TANZANIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	67,835	9	13,215	+ 54,620
Stroke	2	64,182	7	16,894	+ 47,288
Diabetes Mellitus	3	29,860	15	6,247	+ 23,613
Kidney Disease	4	29,325	19	4,547	+ 24,778
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	17,789	2	26,028	- 8,239
Suicide	6	15,387	24	2,474	+ 12,912
HIV/AIDS	7	14,395	1	27,402	- 13,007
Liver Disease	8	13,974	13	6,586	+ 7,388
Hypertension	9	13,942	17	5,209	+ 8,734
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	12,241	27	2,048	+ 10,193
Lung Cancers	11	10,665	61	159	+ 10,506
Lung Disease	12	9,670	22	3,051	+ 6,619
Road Traffic Accidents	13	9,293	5	18,054	- 8,761
Prostate Cancer	14	8,180	28	1,819	+ 6,360
Other Injuries	15	7,570	20	4,270	+ 3,300
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	7,561	33	1,567	+ 5,994
Breast Cancer	17	5,721	37	1,285	+ 4,436
Skin Disease	18	5,566	52	359	+ 5,206
Low Birth Weight	19	5,360	10	12,173	- 6,812
Cervical Cancer	20	5,004	14	6,424	- 1,419
Liver Cancer	21	4,682	36	1,413	+ 3,269
Congenital Anomalies	22	4,143	11	9,791	- 5,648
Inflammatory/Heart	23	3,878	38	1,227	+ 2,650
Endocrine Disorders	24	3,862	29	1,778	+ 2,084
Falls	25	3,577	34	1,533	+ 2,043
Violence	26	3,515	18	4,713	- 1,197
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	3,282	6	17,587	- 14,305
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	2,984	46	462	+ 2,522
Drownings	29	2,912	32	1,642	+ 1,270
Birth Trauma	30	2,896	8	15,086	- 12,190
Parkinson's Disease	31	2,886	45	513	+ 2,373
Pancreas Cancer	32	2,759	62	158	+ 2,601
Stomach Cancer	33	2,580	39	1,190	+ 1,390
Lymphomas	34	2,367	41	805	+ 1,562
Leukemia	35	2,049	47	416	+ 1,633
Epilepsy	36	1,909	43	707	+ 1,203
Tuberculosis	37	1,741	4	20,269	- 18,529
Alcohol	38	1,694	56	270	+ 1,424
Asthma	39	1,627	30	1,700	- 73
Oral Cancer	40	1,624	31	1,646	- 22
Maternal Conditions	41	1,469	12	6,835	- 5,366
Ovary Cancer	42	1,422	53	337	+ 1,085
Malnutrition	43	1,377	16	5,574	- 4,197
Fires	44	1,326	35	1,424	- 98
Drug Use	45	772	48	404	+ 368
Dengue	46	697	73	2	+ 695
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	674	50	401	+ 273
Bladder Cancer	48	547	44	667	- 120
Uterin Cancer	49	543	57	218	+ 325
Meningitis	50	537	21	3,188	- 2,651
Encephalitis	51	440	59	199	+ 241
Syphilis	52	337	26	2,115	- 1,778
Appendicitis	53	320	58	218	+ 102
Other Neoplasms	54	288	64	58	+ 230
Schistosomiasis	55	246	51	371	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	56	214	25	2,247	- 2,033
Poisonings	57	181	40	1,170	- 989
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	129	63	81	+ 48
Pertussis	59	123	23	2,774	- 2,651
Skin Cancers	60	110	42	744	- 635
Multiple Sclerosis	61	106	68	27	+ 79
Tetanus	62	100	49	402	- 301
Hepatitis B	63	64	60	168	- 104
Chagas disease	64	39	78	0	+ 39
Leishmaniasis	65	13	77	0	+ 13
War	66	10	67	30	- 19
Upper Respiratory	67	8	54	299	- 290
Chlamydia	68	7	71	9	- 2
Ascariasis	69	5	65	56	- 50
Hepatitis C	70	5	66	40	- 35
Otitis Media	71	1	69	17	- 16
Diphtheria	72	1	70	11	- 10
Measles	73	0	55	295	- 295
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	78	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Suriname

Tanzania

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.