NEW ZEALAND VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,190	1	5,095	+ 95
Stroke	2	4,910	3	2,378	+ 2,532
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,284	8	769	+ 1,516
Kidney Disease	4	2,244	17	432	+ 1,812
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,361	7	920	+ 441
Suicide	6	1,177	15	528	+ 649
HIV/AIDS	7	1,101	57	10	+ 1,091
Liver Disease	8	1,069	32	158	+ 911
Hypertension	9	1,067	20	327	+ 740
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	936	2	3,032	- 2,095
Lung Cancers	11	816	4	1,873	- 1,057
Lung Disease	12	740	5	1,815	- 1,075
Road Traffic Accidents	13	711	16	458	+ 253
Prostate Cancer	14	626	9	739	- 113
Other Injuries	15	579	28	218	+ 361
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	578	6	1,495	- 916
Breast Cancer	17	438	10	737	- 299
Skin Disease	18	426	34	118	+ 308
Low Birth Weight	19	410	38	78	+ 332
Cervical Cancer	20	383	41	61	+ 322
Liver Cancer	21	358	24	288	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	22	317	30	176	+ 141
Inflammatory/Heart	23	297	23	313	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	24	295	21	325	- 29
Falls	25	274	11	627	- 353
Violence	26	269	42	57	+ 212
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	251	37	81	+ 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	228	39	70	+ 158
Drownings	29	223	44	54	+ 168
Birth Trauma	30	222	54	15	+ 207
Parkinson's Disease	31	221	19	353	- 132
Pancreas Cancer	32	211	14	543	- 332
Stomach Cancer	33	197	22	323	- 125
Lymphomas	34	181	13	608	- 427
Leukemia	35	157	18	391	- 234
Epilepsy	36	146	43	55	+ 91
Tuberculosis	37	133	52	17	+ 116
Alcohol	38	130	45	51	+ 78
Asthma	39	124	36	91	+ 34
Oral Cancer	40	124	31	164	- 39
Maternal Conditions	41	112	63	5	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	42	109	29	207	- 98
Malnutrition	43	105	55	14	+ 91
Fires	44	101	53	17	+ 85
Drug Use	45	59	40	69	- 10
Dengue	46	53	75	0	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	52	35	113	- 61
Bladder Cancer	48	42	26	267	- 225
Uterin Cancer	49	42	33	145	- 103
Meningitis	50	41	59	9	+ 32
Encephalitis	51	34	66	1	+ 33
Syphilis	52	26	70	0	+ 25
Appendicitis	53	24	62	6	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	54	22	27	245	- 223
Schistosomiasis	55	19	77	0	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	56	16	25	279	- 263
Poisonings	57	14	58	9	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	46	47	- 37
Pertussis	59	9	65	1	+ 9
Skin Cancers	60	8	12	612	- 603
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	47	43	- 35
Tetanus	62	8	69	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	5	56	14	- 9
Chagas disease	64	3	79	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	80	0	+ 1
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	4	- 3
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	48	30	- 29
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	82	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Suriname

New Zealand

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.