ZIMBABWE VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,245	3	8,493	+ 8,752
Stroke	2	16,316	5	5,126	+ 11,190
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,591	9	3,344	+ 4,247
Kidney Disease	4	7,455	12	2,214	+ 5,242
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,522	2	10,779	- 6,257
Suicide	6	3,912	13	2,069	+ 1,843
HIV/AIDS	7	3,659	1	19,988	- 16,329
Liver Disease	8	3,552	17	1,941	+ 1,611
Hypertension	9	3,544	24	1,146	+ 2,399
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,112	31	768	+ 2,344
Lung Cancers	11	2,711	43	286	+ 2,425
Lung Disease	12	2,458	23	1,163	+ 1,295
Road Traffic Accidents	13	2,362	4	6,037	- 3,675
Prostate Cancer	14	2,079	32	628	+ 1,451
Other Injuries	15	1,924	20	1,656	+ 269
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,922	40	505	+ 1,417
Breast Cancer	17	1,454	28	839	+ 615
Skin Disease	18	1,415	52	173	+ 1,242
Low Birth Weight	19	1,363	7	4,038	- 2,675
Cervical Cancer	20	1,272	14	2,023	- 751
Liver Cancer	21	1,190	38	510	+ 681
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,053	11	2,217	- 1,164
Inflammatory/Heart	23	986	25	1,047	- 62
Endocrine Disorders	24	982	34	553	+ 428
Falls	25	909	41	465	+ 444
Violence	26	894	18	1,916	- 1,022
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	834	6	4,595	- 3,760
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	759	35	548	+ 210
Drownings	29	740	27	956	- 216
Birth Trauma	30	736	8	3,405	- 2,669
Parkinson's Disease	31	734	46	226	+ 508
Pancreas Cancer	32	701	47	217	+ 485
Stomach Cancer	33	656	33	559	+ 97
Lymphomas	34	602	26	960	- 358
Leukemia	35	521	45	244	+ 277
Epilepsy	36	485	39	508	- 22
Tuberculosis	37	442	16	1,999	- 1,557
Alcohol	38	431	61	48	+ 382
Asthma	39	414	21	1,531	- 1,117
Oral Cancer	40	413	49	208	+ 205
Maternal Conditions	41	373	19	1,749	- 1,376
Ovary Cancer	42	362	51	173	+ 188
Malnutrition	43	350	10	2,396	- 2,046
Fires	44	337	30	793	- 455
Drug Use	45	196	48	213	- 16
Dengue	46	177	73	0	+ 177
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	171	36	542	- 371
Bladder Cancer	48	139	54	125	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	49	138	50	182	- 44
Meningitis	50	137	22	1,325	- 1,189
Encephalitis	51	112	56	117	- 6
Syphilis	52	86	55	124	- 39
Appendicitis	53	81	58	66	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	54	73	62	37	+ 36
Schistosomiasis	55	63	53	172	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	56	54	29	801	- 747
Poisonings	57	46	37	515	- 469
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	33	64	26	+ 7
Pertussis	59	31	42	419	- 387
Skin Cancers	60	28	44	264	- 236
Multiple Sclerosis	61	27	67	14	+ 13
Tetanus	62	25	57	102	- 76
Hepatitis B	63	16	60	57	- 40
Chagas disease	64	10	76	0	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	65	3	77	0	+ 3
War	66	3	65	26	- 23
Upper Respiratory	67	2	59	65	- 63
Chlamydia	68	2	69	3	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	70	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	66	14	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	68	3	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	73	0	63	30	- 30
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	78	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	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 ZIMBABWE

Suriname

Zimbabwe

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.