SRI LANKA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,104	1	26,304	- 4,200
Stroke	2	20,914	6	6,805	+ 14,109
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,730	2	12,460	- 2,731
Kidney Disease	4	9,556	5	6,858	+ 2,698
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,797	8	5,117	+ 680
Suicide	6	5,014	10	2,977	+ 2,036
HIV/AIDS	7	4,690	55	39	+ 4,651
Liver Disease	8	4,553	17	1,303	+ 3,251
Hypertension	9	4,543	20	1,055	+ 3,488
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,989	4	6,939	- 2,950
Lung Cancers	11	3,475	12	1,775	+ 1,700
Lung Disease	12	3,151	3	9,456	- 6,305
Road Traffic Accidents	13	3,028	9	4,200	- 1,172
Prostate Cancer	14	2,665	30	507	+ 2,158
Other Injuries	15	2,467	14	1,529	+ 937
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,464	24	911	+ 1,552
Breast Cancer	17	1,864	15	1,383	+ 481
Skin Disease	18	1,814	36	293	+ 1,521
Low Birth Weight	19	1,747	29	536	+ 1,211
Cervical Cancer	20	1,631	26	762	+ 868
Liver Cancer	21	1,526	19	1,090	+ 435
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,350	22	989	+ 361
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,264	35	425	+ 839
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,258	32	462	+ 796
Falls	25	1,165	23	964	+ 201
Violence	26	1,146	31	499	+ 646
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,069	28	605	+ 465
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	972	56	38	+ 934
Drownings	29	949	27	731	+ 218
Birth Trauma	30	944	44	193	+ 751
Parkinson's Disease	31	940	45	168	+ 773
Pancreas Cancer	32	899	43	214	+ 685
Stomach Cancer	33	841	16	1,321	- 480
Lymphomas	34	771	21	1,027	- 256
Leukemia	35	668	18	1,155	- 487
Epilepsy	36	622	39	269	+ 353
Tuberculosis	37	567	25	769	- 202
Alcohol	38	552	51	82	+ 470
Asthma	39	530	7	6,471	- 5,941
Oral Cancer	40	529	11	2,893	- 2,364
Maternal Conditions	41	479	48	96	+ 383
Ovary Cancer	42	463	37	281	+ 182
Malnutrition	43	449	54	43	+ 405
Fires	44	432	41	239	+ 193
Drug Use	45	252	40	257	- 6
Dengue	46	227	47	131	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	220	53	49	+ 170
Bladder Cancer	48	178	34	432	- 254
Uterin Cancer	49	177	42	218	- 41
Meningitis	50	175	46	146	+ 29
Encephalitis	51	143	61	10	+ 133
Syphilis	52	110	58	15	+ 95
Appendicitis	53	104	64	5	+ 99
Other Neoplasms	54	94	50	86	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	55	80	81	0	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	56	70	13	1,544	- 1,475
Poisonings	57	59	49	93	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	42	60	11	+ 31
Pertussis	59	40	59	15	+ 26
Skin Cancers	60	36	52	58	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	61	35	69	2	+ 32
Tetanus	62	33	57	27	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	21	62	6	+ 15
Chagas disease	64	13	83	0	+ 13
Leishmaniasis	65	4	73	0	+ 4
War	66	3	38	280	- 276
Upper Respiratory	67	3	66	5	- 2
Chlamydia	68	2	84	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	33	445	- 445
Schizophrenia	82	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	68	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Suriname

Sri Lanka

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.