SAMOA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	210	1	241	- 31
Stroke	2	199	2	148	+ 51
Diabetes Mellitus	3	92	3	108	- 15
Kidney Disease	4	91	6	52	+ 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	55	5	53	+ 2
Suicide	6	48	11	25	+ 23
HIV/AIDS	7	45	73	0	+ 45
Liver Disease	8	43	8	27	+ 16
Hypertension	9	43	7	30	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	38	14	19	+ 19
Lung Cancers	11	33	9	26	+ 7
Lung Disease	12	30	4	57	- 27
Road Traffic Accidents	13	29	10	26	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	14	25	24	11	+ 15
Other Injuries	15	23	20	13	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	23	22	12	+ 12
Breast Cancer	17	18	13	19	- 1
Skin Disease	18	17	41	3	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	19	17	16	16	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	20	15	32	6	+ 10
Liver Cancer	21	14	30	7	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	22	13	15	18	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	23	12	29	7	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	24	12	31	6	+ 6
Falls	25	11	27	8	+ 3
Violence	26	11	34	6	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	10	21	12	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	9	26	9	+ 1
Drownings	29	9	19	13	- 4
Birth Trauma	30	9	35	5	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	31	9	28	7	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	32	9	40	4	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	33	8	17	16	- 8
Lymphomas	34	7	33	6	+ 2
Leukemia	35	6	42	3	+ 3
Epilepsy	36	6	45	2	+ 4
Tuberculosis	37	5	50	2	+ 4
Alcohol	38	5	46	2	+ 3
Asthma	39	5	12	21	- 16
Oral Cancer	40	5	39	4	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	41	5	37	5	- 1
Ovary Cancer	42	4	25	10	- 6
Malnutrition	43	4	43	3	+ 1
Fires	44	4	48	2	+ 2
Drug Use	45	2	55	1	+ 2
Dengue	46	2	61	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	2	23	11	- 9
Bladder Cancer	48	2	38	5	- 3
Uterin Cancer	49	2	36	5	- 4
Meningitis	50	2	44	2	- 1
Encephalitis	51	1	54	1	+ 1
Syphilis	52	1	49	2	- 1
Appendicitis	53	1	56	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	54	1	53	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	55	1	74	0	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	56	1	51	1	- 0
Poisonings	57	1	52	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	0	59	0	+ 0
Pertussis	59	0	58	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	60	0	47	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	60	0	+ 0
Tetanus	62	0	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	0	57	0	- 0
Chagas disease	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	75	0	+ 0
War	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	18	16	- 16
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	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 SAMOA

Suriname

Samoa

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.