	13	2,448	31	681	+ 1,767
Prostate Cancer	14	2,155	10	3,265	- 1,110
Other Injuries	15	1,994	19	1,648	+ 346
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,992	6	5,829	- 3,837
Breast Cancer	17	1,507	9	3,535	- 2,028
Skin Disease	18	1,466	36	295	+ 1,171
Low Birth Weight	19	1,412	45	167	+ 1,245
Cervical Cancer	20	1,318	39	266	+ 1,052
Liver Cancer	21	1,234	24	1,163	+ 71
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,091	35	544	+ 548
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,022	23	1,201	- 179
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,017	26	1,055	- 37
Falls	25	942	8	4,131	- 3,189
Violence	26	926	48	107	+ 819
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	864	33	584	+ 281
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	786	47	130	+ 656
Drownings	29	767	49	98	+ 669
Birth Trauma	30	763	52	74	+ 689
Parkinson's Disease	31	760	16	2,120	- 1,359
Pancreas Cancer	32	727	11	2,995	- 2,268
Stomach Cancer	33	680	22	1,361	- 681
Lymphomas	34	624	13	2,511	- 1,888
Leukemia	35	540	20	1,578	- 1,039
Epilepsy	36	503	38	289	+ 214
Tuberculosis	37	459	56	29	+ 430
Alcohol	38	446	32	612	- 166
Asthma	39	429	46	165	+ 263
Oral Cancer	40	428	30	768	- 340
Maternal Conditions	41	387	65	8	+ 379
Ovary Cancer	42	375	25	1,067	- 692
Malnutrition	43	363	63	12	+ 351
Fires	44	349	53	49	+ 300
Drug Use	45	203	42	231	- 27
Dengue	46	184	81	0	+ 184
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	177	41	238	- 60
Bladder Cancer	48	144	21	1,471	- 1,327
Uterin Cancer	49	143	34	566	- 423
Meningitis	50	142	51	78	+ 63
Encephalitis	51	116	68	1	+ 115
Syphilis	52	89	69	1	+ 88
Appendicitis	53	84	58	26	+ 59
Other Neoplasms	54	76	18	1,831	- 1,755
Schistosomiasis	55	65	74	0	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	56	56	15	2,145	- 2,089
Poisonings	57	48	61	17	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	34	44	214	- 180
Pertussis	59	32	67	1	+ 31
Skin Cancers	60	29	27	1,024	- 995
Multiple Sclerosis	61	28	37	295	- 267
Tetanus	62	26	72	0	+ 26
Hepatitis B	63	17	62	14	+ 3
Chagas disease	64	10	75	0	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	65	3	70	0	+ 3
War	66	3	66	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	2	57	28	- 26
Chlamydia	68	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	60	20	- 19
Otitis Media	71	0	64	10	- 10
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	249	- 249
Schizophrenia	82	0	50	96	- 96
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	43	220	- 220
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	42	- 42
Oral conditions	86	0	59	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Suriname

Netherlands

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.