THAILAND VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	70,307	1	51,305	+ 19,002
Stroke	2	66,521	2	50,273	+ 16,248
Diabetes Mellitus	3	30,948	10	18,776	+ 12,172
Kidney Disease	4	30,394	4	26,822	+ 3,572
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	18,438	3	31,289	- 12,852
Suicide	6	15,947	16	6,147	+ 9,800
HIV/AIDS	7	14,919	12	13,922	+ 997
Liver Disease	8	14,483	11	17,596	- 3,113
Hypertension	9	14,451	34	2,179	+ 12,271
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	12,687	6	22,851	- 10,164
Lung Cancers	11	11,054	8	22,296	- 11,243
Lung Disease	12	10,022	9	19,474	- 9,452
Road Traffic Accidents	13	9,631	7	22,428	- 12,797
Prostate Cancer	14	8,478	30	3,013	+ 5,465
Other Injuries	15	7,846	21	4,869	+ 2,976
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	7,837	13	9,908	- 2,072
Breast Cancer	17	5,930	17	6,053	- 123
Skin Disease	18	5,769	28	3,375	+ 2,393
Low Birth Weight	19	5,556	40	1,548	+ 4,008
Cervical Cancer	20	5,187	19	5,110	+ 77
Liver Cancer	21	4,853	5	23,883	- 19,030
Congenital Anomalies	22	4,294	35	2,107	+ 2,187
Inflammatory/Heart	23	4,019	32	2,879	+ 1,140
Endocrine Disorders	24	4,002	37	1,888	+ 2,114
Falls	25	3,707	18	5,409	- 1,702
Violence	26	3,644	31	2,965	+ 678
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	3,401	15	6,863	- 3,462
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	3,093	39	1,679	+ 1,414
Drownings	29	3,018	25	3,956	- 938
Birth Trauma	30	3,001	50	533	+ 2,468
Parkinson's Disease	31	2,991	23	4,292	- 1,301
Pancreas Cancer	32	2,859	33	2,383	+ 476
Stomach Cancer	33	2,675	27	3,451	- 776
Lymphomas	34	2,453	22	4,539	- 2,086
Leukemia	35	2,124	26	3,902	- 1,778
Epilepsy	36	1,979	47	689	+ 1,290
Tuberculosis	37	1,804	14	9,551	- 7,747
Alcohol	38	1,756	49	548	+ 1,208
Asthma	39	1,686	24	4,182	- 2,496
Oral Cancer	40	1,683	20	4,961	- 3,277
Maternal Conditions	41	1,523	52	227	+ 1,295
Ovary Cancer	42	1,474	36	2,003	- 529
Malnutrition	43	1,427	42	962	+ 466
Fires	44	1,374	48	617	+ 757
Drug Use	45	800	45	794	+ 6
Dengue	46	722	55	172	+ 550
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	698	51	436	+ 263
Bladder Cancer	48	566	38	1,798	- 1,232
Uterin Cancer	49	563	44	864	- 301
Meningitis	50	557	43	931	- 374
Encephalitis	51	456	46	722	- 266
Syphilis	52	349	64	36	+ 313
Appendicitis	53	331	59	114	+ 217
Other Neoplasms	54	298	54	192	+ 107
Schistosomiasis	55	255	75	0	+ 255
Oesophagus Cancer	56	221	29	3,156	- 2,934
Poisonings	57	188	57	132	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	134	53	194	- 61
Pertussis	59	127	62	77	+ 50
Skin Cancers	60	114	41	1,133	- 1,019
Multiple Sclerosis	61	110	61	86	+ 24
Tetanus	62	104	58	116	- 13
Hepatitis B	63	67	56	153	- 87
Chagas disease	64	40	73	0	+ 40
Leishmaniasis	65	13	72	1	+ 12
War	66	11	60	87	- 77
Upper Respiratory	67	9	65	18	- 9
Chlamydia	68	7	70	3	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	6	69	4	+ 2
Hepatitis C	70	6	67	7	- 2
Otitis Media	71	1	68	7	- 6
Diphtheria	72	1	71	1	+ 0
Measles	73	0	63	56	- 56
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	66	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Suriname

Thailand

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.