SINGAPORE VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,062	1	5,292	+ 770
Stroke	2	5,735	3	1,559	+ 4,177
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,668	28	108	+ 2,561
Kidney Disease	4	2,621	6	1,028	+ 1,592
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,590	2	5,189	- 3,600
Suicide	6	1,375	9	650	+ 725
HIV/AIDS	7	1,286	45	18	+ 1,268
Liver Disease	8	1,249	20	209	+ 1,039
Hypertension	9	1,246	8	732	+ 514
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,094	36	32	+ 1,061
Lung Cancers	11	953	4	1,540	- 587
Lung Disease	12	864	14	383	+ 481
Road Traffic Accidents	13	830	26	121	+ 709
Prostate Cancer	14	731	16	303	+ 428
Other Injuries	15	676	32	79	+ 597
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	676	5	1,203	- 527
Breast Cancer	17	511	10	605	- 94
Skin Disease	18	497	25	136	+ 361
Low Birth Weight	19	479	41	25	+ 454
Cervical Cancer	20	447	30	85	+ 362
Liver Cancer	21	418	7	746	- 327
Congenital Anomalies	22	370	31	80	+ 291
Inflammatory/Heart	23	347	19	215	+ 131
Endocrine Disorders	24	345	37	30	+ 315
Falls	25	320	18	218	+ 102
Violence	26	314	46	15	+ 300
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	293	39	28	+ 266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	267	33	69	+ 197
Drownings	29	260	38	29	+ 231
Birth Trauma	30	259	55	3	+ 256
Parkinson's Disease	31	258	29	90	+ 168
Pancreas Cancer	32	247	11	537	- 290
Stomach Cancer	33	231	12	405	- 174
Lymphomas	34	212	13	397	- 185
Leukemia	35	183	17	249	- 66
Epilepsy	36	171	42	25	+ 146
Tuberculosis	37	156	40	26	+ 130
Alcohol	38	151	47	10	+ 141
Asthma	39	145	35	37	+ 108
Oral Cancer	40	145	15	317	- 172
Maternal Conditions	41	131	53	3	+ 128
Ovary Cancer	42	127	21	204	- 77
Malnutrition	43	123	63	0	+ 123
Fires	44	118	49	7	+ 112
Drug Use	45	69	44	19	+ 50
Dengue	46	62	66	0	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	60	43	22	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	48	49	27	120	- 71
Uterin Cancer	49	49	23	147	- 99
Meningitis	50	48	48	8	+ 40
Encephalitis	51	39	61	0	+ 39
Syphilis	52	30	65	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	53	29	50	6	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	54	26	22	195	- 170
Schistosomiasis	55	22	78	0	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	56	19	24	137	- 118
Poisonings	57	16	60	1	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	12	58	2	+ 9
Pertussis	59	11	62	0	+ 11
Skin Cancers	60	10	34	56	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	57	3	+ 7
Tetanus	62	9	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	63	6	52	4	+ 2
Chagas disease	64	3	74	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
War	66	1	59	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	54	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	56	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	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	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Suriname

Singapore

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.