URUGUAY VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,444	1	4,265	- 820
Stroke	2	3,259	2	2,850	+ 409
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,516	11	747	+ 769
Kidney Disease	4	1,489	8	1,040	+ 449
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	903	6	1,370	- 467
Suicide	6	781	12	735	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	7	731	28	195	+ 536
Liver Disease	8	710	27	206	+ 504
Hypertension	9	708	15	648	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	622	3	1,899	- 1,277
Lung Cancers	11	542	5	1,463	- 921
Lung Disease	12	491	4	1,706	- 1,215
Road Traffic Accidents	13	472	16	512	- 40
Prostate Cancer	14	415	13	707	- 292
Other Injuries	15	384	10	774	- 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	384	7	1,245	- 861
Breast Cancer	17	290	9	848	- 557
Skin Disease	18	283	36	130	+ 153
Low Birth Weight	19	272	42	73	+ 199
Cervical Cancer	20	254	29	172	+ 82
Liver Cancer	21	238	34	147	+ 90
Congenital Anomalies	22	210	30	170	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	23	197	22	314	- 117
Endocrine Disorders	24	196	17	487	- 291
Falls	25	182	47	55	+ 127
Violence	26	178	23	295	- 117
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	167	35	134	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	152	46	57	+ 95
Drownings	29	148	45	65	+ 83
Birth Trauma	30	147	53	22	+ 125
Parkinson's Disease	31	147	21	320	- 174
Pancreas Cancer	32	140	14	656	- 515
Stomach Cancer	33	131	18	480	- 349
Lymphomas	34	120	20	457	- 337
Leukemia	35	104	25	280	- 176
Epilepsy	36	97	40	86	+ 11
Tuberculosis	37	88	41	81	+ 8
Alcohol	38	86	39	104	- 18
Asthma	39	83	37	127	- 44
Oral Cancer	40	82	31	167	- 85
Maternal Conditions	41	75	60	9	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	42	72	32	160	- 88
Malnutrition	43	70	43	73	- 3
Fires	44	67	48	54	+ 13
Drug Use	45	39	49	41	- 1
Dengue	46	35	83	0	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	34	50	39	- 5
Bladder Cancer	48	28	26	276	- 248
Uterin Cancer	49	28	38	115	- 88
Meningitis	50	27	58	10	+ 17
Encephalitis	51	22	64	4	+ 18
Syphilis	52	17	66	3	+ 14
Appendicitis	53	16	59	9	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	54	15	19	464	- 449
Schistosomiasis	55	12	77	0	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	56	11	24	286	- 275
Poisonings	57	9	55	17	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	7	51	35	- 28
Pertussis	59	6	72	0	+ 6
Skin Cancers	60	6	33	149	- 144
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	56	13	- 8
Tetanus	62	5	71	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	4	- 1
Chagas disease	64	2	61	5	- 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
War	66	1	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	5	- 4
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Suriname

Uruguay

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.