SURINAME VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	263	7	138	+ 125
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	250	5	171	+ 79
Malaria	3	209	78	0	+ 209
Tuberculosis	4	194	37	17	+ 178
Road Traffic Accidents	5	173	13	89	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	169	27	31	+ 137
Stroke	7	162	2	615	- 453
Birth Trauma	8	145	30	28	+ 117
Coronary Heart Disease	9	127	1	650	- 524
Low Birth Weight	10	117	19	51	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	11	94	22	40	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	12	66	41	14	+ 51
Liver Disease	13	63	8	134	- 71
Cervical Cancer	14	62	20	48	+ 14
Diabetes Mellitus	15	60	3	286	- 226
Malnutrition	16	53	43	13	+ 40
Hypertension	17	50	9	134	- 84
Violence	18	45	26	34	+ 11
Kidney Disease	19	44	4	281	- 238
Other Injuries	20	41	15	73	- 32
Meningitis	21	31	50	5	+ 25
Lung Disease	22	29	12	93	- 63
Pertussis	23	27	59	1	+ 25
Suicide	24	24	6	148	- 124
Oesophagus Cancer	25	22	56	2	+ 19
Syphilis	26	20	52	3	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	20	10	117	- 98
Prostate Cancer	28	17	14	78	- 61
Endocrine Disorders	29	17	24	37	- 20
Asthma	30	16	39	16	+ 1
Oral Cancer	31	16	40	16	+ 0
Drownings	32	16	29	28	- 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	15	16	72	- 57
Falls	34	15	25	34	- 20
Fires	35	14	44	13	+ 1
Liver Cancer	36	14	21	45	- 31
Breast Cancer	37	12	17	55	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	38	12	23	37	- 25
Stomach Cancer	39	11	33	25	- 13
Poisonings	40	11	57	2	+ 9
Lymphomas	41	8	34	23	- 15
Skin Cancers	42	7	60	1	+ 6
Epilepsy	43	7	36	18	- 12
Bladder Cancer	44	6	48	5	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	45	5	31	28	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	4	28	29	- 24
Leukemia	47	4	35	20	- 16
Drug Use	48	4	45	7	- 4
Tetanus	49	4	62	1	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	4	47	6	- 3
Schistosomiasis	51	4	55	2	+ 1
Skin Disease	52	3	18	53	- 50
Ovary Cancer	53	3	42	14	- 10
Upper Respiratory	54	3	67	0	+ 3
Measles	55	3	73	0	+ 3
Alcohol	56	3	38	16	- 14
Uterin Cancer	57	2	49	5	- 3
Appendicitis	58	2	53	3	- 1
Encephalitis	59	2	51	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	63	1	+ 1
Lung Cancers	61	2	11	102	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	62	2	32	26	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	58	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	64	1	54	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	70	0	+ 0
War	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	46	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.