SOMALIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,089	7	7,233	+ 5,856
Stroke	2	12,384	6	8,595	+ 3,789
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,762	16	2,888	+ 2,874
Kidney Disease	4	5,659	21	2,051	+ 3,608
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,433	1	21,712	- 18,279
Suicide	6	2,969	27	1,219	+ 1,750
HIV/AIDS	7	2,778	33	610	+ 2,168
Liver Disease	8	2,696	13	3,917	- 1,220
Hypertension	9	2,690	18	2,643	+ 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,362	32	647	+ 1,715
Lung Cancers	11	2,058	54	233	+ 1,825
Lung Disease	12	1,866	19	2,442	- 576
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,793	11	4,231	- 2,438
Prostate Cancer	14	1,578	52	285	+ 1,293
Other Injuries	15	1,461	14	3,602	- 2,141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,459	38	546	+ 913
Breast Cancer	17	1,104	26	1,232	- 128
Skin Disease	18	1,074	58	151	+ 923
Low Birth Weight	19	1,034	8	6,250	- 5,216
Cervical Cancer	20	966	28	883	+ 83
Liver Cancer	21	903	53	256	+ 648
Congenital Anomalies	22	799	15	3,410	- 2,611
Inflammatory/Heart	23	748	39	521	+ 227
Endocrine Disorders	24	745	44	406	+ 339
Falls	25	690	37	548	+ 142
Violence	26	678	29	828	- 150
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	633	2	15,363	- 14,729
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	576	36	559	+ 17
Drownings	29	562	25	1,272	- 710
Birth Trauma	30	559	5	9,573	- 9,015
Parkinson's Disease	31	557	56	184	+ 373
Pancreas Cancer	32	532	62	108	+ 425
Stomach Cancer	33	498	49	310	+ 188
Lymphomas	34	457	34	605	- 148
Leukemia	35	395	35	562	- 166
Epilepsy	36	368	43	419	- 50
Tuberculosis	37	336	4	10,261	- 9,925
Alcohol	38	327	59	151	+ 176
Asthma	39	314	23	1,878	- 1,564
Oral Cancer	40	313	46	328	- 14
Maternal Conditions	41	283	12	4,127	- 3,843
Ovary Cancer	42	274	50	295	- 20
Malnutrition	43	266	10	4,825	- 4,559
Fires	44	256	30	810	- 555
Drug Use	45	149	65	54	+ 95
Dengue	46	134	73	1	+ 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	130	41	446	- 316
Bladder Cancer	48	105	61	149	- 44
Uterin Cancer	49	105	64	78	+ 27
Meningitis	50	104	9	5,381	- 5,277
Encephalitis	51	85	63	91	- 6
Syphilis	52	65	45	378	- 313
Appendicitis	53	62	55	188	- 126
Other Neoplasms	54	56	70	12	+ 43
Schistosomiasis	55	47	42	435	- 388
Oesophagus Cancer	56	41	40	516	- 475
Poisonings	57	35	31	758	- 723
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	25	66	35	- 10
Pertussis	59	24	20	2,054	- 2,030
Skin Cancers	60	21	57	164	- 143
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	71	8	+ 13
Tetanus	62	19	17	2,648	- 2,629
Hepatitis B	63	12	48	315	- 302
Chagas disease	64	7	79	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	65	2	51	290	- 287
War	66	2	24	1,318	- 1,316
Upper Respiratory	67	2	47	326	- 324
Chlamydia	68	1	72	5	- 4
Ascariasis	69	1	69	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	70	1	67	34	- 33
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 31
Diphtheria	72	0	60	150	- 149
Measles	73	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Suriname

Somalia

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.