SENEGAL VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,952	2	6,224	+ 12,727
Stroke	2	17,931	4	5,342	+ 12,589
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,342	10	2,395	+ 5,947
Kidney Disease	4	8,193	12	2,210	+ 5,982
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,970	1	7,184	- 2,214
Suicide	6	4,299	24	978	+ 3,321
HIV/AIDS	7	4,022	20	1,186	+ 2,835
Liver Disease	8	3,904	13	2,147	+ 1,757
Hypertension	9	3,895	21	1,095	+ 2,800
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,420	26	879	+ 2,541
Lung Cancers	11	2,980	44	180	+ 2,799
Lung Disease	12	2,702	18	1,351	+ 1,350
Road Traffic Accidents	13	2,596	6	3,832	- 1,235
Prostate Cancer	14	2,285	29	642	+ 1,643
Other Injuries	15	2,115	16	1,512	+ 603
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,112	37	384	+ 1,728
Breast Cancer	17	1,598	27	861	+ 738
Skin Disease	18	1,555	47	159	+ 1,396
Low Birth Weight	19	1,498	7	3,636	- 2,139
Cervical Cancer	20	1,398	17	1,405	- 7
Liver Cancer	21	1,308	22	1,087	+ 221
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,157	11	2,364	- 1,207
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,083	36	426	+ 658
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,079	23	1,041	+ 38
Falls	25	999	30	622	+ 377
Violence	26	982	19	1,247	- 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	917	3	5,343	- 4,426
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	834	35	433	+ 401
Drownings	29	813	33	494	+ 320
Birth Trauma	30	809	8	3,448	- 2,639
Parkinson's Disease	31	806	41	273	+ 534
Pancreas Cancer	32	771	48	159	+ 611
Stomach Cancer	33	721	31	557	+ 164
Lymphomas	34	661	39	315	+ 346
Leukemia	35	572	54	113	+ 460
Epilepsy	36	533	38	330	+ 203
Tuberculosis	37	486	9	2,678	- 2,192
Alcohol	38	473	59	74	+ 399
Asthma	39	454	25	936	- 482
Oral Cancer	40	454	43	208	+ 246
Maternal Conditions	41	410	14	1,669	- 1,258
Ovary Cancer	42	397	42	220	+ 177
Malnutrition	43	385	32	494	- 110
Fires	44	370	34	448	- 78
Drug Use	45	216	52	138	+ 77
Dengue	46	195	73	0	+ 195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	188	46	166	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	48	153	50	155	- 2
Uterin Cancer	49	152	56	94	+ 58
Meningitis	50	150	15	1,628	- 1,478
Encephalitis	51	123	57	85	+ 38
Syphilis	52	94	53	122	- 28
Appendicitis	53	89	61	38	+ 51
Other Neoplasms	54	80	62	24	+ 57
Schistosomiasis	55	69	45	176	- 107
Oesophagus Cancer	56	60	55	99	- 39
Poisonings	57	51	40	315	- 264
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	36	67	15	+ 21
Pertussis	59	34	28	771	- 737
Skin Cancers	60	31	51	147	- 116
Multiple Sclerosis	61	30	64	20	+ 10
Tetanus	62	28	58	85	- 57
Hepatitis B	63	18	60	70	- 52
Chagas disease	64	11	79	0	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	65	4	63	21	- 17
War	66	3	69	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	2	66	15	- 13
Chlamydia	68	2	71	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	65	18	- 16
Hepatitis C	70	1	68	11	- 9
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	3	- 2
Measles	73	0	49	158	- 158
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Suriname

Senegal

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.