TRINIDAD/TOB. VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,417	1	1,476	- 59
Stroke	2	1,340	3	822	+ 518
Diabetes Mellitus	3	624	2	1,275	- 652
Kidney Disease	4	612	5	439	+ 173
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	372	10	205	+ 166
Suicide	6	321	17	121	+ 200
HIV/AIDS	7	301	12	196	+ 105
Liver Disease	8	292	14	136	+ 156
Hypertension	9	291	11	201	+ 90
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	256	9	215	+ 41
Lung Cancers	11	223	8	217	+ 5
Lung Disease	12	202	16	129	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	13	194	15	130	+ 64
Prostate Cancer	14	171	6	330	- 159
Other Injuries	15	158	30	61	+ 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	158	13	196	- 38
Breast Cancer	17	119	7	258	- 139
Skin Disease	18	116	36	39	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	19	112	23	83	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	20	105	21	97	+ 8
Liver Cancer	21	98	28	66	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	22	87	22	93	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	23	81	25	72	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	24	81	18	119	- 39
Falls	25	75	33	43	+ 32
Violence	26	73	4	549	- 476
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	69	45	18	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	62	31	52	+ 10
Drownings	29	61	39	31	+ 30
Birth Trauma	30	60	40	25	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	31	60	32	51	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	32	58	19	114	- 56
Stomach Cancer	33	54	26	69	- 15
Lymphomas	34	49	20	111	- 62
Leukemia	35	43	29	62	- 20
Epilepsy	36	40	37	32	+ 8
Tuberculosis	37	36	43	22	+ 15
Alcohol	38	35	42	23	+ 12
Asthma	39	34	35	40	- 6
Oral Cancer	40	34	38	31	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	41	31	50	10	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	42	30	24	80	- 50
Malnutrition	43	29	47	17	+ 12
Fires	44	28	48	16	+ 11
Drug Use	45	16	44	19	- 3
Dengue	46	15	55	5	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	14	49	11	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	48	11	34	41	- 29
Uterin Cancer	49	11	27	68	- 56
Meningitis	50	11	52	9	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	9	54	6	+ 3
Syphilis	52	7	61	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	53	7	56	4	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	54	6	51	10	- 4
Schistosomiasis	55	5	71	0	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	56	4	41	24	- 20
Poisonings	57	4	59	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	53	8	- 5
Pertussis	59	3	67	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	60	2	57	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	58	2	- 0
Tetanus	62	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	60	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	73	0	+ 0
War	66	0	46	17	- 17
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Suriname

Trinidad/Tob.

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.