TIMOR-LESTE VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,515	3	814	+ 702
Stroke	2	1,434	2	923	+ 511
Diabetes Mellitus	3	667	11	156	+ 511
Kidney Disease	4	655	8	192	+ 463
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	397	4	651	- 253
Suicide	6	344	27	48	+ 296
HIV/AIDS	7	322	36	30	+ 292
Liver Disease	8	312	10	162	+ 150
Hypertension	9	311	12	156	+ 156
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	273	18	84	+ 189
Lung Cancers	11	238	17	87	+ 151
Lung Disease	12	216	6	283	- 67
Road Traffic Accidents	13	208	13	154	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	14	183	47	13	+ 170
Other Injuries	15	169	20	76	+ 93
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	169	26	54	+ 115
Breast Cancer	17	128	30	38	+ 89
Skin Disease	18	124	46	13	+ 111
Low Birth Weight	19	120	9	189	- 69
Cervical Cancer	20	112	37	28	+ 84
Liver Cancer	21	105	28	45	+ 60
Congenital Anomalies	22	93	14	144	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	23	87	33	32	+ 54
Endocrine Disorders	24	86	38	26	+ 60
Falls	25	80	21	62	+ 18
Violence	26	79	22	60	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	73	5	285	- 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	67	16	96	- 29
Drownings	29	65	19	84	- 19
Birth Trauma	30	65	7	238	- 173
Parkinson's Disease	31	64	39	26	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	32	62	45	14	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	33	58	35	31	+ 27
Lymphomas	34	53	34	32	+ 21
Leukemia	35	46	32	34	+ 12
Epilepsy	36	43	51	8	+ 35
Tuberculosis	37	39	1	1,139	- 1,100
Alcohol	38	38	52	5	+ 33
Asthma	39	36	15	123	- 86
Oral Cancer	40	36	29	44	- 8
Maternal Conditions	41	33	23	60	- 27
Ovary Cancer	42	32	41	18	+ 14
Malnutrition	43	31	25	56	- 25
Fires	44	30	43	15	+ 15
Drug Use	45	17	58	3	+ 14
Dengue	46	16	56	5	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	15	40	25	- 10
Bladder Cancer	48	12	49	12	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	49	12	50	9	+ 3
Meningitis	50	12	31	38	- 26
Encephalitis	51	10	42	16	- 6
Syphilis	52	8	48	12	- 5
Appendicitis	53	7	57	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	54	6	60	2	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	55	5	73	0	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	56	5	53	5	- 0
Poisonings	57	4	54	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	61	1	+ 2
Pertussis	59	3	24	59	- 56
Skin Cancers	60	2	55	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	1	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	44	14	- 11
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	2	- 1
Chagas disease	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

Suriname

Timor-Leste

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.