NICARAGUA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,714	1	5,843	+ 870
Stroke	2	6,352	3	2,225	+ 4,128
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,955	4	2,068	+ 888
Kidney Disease	4	2,902	2	3,533	- 630
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,761	7	1,152	+ 609
Suicide	6	1,523	19	285	+ 1,238
HIV/AIDS	7	1,425	35	139	+ 1,285
Liver Disease	8	1,383	6	1,203	+ 180
Hypertension	9	1,380	9	1,103	+ 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,211	33	149	+ 1,062
Lung Cancers	11	1,056	23	274	+ 782
Lung Disease	12	957	5	1,570	- 612
Road Traffic Accidents	13	920	8	1,109	- 189
Prostate Cancer	14	810	15	386	+ 424
Other Injuries	15	749	17	358	+ 392
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	748	18	315	+ 433
Breast Cancer	17	566	20	283	+ 283
Skin Disease	18	551	31	162	+ 389
Low Birth Weight	19	531	13	490	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	20	495	16	374	+ 121
Liver Cancer	21	463	12	509	- 45
Congenital Anomalies	22	410	11	571	- 161
Inflammatory/Heart	23	384	34	139	+ 244
Endocrine Disorders	24	382	28	164	+ 219
Falls	25	354	22	276	+ 78
Violence	26	348	10	619	- 271
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	325	36	122	+ 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	295	40	85	+ 210
Drownings	29	288	32	157	+ 131
Birth Trauma	30	287	25	198	+ 89
Parkinson's Disease	31	286	42	67	+ 219
Pancreas Cancer	32	273	27	178	+ 95
Stomach Cancer	33	255	14	478	- 222
Lymphomas	34	234	29	164	+ 71
Leukemia	35	203	24	227	- 24
Epilepsy	36	189	41	74	+ 115
Tuberculosis	37	172	37	115	+ 58
Alcohol	38	168	21	279	- 111
Asthma	39	161	38	105	+ 56
Oral Cancer	40	161	43	64	+ 96
Maternal Conditions	41	145	39	88	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	42	141	44	61	+ 80
Malnutrition	43	136	30	163	- 27
Fires	44	131	57	16	+ 115
Drug Use	45	76	46	50	+ 26
Dengue	46	69	64	4	+ 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	67	54	20	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	48	54	52	28	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	49	54	48	39	+ 15
Meningitis	50	53	51	29	+ 24
Encephalitis	51	44	58	10	+ 33
Syphilis	52	33	60	9	+ 24
Appendicitis	53	32	49	32	- 0
Other Neoplasms	54	28	26	192	- 164
Schistosomiasis	55	24	84	0	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	56	21	47	42	- 21
Poisonings	57	18	55	18	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	13	50	31	- 18
Pertussis	59	12	67	3	+ 9
Skin Cancers	60	11	45	59	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	61	7	+ 4
Tetanus	62	10	79	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	63	6	62	5	+ 1
Chagas disease	64	4	65	4	- 0
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
War	66	1	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	72	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	69	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	1	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Schizophrenia	82	0	66	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Suriname

Nicaragua

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.