PANAMA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,495	1	2,624	+ 1,871
Stroke	2	4,253	2	2,006	+ 2,247
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,979	4	1,070	+ 909
Kidney Disease	4	1,943	3	1,106	+ 837
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,179	7	697	+ 482
Suicide	6	1,020	32	121	+ 898
HIV/AIDS	7	954	8	653	+ 301
Liver Disease	8	926	15	325	+ 600
Hypertension	9	924	10	510	+ 414
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	811	17	296	+ 515
Lung Cancers	11	707	16	303	+ 404
Lung Disease	12	641	5	815	- 174
Road Traffic Accidents	13	616	9	591	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	14	542	12	390	+ 152
Other Injuries	15	502	35	100	+ 402
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	501	14	352	+ 149
Breast Cancer	17	379	19	279	+ 100
Skin Disease	18	369	30	127	+ 241
Low Birth Weight	19	355	22	238	+ 117
Cervical Cancer	20	332	26	185	+ 147
Liver Cancer	21	310	27	182	+ 129
Congenital Anomalies	22	275	13	378	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	23	257	20	270	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	24	256	18	279	- 23
Falls	25	237	37	92	+ 145
Violence	26	233	6	730	- 497
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	217	28	163	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	198	50	30	+ 168
Drownings	29	193	34	103	+ 90
Birth Trauma	30	192	36	94	+ 98
Parkinson's Disease	31	191	33	115	+ 77
Pancreas Cancer	32	183	29	135	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	33	171	11	397	- 226
Lymphomas	34	157	24	205	- 48
Leukemia	35	136	25	189	- 53
Epilepsy	36	127	39	66	+ 60
Tuberculosis	37	115	23	223	- 108
Alcohol	38	112	49	30	+ 82
Asthma	39	108	43	56	+ 52
Oral Cancer	40	108	38	78	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	41	97	48	32	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	42	94	41	64	+ 31
Malnutrition	43	91	31	122	- 31
Fires	44	88	57	11	+ 77
Drug Use	45	51	47	33	+ 18
Dengue	46	46	64	2	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	45	53	25	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	48	36	46	33	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	49	36	40	66	- 30
Meningitis	50	36	52	27	+ 8
Encephalitis	51	29	63	3	+ 27
Syphilis	52	22	65	1	+ 21
Appendicitis	53	21	56	11	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	54	19	21	256	- 237
Schistosomiasis	55	16	80	0	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	56	14	45	52	- 37
Poisonings	57	12	61	4	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	9	55	14	- 5
Pertussis	59	8	74	0	+ 8
Skin Cancers	60	7	44	56	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	62	3	+ 4
Tetanus	62	7	69	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	63	4	59	7	- 3
Chagas disease	64	3	73	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	1	70	0	+ 0
War	66	1	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	54	14	- 13
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	63	- 63
Schizophrenia	82	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Suriname

Panama

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.