SWEDEN VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,648	1	15,136	- 4,487
Stroke	2	10,075	3	6,035	+ 4,040
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,687	11	1,834	+ 2,853
Kidney Disease	4	4,603	12	1,629	+ 2,974
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,792	7	2,659	+ 134
Suicide	6	2,415	14	1,479	+ 936
HIV/AIDS	7	2,260	61	13	+ 2,247
Liver Disease	8	2,194	23	723	+ 1,470
Hypertension	9	2,189	10	1,838	+ 350
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,921	2	10,917	- 8,995
Lung Cancers	11	1,674	5	3,722	- 2,048
Lung Disease	12	1,518	4	4,344	- 2,826
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,459	34	315	+ 1,144
Prostate Cancer	14	1,284	8	2,622	- 1,338
Other Injuries	15	1,188	15	1,374	- 185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,187	6	3,049	- 1,863
Breast Cancer	17	898	13	1,582	- 684
Skin Disease	18	874	39	220	+ 654
Low Birth Weight	19	841	51	50	+ 791
Cervical Cancer	20	786	38	228	+ 558
Liver Cancer	21	735	22	752	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	22	650	35	308	+ 343
Inflammatory/Heart	23	609	28	547	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	24	606	24	702	- 96
Falls	25	561	17	1,109	- 548
Violence	26	552	47	113	+ 439
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	515	36	289	+ 226
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	468	37	277	+ 191
Drownings	29	457	46	114	+ 343
Birth Trauma	30	455	55	34	+ 421
Parkinson's Disease	31	453	19	943	- 490
Pancreas Cancer	32	433	9	1,849	- 1,416
Stomach Cancer	33	405	26	612	- 207
Lymphomas	34	372	16	1,357	- 985
Leukemia	35	322	20	825	- 504
Epilepsy	36	300	44	121	+ 179
Tuberculosis	37	273	56	24	+ 249
Alcohol	38	266	32	359	- 93
Asthma	39	255	42	158	+ 97
Oral Cancer	40	255	31	379	- 124
Maternal Conditions	41	231	64	5	+ 226
Ovary Cancer	42	223	27	553	- 329
Malnutrition	43	216	45	117	+ 99
Fires	44	208	49	65	+ 144
Drug Use	45	121	30	423	- 302
Dengue	46	109	80	0	+ 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	106	48	110	- 5
Bladder Cancer	48	86	21	760	- 674
Uterin Cancer	49	85	33	345	- 259
Meningitis	50	84	54	35	+ 49
Encephalitis	51	69	71	0	+ 69
Syphilis	52	53	72	0	+ 53
Appendicitis	53	50	59	18	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	54	45	18	1,036	- 991
Schistosomiasis	55	39	69	0	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	56	34	29	538	- 505
Poisonings	57	28	60	18	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	20	43	129	- 109
Pertussis	59	19	67	0	+ 19
Skin Cancers	60	17	25	650	- 633
Multiple Sclerosis	61	17	41	170	- 154
Tetanus	62	16	68	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	63	10	62	9	+ 1
Chagas disease	64	6	77	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	65	2	75	0	+ 2
War	66	2	65	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	58	20	- 18
Chlamydia	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	53	44	- 43
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	175	- 175
Schizophrenia	82	0	50	63	- 63
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	46	- 46
Oral conditions	86	0	63	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Suriname

Sweden

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.