SIERRA LEONE VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,171	4	4,027	+ 5,144
Stroke	2	8,678	5	3,769	+ 4,909
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,037	14	1,190	+ 2,848
Kidney Disease	4	3,965	15	1,082	+ 2,882
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,405	1	7,420	- 5,015
Suicide	6	2,080	25	521	+ 1,559
HIV/AIDS	7	1,946	9	2,546	- 600
Liver Disease	8	1,889	13	1,312	+ 577
Hypertension	9	1,885	21	623	+ 1,262
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,655	28	373	+ 1,282
Lung Cancers	11	1,442	49	85	+ 1,357
Lung Disease	12	1,307	20	791	+ 516
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,256	8	2,581	- 1,325
Prostate Cancer	14	1,106	34	274	+ 832
Other Injuries	15	1,023	16	1,040	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,022	39	192	+ 830
Breast Cancer	17	774	23	615	+ 158
Skin Disease	18	753	51	81	+ 672
Low Birth Weight	19	725	7	2,791	- 2,066
Cervical Cancer	20	677	35	264	+ 413
Liver Cancer	21	633	27	400	+ 233
Congenital Anomalies	22	560	11	1,532	- 972
Inflammatory/Heart	23	524	32	288	+ 236
Endocrine Disorders	24	522	19	798	- 276
Falls	25	484	30	324	+ 160
Violence	26	475	22	618	- 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	444	3	5,275	- 4,831
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	403	31	308	+ 95
Drownings	29	394	29	366	+ 27
Birth Trauma	30	392	6	2,888	- 2,497
Parkinson's Disease	31	390	44	117	+ 273
Pancreas Cancer	32	373	54	62	+ 311
Stomach Cancer	33	349	36	232	+ 117
Lymphomas	34	320	42	132	+ 188
Leukemia	35	277	59	37	+ 240
Epilepsy	36	258	37	230	+ 28
Tuberculosis	37	235	10	2,414	- 2,179
Alcohol	38	229	55	52	+ 177
Asthma	39	220	24	613	- 393
Oral Cancer	40	220	50	82	+ 137
Maternal Conditions	41	199	18	880	- 681
Ovary Cancer	42	192	53	77	+ 115
Malnutrition	43	186	17	924	- 737
Fires	44	179	33	275	- 96
Drug Use	45	104	40	185	- 81
Dengue	46	94	72	0	+ 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	91	43	127	- 36
Bladder Cancer	48	74	52	78	- 4
Uterin Cancer	49	73	60	31	+ 43
Meningitis	50	73	12	1,415	- 1,342
Encephalitis	51	59	56	50	+ 9
Syphilis	52	46	41	180	- 134
Appendicitis	53	43	61	27	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	54	39	66	10	+ 29
Schistosomiasis	55	33	46	101	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	56	29	57	37	- 8
Poisonings	57	24	38	218	- 194
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	17	68	7	+ 10
Pertussis	59	17	26	469	- 452
Skin Cancers	60	15	48	86	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	65	10	+ 4
Tetanus	62	14	45	103	- 89
Hepatitis B	63	9	47	92	- 83
Chagas disease	64	5	77	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	65	2	79	0	+ 2
War	66	1	67	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	10	- 9
Chlamydia	68	1	70	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	62	15	- 14
Hepatitis C	70	1	63	13	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	73	0	58	37	- 37
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 SIERRA LEONE

Suriname

Sierra Leone

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.