VENEZUELA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,423	1	26,905	+ 4,517
Stroke	2	29,731	3	12,133	+ 17,598
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,832	4	11,176	+ 2,655
Kidney Disease	4	13,584	8	5,932	+ 7,653
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,240	7	7,188	+ 1,052
Suicide	6	7,127	34	585	+ 6,542
HIV/AIDS	7	6,668	6	7,490	- 822
Liver Disease	8	6,473	16	2,340	+ 4,133
Hypertension	9	6,458	9	5,195	+ 1,264
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,670	35	572	+ 5,098
Lung Cancers	11	4,940	11	3,900	+ 1,041
Lung Disease	12	4,479	10	5,150	- 670
Road Traffic Accidents	13	4,305	5	11,127	- 6,823
Prostate Cancer	14	3,789	13	2,848	+ 941
Other Injuries	15	3,507	21	1,693	+ 1,813
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,502	19	2,037	+ 1,465
Breast Cancer	17	2,650	15	2,563	+ 87
Skin Disease	18	2,578	66	18	+ 2,561
Low Birth Weight	19	2,483	12	3,088	- 605
Cervical Cancer	20	2,318	20	1,986	+ 332
Liver Cancer	21	2,169	26	1,029	+ 1,140
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,919	14	2,846	- 927
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,796	33	599	+ 1,197
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,789	30	760	+ 1,029
Falls	25	1,657	28	865	+ 791
Violence	26	1,628	2	18,132	- 16,503
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,520	22	1,359	+ 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	1,382	40	418	+ 965
Drownings	29	1,349	43	388	+ 960
Birth Trauma	30	1,341	24	1,087	+ 254
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,337	48	252	+ 1,085
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,278	25	1,082	+ 196
Stomach Cancer	33	1,195	17	2,175	- 980
Lymphomas	34	1,096	23	1,248	- 151
Leukemia	35	949	27	1,007	- 58
Epilepsy	36	885	41	411	+ 474
Tuberculosis	37	806	31	748	+ 59
Alcohol	38	785	62	34	+ 750
Asthma	39	754	46	311	+ 442
Oral Cancer	40	752	38	544	+ 208
Maternal Conditions	41	681	39	422	+ 258
Ovary Cancer	42	659	36	563	+ 96
Malnutrition	43	638	32	629	+ 9
Fires	44	614	54	144	+ 470
Drug Use	45	358	50	225	+ 132
Dengue	46	323	59	65	+ 258
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	312	57	80	+ 232
Bladder Cancer	48	253	45	365	- 111
Uterin Cancer	49	251	47	309	- 58
Meningitis	50	249	49	251	- 2
Encephalitis	51	204	61	37	+ 167
Syphilis	52	156	67	15	+ 141
Appendicitis	53	148	56	98	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	54	133	18	2,167	- 2,034
Schistosomiasis	55	114	76	1	+ 113
Oesophagus Cancer	56	99	44	370	- 271
Poisonings	57	84	58	68	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	60	52	180	- 120
Pertussis	59	57	64	26	+ 31
Skin Cancers	60	51	37	553	- 502
Multiple Sclerosis	61	49	60	51	- 2
Tetanus	62	46	68	8	+ 39
Hepatitis B	63	30	63	30	+ 0
Chagas disease	64	18	29	826	- 808
Leishmaniasis	65	6	73	3	+ 3
War	66	5	51	185	- 180
Upper Respiratory	67	4	74	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	2	70	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	70	2	65	21	- 19
Otitis Media	71	0	75	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	42	402	- 402
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	55	126	- 126
Schizophrenia	82	0	69	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	72	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	151	- 151
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Suriname

Venezuela

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.