PORTUGAL VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,264	1	12,878	- 2,614
Stroke	2	9,711	2	12,339	- 2,629
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,518	8	3,601	+ 916
Kidney Disease	4	4,437	9	2,803	+ 1,634
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,692	4	6,851	- 4,160
Suicide	6	2,328	19	1,172	+ 1,156
HIV/AIDS	7	2,178	35	320	+ 1,858
Liver Disease	8	2,114	22	1,126	+ 989
Hypertension	9	2,110	14	1,880	+ 230
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,852	3	7,191	- 5,339
Lung Cancers	11	1,614	5	4,406	- 2,792
Lung Disease	12	1,463	7	4,286	- 2,823
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,406	27	838	+ 568
Prostate Cancer	14	1,238	11	2,124	- 886
Other Injuries	15	1,145	13	1,937	- 792
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,144	6	4,389	- 3,245
Breast Cancer	17	866	12	1,997	- 1,131
Skin Disease	18	842	39	202	+ 640
Low Birth Weight	19	811	52	79	+ 732
Cervical Cancer	20	757	34	329	+ 428
Liver Cancer	21	708	18	1,270	- 562
Congenital Anomalies	22	627	40	196	+ 430
Inflammatory/Heart	23	587	26	909	- 322
Endocrine Disorders	24	584	17	1,547	- 962
Falls	25	541	23	1,033	- 492
Violence	26	532	48	96	+ 436
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	497	36	231	+ 266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	451	37	229	+ 223
Drownings	29	441	51	79	+ 361
Birth Trauma	30	438	60	24	+ 414
Parkinson's Disease	31	437	21	1,139	- 703
Pancreas Cancer	32	417	15	1,669	- 1,252
Stomach Cancer	33	390	10	2,532	- 2,142
Lymphomas	34	358	16	1,608	- 1,249
Leukemia	35	310	24	1,015	- 705
Epilepsy	36	289	31	415	- 126
Tuberculosis	37	263	38	213	+ 50
Alcohol	38	256	45	111	+ 145
Asthma	39	246	43	146	+ 100
Oral Cancer	40	246	25	912	- 666
Maternal Conditions	41	222	63	7	+ 215
Ovary Cancer	42	215	33	397	- 182
Malnutrition	43	208	53	79	+ 130
Fires	44	201	46	108	+ 92
Drug Use	45	117	44	128	- 12
Dengue	46	105	84	0	+ 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	102	41	169	- 67
Bladder Cancer	48	83	20	1,171	- 1,088
Uterin Cancer	49	82	32	406	- 324
Meningitis	50	81	56	43	+ 39
Encephalitis	51	67	67	1	+ 65
Syphilis	52	51	64	3	+ 48
Appendicitis	53	48	61	21	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	54	44	28	652	- 609
Schistosomiasis	55	37	77	0	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	56	32	29	623	- 590
Poisonings	57	27	57	29	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	20	47	99	- 79
Pertussis	59	19	72	0	+ 19
Skin Cancers	60	17	30	523	- 507
Multiple Sclerosis	61	16	54	56	- 40
Tetanus	62	15	73	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	63	10	59	26	- 16
Chagas disease	64	6	79	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	65	2	68	1	+ 1
War	66	2	69	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	15	- 13
Chlamydia	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	49	87	- 86
Otitis Media	71	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	151	- 151
Schizophrenia	82	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Suriname

Portugal

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.