NORWAY VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,540	1	5,321	+ 219
Stroke	2	5,242	4	2,475	+ 2,766
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,439	16	560	+ 1,879
Kidney Disease	4	2,395	14	611	+ 1,784
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,453	6	1,797	- 344
Suicide	6	1,257	13	633	+ 623
HIV/AIDS	7	1,176	61	10	+ 1,165
Liver Disease	8	1,141	30	214	+ 928
Hypertension	9	1,139	28	230	+ 909
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,000	2	4,464	- 3,465
Lung Cancers	11	871	5	2,320	- 1,449
Lung Disease	12	790	3	2,723	- 1,933
Road Traffic Accidents	13	759	42	114	+ 645
Prostate Cancer	14	668	8	1,172	- 504
Other Injuries	15	618	15	583	+ 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	618	7	1,787	- 1,169
Breast Cancer	17	467	11	698	- 231
Skin Disease	18	455	38	128	+ 327
Low Birth Weight	19	438	52	23	+ 414
Cervical Cancer	20	409	39	125	+ 284
Liver Cancer	21	382	26	259	+ 123
Congenital Anomalies	22	338	34	136	+ 202
Inflammatory/Heart	23	317	29	221	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	24	315	19	359	- 43
Falls	25	292	9	777	- 485
Violence	26	287	50	32	+ 255
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	268	37	128	+ 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	244	33	160	+ 84
Drownings	29	238	45	65	+ 173
Birth Trauma	30	237	54	17	+ 219
Parkinson's Disease	31	236	17	554	- 318
Pancreas Cancer	32	225	10	770	- 545
Stomach Cancer	33	211	22	343	- 133
Lymphomas	34	193	12	646	- 452
Leukemia	35	167	21	354	- 186
Epilepsy	36	156	40	119	+ 37
Tuberculosis	37	142	56	15	+ 127
Alcohol	38	138	31	205	- 66
Asthma	39	133	43	85	+ 48
Oral Cancer	40	133	32	168	- 35
Maternal Conditions	41	120	66	1	+ 119
Ovary Cancer	42	116	24	309	- 193
Malnutrition	43	112	35	135	- 23
Fires	44	108	48	45	+ 64
Drug Use	45	63	25	264	- 201
Dengue	46	57	75	0	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	55	46	61	- 6
Bladder Cancer	48	45	20	356	- 311
Uterin Cancer	49	44	36	134	- 90
Meningitis	50	44	58	14	+ 30
Encephalitis	51	36	70	0	+ 36
Syphilis	52	28	67	1	+ 27
Appendicitis	53	26	59	12	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	54	24	23	324	- 301
Schistosomiasis	55	20	83	0	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	56	17	27	248	- 230
Poisonings	57	15	57	14	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	47	60	- 50
Pertussis	59	10	64	1	+ 9
Skin Cancers	60	9	18	407	- 398
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	41	119	- 110
Tetanus	62	8	69	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	63	5	63	3	+ 2
Chagas disease	64	3	80	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	12	- 11
Chlamydia	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	55	17	- 16
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	75	- 75
Schizophrenia	82	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Suriname

Norway

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.