SWAZILAND VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,144	5	755	+ 389
Stroke	2	1,083	4	800	+ 282
Diabetes Mellitus	3	504	3	892	- 388
Kidney Disease	4	495	8	381	+ 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	300	2	921	- 621
Suicide	6	260	9	338	- 78
HIV/AIDS	7	243	1	2,314	- 2,071
Liver Disease	8	236	11	274	- 38
Hypertension	9	235	10	292	- 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	207	27	77	+ 130
Lung Cancers	11	180	46	17	+ 163
Lung Disease	12	163	12	264	- 101
Road Traffic Accidents	13	157	7	384	- 228
Prostate Cancer	14	138	31	45	+ 93
Other Injuries	15	128	17	190	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	128	43	19	+ 109
Breast Cancer	17	97	35	37	+ 60
Skin Disease	18	94	40	25	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	19	90	14	233	- 143
Cervical Cancer	20	84	15	215	- 130
Liver Cancer	21	79	37	29	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	22	70	19	160	- 91
Inflammatory/Heart	23	65	24	94	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	24	65	28	74	- 9
Falls	25	60	32	41	+ 19
Violence	26	59	16	212	- 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	55	6	517	- 462
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	50	29	51	- 0
Drownings	29	49	25	87	- 38
Birth Trauma	30	49	18	166	- 118
Parkinson's Disease	31	49	41	24	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	32	47	56	6	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	33	44	53	7	+ 37
Lymphomas	34	40	36	31	+ 9
Leukemia	35	35	47	16	+ 18
Epilepsy	36	32	30	46	- 13
Tuberculosis	37	29	13	256	- 226
Alcohol	38	29	48	16	+ 13
Asthma	39	27	20	150	- 122
Oral Cancer	40	27	51	10	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	41	25	21	116	- 91
Ovary Cancer	42	24	52	10	+ 14
Malnutrition	43	23	22	106	- 83
Fires	44	22	26	84	- 61
Drug Use	45	13	38	27	- 14
Dengue	46	12	72	0	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	11	39	26	- 15
Bladder Cancer	48	9	55	6	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	49	9	50	11	- 2
Meningitis	50	9	23	97	- 88
Encephalitis	51	7	59	5	+ 3
Syphilis	52	6	45	17	- 12
Appendicitis	53	5	54	7	- 1
Other Neoplasms	54	5	61	4	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	55	4	49	13	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	56	4	44	18	- 15
Poisonings	57	3	34	37	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	58	5	- 3
Pertussis	59	2	33	39	- 37
Skin Cancers	60	2	42	20	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	1	+ 0
Tetanus	62	2	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	57	6	- 5
Chagas disease	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	60	4	- 4
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Suriname

Swaziland

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.