NEW GUINEA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,102	1	6,835	+ 3,266
Stroke	2	9,558	2	5,095	+ 4,463
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,447	4	4,533	- 86
Kidney Disease	4	4,367	18	687	+ 3,680
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,649	6	2,595	+ 54
Suicide	6	2,291	37	259	+ 2,033
HIV/AIDS	7	2,144	24	611	+ 1,532
Liver Disease	8	2,081	22	624	+ 1,456
Hypertension	9	2,076	13	1,096	+ 981
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,823	33	343	+ 1,480
Lung Cancers	11	1,588	23	622	+ 966
Lung Disease	12	1,440	3	4,538	- 3,098
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,384	12	1,105	+ 278
Prostate Cancer	14	1,218	36	285	+ 933
Other Injuries	15	1,127	20	647	+ 481
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,126	29	445	+ 681
Breast Cancer	17	852	17	764	+ 88
Skin Disease	18	829	49	126	+ 703
Low Birth Weight	19	798	10	1,661	- 863
Cervical Cancer	20	745	19	665	+ 81
Liver Cancer	21	697	21	644	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	22	617	16	951	- 334
Inflammatory/Heart	23	577	43	229	+ 349
Endocrine Disorders	24	575	47	153	+ 422
Falls	25	533	26	502	+ 31
Violence	26	524	15	969	- 445
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	489	8	2,295	- 1,806
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	444	35	302	+ 143
Drownings	29	434	40	240	+ 194
Birth Trauma	30	431	11	1,504	- 1,072
Parkinson's Disease	31	430	45	185	+ 245
Pancreas Cancer	32	411	52	107	+ 304
Stomach Cancer	33	384	28	447	- 63
Lymphomas	34	352	32	353	- 0
Leukemia	35	305	38	253	+ 52
Epilepsy	36	284	51	111	+ 174
Tuberculosis	37	259	5	3,969	- 3,710
Alcohol	38	252	53	93	+ 159
Asthma	39	242	9	1,842	- 1,600
Oral Cancer	40	242	25	580	- 338
Maternal Conditions	41	219	30	421	- 202
Ovary Cancer	42	212	46	179	+ 33
Malnutrition	43	205	48	134	+ 71
Fires	44	197	27	488	- 290
Drug Use	45	115	61	13	+ 102
Dengue	46	104	64	6	+ 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	100	14	1,072	- 971
Bladder Cancer	48	81	54	82	- 1
Uterin Cancer	49	81	55	81	- 0
Meningitis	50	80	34	324	- 244
Encephalitis	51	66	57	31	+ 35
Syphilis	52	50	42	234	- 184
Appendicitis	53	48	59	20	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	54	43	60	15	+ 28
Schistosomiasis	55	37	73	0	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	56	32	44	199	- 167
Poisonings	57	27	50	121	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	19	65	5	+ 14
Pertussis	59	18	39	248	- 229
Skin Cancers	60	16	31	417	- 400
Multiple Sclerosis	61	16	66	5	+ 11
Tetanus	62	15	56	48	- 33
Hepatitis B	63	10	58	27	- 17
Chagas disease	64	6	75	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	65	2	74	0	+ 2
War	66	2	69	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	63	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	70	1	62	8	- 7
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	73	0	41	238	- 238
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Suriname

New Guinea

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.