SURINAME VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	924	1	650	+ 273
Stroke	2	586	2	615	- 29
Diabetes Mellitus	3	258	3	286	- 28
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	253	5	171	+ 82
Lung Disease	5	220	12	93	+ 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	162	27	31	+ 131
Kidney Disease	7	143	4	281	- 138
Suicide	8	110	6	148	- 38
Liver Disease	9	105	8	134	- 29
Congenital Anomalies	10	97	22	40	+ 57
Hypertension	11	96	9	134	- 38
Road Traffic Accidents	12	91	13	89	+ 2
Asthma	13	91	39	16	+ 75
Low Birth Weight	14	88	19	51	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	71	47	6	+ 65
Drownings	16	71	29	28	+ 43
Other Injuries	17	61	15	73	- 12
Liver Cancer	18	56	21	45	+ 11
Birth Trauma	19	40	30	28	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	38	28	29	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	36	10	117	- 82
Tuberculosis	22	33	37	17	+ 16
Lung Cancers	23	31	11	102	- 72
Maternal Conditions	24	29	41	14	+ 15
Falls	25	27	25	34	- 8
Breast Cancer	26	26	17	55	- 29
Cervical Cancer	27	26	20	48	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	28	24	31	28	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	29	23	23	37	- 15
Pertussis	30	21	59	1	+ 19
Malnutrition	31	20	43	13	+ 7
Leukemia	32	18	35	20	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	33	18	24	37	- 19
Prostate Cancer	34	18	14	78	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	17	16	72	- 55
Meningitis	36	16	50	5	+ 11
Syphilis	37	16	52	3	+ 12
Violence	38	14	26	34	- 20
Skin Disease	39	14	18	53	- 40
Stomach Cancer	40	12	33	25	- 12
Epilepsy	41	11	36	18	- 8
Fires	42	9	44	13	- 4
Alcohol	43	8	38	16	- 8
Ovary Cancer	44	8	42	14	- 6
Lymphomas	45	7	34	23	- 16
Tetanus	46	6	62	1	+ 5
Poisonings	47	4	57	2	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	48	4	49	5	- 1
Bladder Cancer	49	4	48	5	- 1
Appendicitis	50	3	53	3	- 0
Hepatitis B	51	3	63	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	2	51	4	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	32	26	- 25
Oral Cancer	54	2	40	16	- 14
Other Neoplasms	55	1	54	3	- 1
Drug Use	56	1	45	7	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	61	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	58	1	- 1
Dengue	59	0	46	7	- 6
Diphtheria	60	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
War	64	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	7	138	- 138
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	65	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	64	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	56	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	60	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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Suriname

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.