PERU VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,780	2	13,769	+ 19,011
Stroke	2	31,015	3	7,722	+ 23,293
Diabetes Mellitus	3	14,429	8	4,437	+ 9,993
Kidney Disease	4	14,171	4	7,234	+ 6,937
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,596	1	15,326	- 6,730
Suicide	6	7,435	30	903	+ 6,533
HIV/AIDS	7	6,956	31	849	+ 6,107
Liver Disease	8	6,753	5	6,375	+ 377
Hypertension	9	6,737	28	1,061	+ 5,677
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,915	6	5,811	+ 104
Lung Cancers	11	5,154	10	3,169	+ 1,985
Lung Disease	12	4,673	15	2,519	+ 2,154
Road Traffic Accidents	13	4,491	9	4,414	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	14	3,953	11	3,167	+ 785
Other Injuries	15	3,658	13	2,876	+ 782
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,654	14	2,642	+ 1,012
Breast Cancer	17	2,765	20	1,969	+ 795
Skin Disease	18	2,690	54	156	+ 2,533
Low Birth Weight	19	2,590	24	1,475	+ 1,115
Cervical Cancer	20	2,418	21	1,924	+ 494
Liver Cancer	21	2,263	16	2,476	- 213
Congenital Anomalies	22	2,002	19	1,997	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,874	39	494	+ 1,380
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,866	40	474	+ 1,392
Falls	25	1,728	25	1,285	+ 443
Violence	26	1,699	12	3,013	- 1,314
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,586	27	1,108	+ 478
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	1,442	35	609	+ 833
Drownings	29	1,407	36	584	+ 823
Birth Trauma	30	1,399	37	537	+ 862
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,395	26	1,270	+ 125
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,333	23	1,607	- 274
Stomach Cancer	33	1,247	7	5,072	- 3,825
Lymphomas	34	1,144	18	2,254	- 1,110
Leukemia	35	990	22	1,850	- 860
Epilepsy	36	923	47	262	+ 661
Tuberculosis	37	841	17	2,377	- 1,536
Alcohol	38	819	44	321	+ 497
Asthma	39	786	50	208	+ 578
Oral Cancer	40	785	38	519	+ 266
Maternal Conditions	41	710	43	345	+ 365
Ovary Cancer	42	687	33	713	- 26
Malnutrition	43	666	29	1,006	- 340
Fires	44	641	49	239	+ 402
Drug Use	45	373	34	635	- 262
Dengue	46	337	66	4	+ 333
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	326	51	198	+ 127
Bladder Cancer	48	264	41	463	- 199
Uterin Cancer	49	262	45	304	- 42
Meningitis	50	260	56	118	+ 142
Encephalitis	51	213	46	281	- 68
Syphilis	52	163	52	182	- 19
Appendicitis	53	154	53	170	- 16
Other Neoplasms	54	139	58	54	+ 85
Schistosomiasis	55	119	77	0	+ 119
Oesophagus Cancer	56	103	42	394	- 291
Poisonings	57	87	55	126	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	62	57	107	- 45
Pertussis	59	59	48	260	- 201
Skin Cancers	60	53	32	786	- 733
Multiple Sclerosis	61	51	62	35	+ 17
Tetanus	62	48	60	48	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	31	64	10	+ 21
Chagas disease	64	19	59	49	- 30
Leishmaniasis	65	6	76	0	+ 6
War	66	5	67	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	4	63	11	- 7
Chlamydia	68	3	68	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	3	69	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	3	65	4	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	70	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	61	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

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Peru

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.