TOGO VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		TOGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,967	3	4,142	+ 4,825
Stroke	2	8,484	4	3,574	+ 4,910
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,947	11	1,181	+ 2,766
Kidney Disease	4	3,877	13	1,159	+ 2,718
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,352	1	5,739	- 3,387
Suicide	6	2,034	19	711	+ 1,323
HIV/AIDS	7	1,903	6	3,007	- 1,104
Liver Disease	8	1,847	10	1,517	+ 330
Hypertension	9	1,843	20	672	+ 1,171
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,618	25	328	+ 1,290
Lung Cancers	11	1,410	51	76	+ 1,334
Lung Disease	12	1,278	17	823	+ 455
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,228	7	2,316	- 1,087
Prostate Cancer	14	1,081	39	186	+ 896
Other Injuries	15	1,001	16	834	+ 167
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,000	34	224	+ 776
Breast Cancer	17	756	24	362	+ 394
Skin Disease	18	736	52	75	+ 661
Low Birth Weight	19	709	9	2,005	- 1,296
Cervical Cancer	20	662	23	421	+ 241
Liver Cancer	21	619	26	312	+ 307
Congenital Anomalies	22	548	12	1,170	- 623
Inflammatory/Heart	23	513	31	276	+ 237
Endocrine Disorders	24	510	15	881	- 370
Falls	25	473	27	307	+ 166
Violence	26	465	18	723	- 258
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	434	5	3,190	- 2,756
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	394	28	297	+ 98
Drownings	29	385	33	225	+ 160
Birth Trauma	30	383	8	2,309	- 1,927
Parkinson's Disease	31	382	45	111	+ 270
Pancreas Cancer	32	365	58	40	+ 324
Stomach Cancer	33	341	30	280	+ 61
Lymphomas	34	313	38	190	+ 123
Leukemia	35	271	59	39	+ 231
Epilepsy	36	252	37	210	+ 42
Tuberculosis	37	230	35	216	+ 14
Alcohol	38	224	54	64	+ 160
Asthma	39	215	22	587	- 372
Oral Cancer	40	215	43	131	+ 84
Maternal Conditions	41	194	21	601	- 407
Ovary Cancer	42	188	49	88	+ 100
Malnutrition	43	182	32	254	- 72
Fires	44	175	36	215	- 40
Drug Use	45	102	41	158	- 55
Dengue	46	92	72	0	+ 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	89	44	115	- 26
Bladder Cancer	48	72	56	52	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	49	72	57	52	+ 19
Meningitis	50	71	14	941	- 870
Encephalitis	51	58	55	57	+ 1
Syphilis	52	45	48	94	- 49
Appendicitis	53	42	60	23	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	54	38	62	11	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	55	33	46	98	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	56	28	47	96	- 68
Poisonings	57	24	42	153	- 129
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	17	64	7	+ 10
Pertussis	59	16	29	282	- 266
Skin Cancers	60	14	40	159	- 145
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	61	13	+ 1
Tetanus	62	13	50	80	- 66
Hepatitis B	63	9	53	65	- 57
Chagas disease	64	5	77	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
War	66	1	68	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	5	- 4
Chlamydia	68	1	70	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	65	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	70	1	63	8	- 7
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	2	- 1
Measles	73	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	2	5,075	- 5,075
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 TOGO

Suriname

Togo

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.