PARAGUAY VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,564	1	4,327	+ 3,237
Stroke	2	7,157	2	3,007	+ 4,149
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,330	3	2,361	+ 968
Kidney Disease	4	3,270	5	1,592	+ 1,678
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,984	4	1,661	+ 322
Suicide	6	1,716	22	425	+ 1,291
HIV/AIDS	7	1,605	21	448	+ 1,157
Liver Disease	8	1,558	17	524	+ 1,034
Hypertension	9	1,555	8	895	+ 659
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,365	36	144	+ 1,221
Lung Cancers	11	1,189	10	738	+ 452
Lung Disease	12	1,078	7	1,181	- 102
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,036	6	1,552	- 515
Prostate Cancer	14	912	15	546	+ 366
Other Injuries	15	844	9	843	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	843	16	543	+ 300
Breast Cancer	17	638	20	481	+ 157
Skin Disease	18	621	37	144	+ 477
Low Birth Weight	19	598	12	644	- 47
Cervical Cancer	20	558	18	516	+ 42
Liver Cancer	21	522	35	152	+ 370
Congenital Anomalies	22	462	11	662	- 200
Inflammatory/Heart	23	432	34	154	+ 278
Endocrine Disorders	24	431	14	562	- 131
Falls	25	399	43	100	+ 298
Violence	26	392	13	566	- 174
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	366	31	192	+ 174
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	333	47	69	+ 264
Drownings	29	325	32	178	+ 147
Birth Trauma	30	323	30	213	+ 110
Parkinson's Disease	31	322	41	122	+ 200
Pancreas Cancer	32	308	28	258	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	33	288	24	355	- 67
Lymphomas	34	264	29	245	+ 19
Leukemia	35	228	27	272	- 44
Epilepsy	36	213	44	98	+ 115
Tuberculosis	37	194	26	273	- 78
Alcohol	38	189	23	410	- 221
Asthma	39	181	39	126	+ 55
Oral Cancer	40	181	38	134	+ 48
Maternal Conditions	41	164	49	64	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	42	159	45	85	+ 73
Malnutrition	43	154	25	330	- 176
Fires	44	148	50	63	+ 84
Drug Use	45	86	56	38	+ 48
Dengue	46	78	62	16	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	75	55	43	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	48	61	51	57	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	49	61	54	45	+ 15
Meningitis	50	60	53	52	+ 8
Encephalitis	51	49	66	11	+ 38
Syphilis	52	38	42	119	- 81
Appendicitis	53	36	57	37	- 2
Other Neoplasms	54	32	19	487	- 455
Schistosomiasis	55	27	80	0	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	56	24	33	173	- 149
Poisonings	57	20	63	14	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	14	48	66	- 51
Pertussis	59	14	59	30	- 16
Skin Cancers	60	12	40	125	- 113
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	68	8	+ 3
Tetanus	62	11	64	12	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	7	67	10	- 2
Chagas disease	64	4	60	19	- 15
Leishmaniasis	65	1	61	17	- 15
War	66	1	71	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	70	4	- 3
Chlamydia	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	1	72	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	74	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	65	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	82	- 82
Schizophrenia	82	0	69	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	30	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	52	- 52
Oral conditions	86	0	73	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Suriname

Paraguay

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.