SURINAME VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	754	7	138	+ 616
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	407	5	171	+ 236
Coronary Heart Disease	3	320	1	650	- 330
Road Traffic Accidents	4	228	13	89	+ 139
Stroke	5	193	2	615	- 422
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	173	27	31	+ 142
Low Birth Weight	7	152	19	51	+ 101
Birth Trauma	8	128	30	28	+ 101
Diabetes Mellitus	9	126	3	286	- 160
Malnutrition	10	90	43	13	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	11	84	22	40	+ 44
Kidney Disease	12	83	4	281	- 198
Suicide	13	78	6	148	- 70
Cervical Cancer	14	76	20	48	+ 28
Malaria	15	76	78	0	+ 76
Tuberculosis	16	75	37	17	+ 59
Liver Disease	17	73	8	134	- 61
Violence	18	72	26	34	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	19	66	41	14	+ 52
Other Injuries	20	62	15	73	- 10
Asthma	21	58	39	16	+ 42
Meningitis	22	50	50	5	+ 45
Lung Disease	23	44	12	93	- 49
Hypertension	24	43	9	134	- 90
Inflammatory/Heart	25	39	23	37	+ 2
Lymphomas	26	36	34	23	+ 13
Drownings	27	36	29	28	+ 8
Breast Cancer	28	32	17	55	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	29	30	56	2	+ 28
Fires	30	30	44	13	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	29	10	117	- 88
Prostate Cancer	32	24	14	78	- 55
Stomach Cancer	33	21	33	25	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	34	21	24	37	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	21	28	29	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	20	47	6	+ 14
Poisonings	37	19	57	2	+ 18
Liver Cancer	38	19	21	45	- 26
Epilepsy	39	19	36	18	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	19	16	72	- 53
Falls	41	18	25	34	- 17
Pertussis	42	16	59	1	+ 15
Lung Cancers	43	11	11	102	- 91
Skin Cancers	44	10	60	1	+ 9
Leukemia	45	9	35	20	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	9	31	28	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	47	8	32	26	- 18
Drug Use	48	8	45	7	+ 1
Oral Cancer	49	8	40	16	- 8
Uterin Cancer	50	7	49	5	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	51	7	42	14	- 7
Skin Disease	52	7	18	53	- 47
Schistosomiasis	53	6	55	2	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	54	5	48	5	- 1
Syphilis	55	5	52	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	56	4	51	4	+ 0
Tetanus	57	4	62	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	2	53	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	59	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	63	1	+ 2
Alcohol	61	2	38	16	- 14
Other Neoplasms	62	1	54	3	- 1
Measles	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	1	- 0
War	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	70	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	46	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Zimbabwe

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.