ZAMBIA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,914	10	4,432	+ 16,482
Stroke	2	19,788	3	7,948	+ 11,840
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,206	14	2,395	+ 6,811
Kidney Disease	4	9,041	18	1,760	+ 7,281
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,485	2	9,517	- 4,032
Suicide	6	4,744	20	1,303	+ 3,441
HIV/AIDS	7	4,438	1	17,234	- 12,796
Liver Disease	8	4,308	9	4,501	- 192
Hypertension	9	4,299	13	2,616	+ 1,682
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,774	29	590	+ 3,184
Lung Cancers	11	3,288	41	226	+ 3,062
Lung Disease	12	2,981	21	1,273	+ 1,709
Road Traffic Accidents	13	2,865	11	3,654	- 789
Prostate Cancer	14	2,522	30	561	+ 1,960
Other Injuries	15	2,334	19	1,729	+ 605
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,331	43	203	+ 2,128
Breast Cancer	17	1,764	35	366	+ 1,398
Skin Disease	18	1,716	52	126	+ 1,590
Low Birth Weight	19	1,653	8	4,857	- 3,204
Cervical Cancer	20	1,543	17	1,799	- 256
Liver Cancer	21	1,444	46	177	+ 1,267
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,277	12	3,146	- 1,868
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,195	33	501	+ 694
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,191	37	354	+ 837
Falls	25	1,103	28	596	+ 506
Violence	26	1,084	23	1,153	- 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,012	5	6,275	- 5,264
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	920	40	246	+ 674
Drownings	29	898	27	689	+ 209
Birth Trauma	30	893	7	5,062	- 4,169
Parkinson's Disease	31	890	47	164	+ 726
Pancreas Cancer	32	851	62	42	+ 808
Stomach Cancer	33	796	42	206	+ 589
Lymphomas	34	730	31	548	+ 182
Leukemia	35	632	39	261	+ 371
Epilepsy	36	589	38	332	+ 257
Tuberculosis	37	537	6	5,941	- 5,404
Alcohol	38	522	49	140	+ 382
Asthma	39	502	26	741	- 239
Oral Cancer	40	501	48	155	+ 346
Maternal Conditions	41	453	22	1,188	- 735
Ovary Cancer	42	439	57	82	+ 356
Malnutrition	43	425	15	2,303	- 1,878
Fires	44	409	32	546	- 137
Drug Use	45	238	53	122	+ 116
Dengue	46	215	74	1	+ 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	208	45	190	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	48	169	50	132	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	49	167	64	30	+ 138
Meningitis	50	166	16	1,976	- 1,810
Encephalitis	51	136	59	70	+ 66
Syphilis	52	104	24	885	- 781
Appendicitis	53	99	56	84	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	54	89	65	20	+ 69
Schistosomiasis	55	76	51	128	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	56	66	36	359	- 293
Poisonings	57	56	34	456	- 400
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	40	63	30	+ 10
Pertussis	59	38	25	743	- 705
Skin Cancers	60	34	54	108	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	61	33	67	13	+ 19
Tetanus	62	31	44	190	- 159
Hepatitis B	63	20	55	104	- 84
Chagas disease	64	12	79	0	+ 12
Leishmaniasis	65	4	58	72	- 69
War	66	3	69	6	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	3	60	68	- 65
Chlamydia	68	2	71	3	- 1
Ascariasis	69	2	68	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	70	2	66	18	- 16
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
Diphtheria	72	0	73	3	- 2
Measles	73	0	61	48	- 48
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	78	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Suriname

Zambia

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.