RWANDA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,699	4	3,605	+ 10,093
Stroke	2	12,961	2	5,060	+ 7,901
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,030	11	1,858	+ 4,171
Kidney Disease	4	5,922	15	1,206	+ 4,716
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,592	1	5,280	- 1,687
Suicide	6	3,107	24	704	+ 2,404
HIV/AIDS	7	2,907	7	2,826	+ 81
Liver Disease	8	2,822	8	2,548	+ 274
Hypertension	9	2,816	14	1,357	+ 1,458
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,472	25	657	+ 1,815
Lung Cancers	11	2,154	39	234	+ 1,920
Lung Disease	12	1,953	13	1,555	+ 398
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,877	3	3,718	- 1,842
Prostate Cancer	14	1,652	32	396	+ 1,256
Other Injuries	15	1,529	17	944	+ 585
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,527	28	591	+ 936
Breast Cancer	17	1,155	27	600	+ 556
Skin Disease	18	1,124	52	103	+ 1,021
Low Birth Weight	19	1,082	9	2,193	- 1,110
Cervical Cancer	20	1,011	18	941	+ 70
Liver Cancer	21	946	23	706	+ 239
Congenital Anomalies	22	837	12	1,777	- 941
Inflammatory/Heart	23	783	34	347	+ 436
Endocrine Disorders	24	780	41	219	+ 560
Falls	25	722	31	412	+ 310
Violence	26	710	29	548	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	663	6	3,121	- 2,459
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	603	33	362	+ 240
Drownings	29	588	36	285	+ 303
Birth Trauma	30	585	10	1,888	- 1,303
Parkinson's Disease	31	583	47	146	+ 437
Pancreas Cancer	32	557	43	214	+ 343
Stomach Cancer	33	521	20	780	- 259
Lymphomas	34	478	30	450	+ 28
Leukemia	35	414	35	317	+ 97
Epilepsy	36	386	45	191	+ 194
Tuberculosis	37	351	26	625	- 273
Alcohol	38	342	49	125	+ 217
Asthma	39	328	22	717	- 389
Oral Cancer	40	328	37	272	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	41	297	21	722	- 426
Ovary Cancer	42	287	53	92	+ 195
Malnutrition	43	278	16	1,168	- 890
Fires	44	268	38	270	- 2
Drug Use	45	156	60	45	+ 111
Dengue	46	141	72	0	+ 140
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	136	48	136	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	48	110	62	35	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	49	110	56	58	+ 51
Meningitis	50	108	19	847	- 739
Encephalitis	51	89	61	39	+ 50
Syphilis	52	68	46	173	- 104
Appendicitis	53	65	54	70	- 6
Other Neoplasms	54	58	64	16	+ 42
Schistosomiasis	55	50	51	111	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	56	43	44	213	- 170
Poisonings	57	37	40	220	- 184
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	26	63	23	+ 3
Pertussis	59	25	42	218	- 193
Skin Cancers	60	22	50	113	- 91
Multiple Sclerosis	61	21	66	7	+ 14
Tetanus	62	20	58	53	- 32
Hepatitis B	63	13	55	68	- 55
Chagas disease	64	8	79	0	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	65	3	77	0	+ 3
War	66	2	69	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	2	57	58	- 57
Chlamydia	68	1	70	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	70	1	65	12	- 11
Otitis Media	71	0	68	4	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	73	0	59	51	- 51
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Suriname

Rwanda

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.