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Netherlands
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Netherlands and Suriname health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Suriname
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Netherlands Population Pyramid
17,165,370
Suriname Population Pyramid
680,234
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Suriname SURINAME
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Suriname SURINAME
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.5
75.4
73.4
1
2
2
 
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
1970
70.8
76.5
73.6
4
3
3
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
1980
72.5
79.2
75.7
4
1
2
 
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
1990
73.8
80.1
76.9
10
9
7
 
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
2000
75.5
80.6
78.1
14
20
17
 
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
2010
78.7
82.7
80.8
13
20
14
 
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
2019
80.4
83.1
81.8
13
29
19
 
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Suriname SURINAME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.1
13
29
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age
80.4
83.1
13
29
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age 5
80.8
83.5
15
29
69.9
75.8
124
110
Age 10
80.8
83.5
15
29
70.0
75.9
124
111
Age 15
80.8
83.5
15
29
70.1
76.0
128
110
Age 20
80.9
83.6
15
29
70.3
76.2
129
110
Age 25
81.0
83.6
15
30
70.6
76.3
130
110
Age 30
81.1
83.7
15
30
71.2
76.6
128
109
Age 35
81.2
83.7
14
30
71.7
77.1
125
106
Age 40
81.4
83.9
16
30
72.2
77.5
128
106
Age 45
81.6
84.0
18
32
72.8
77.9
129
105
Age 50
81.9
84.2
17
32
73.6
78.6
134
101
Age 55
82.4
84.6
20
32
74.6
79.2
141
102
Age 60
83.0
85.1
20
32
76.4
80.5
137
101
Age 65
83.8
85.9
20
33
78.2
81.7
138
100
Age 70
85.0
86.7
23
32
80.3
83.0
141
102
Age 75
86.5
87.9
26
34
82.6
85.0
161
100
Age 80
88.2
89.3
31
36
85.5
87.1
165
115
Age 85
90.6
91.2
44
50
89.1
89.8
161
147
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Suriname SURINAME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
38.44
175
123.28
75
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.78
7
23.53
21
3. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
18.83
60
4. Lung Disease
21.59
93
18.00
115
5. Stroke
20.66
167
117.53
47
6. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
18.46
72
7. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
39.62
15
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
13.75
35
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.84
160
32.82
81
10. Suicide
9.27
84
25.89
6
11. Falls
8.22
46
6.60
76
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
4.88
66
13. Lymphomas
6.40
28
4.23
110
14. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
0.42
179
15. Diabetes Mellitus
5.62
166
53.75
34
16. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
4.45
92
17. Kidney Disease
5.19
164
52.54
9
18. Parkinson's Disease
4.43
72
5.52
34
19. Other Neoplasms
4.24
20
0.52
87
20. Leukemia
4.14
62
3.60
91
21. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
4.64
121
22. Other Injuries
3.51
160
13.07
35
23. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
1.06
154
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.26
101
6.72
43
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.22
153
5.78
93
26. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
8.43
44
27. Liver Disease
3.02
174
24.32
79
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.02
136
6.86
52
29. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
0.19
175
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.83
172
15.53
92
31. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
1.81
120
32. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.80
90
33. Alcohol
2.12
56
2.81
41
34. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
16.24
50
35. Hypertension
1.62
180
25.66
56
36. Low Birth Weight
1.38
158
6.28
74
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.18
128
5.98
77
38. Epilepsy
1.13
128
3.21
25
39. Drug Use
1.03
115
1.30
86
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
9
0.18
104
41. Birth Trauma
0.61
143
3.68
76
42. Skin Disease
0.60
133
10.27
2
43. Violence
0.58
174
5.85
82
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.50
157
1.15
108
45. Drownings
0.48
171
4.80
29
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
60
0.24
109
47. Anemia
0.46
26
0.00
163
48. Osteoarthritis
0.42
7
0.00
163
49. Asthma
0.39
171
2.86
101
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.31
181
5.41
54
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Suriname SURINAME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
18,148
14.31
117
2.89
2. Coronary Heart Disease
17,601
13.87
650
16.05
3. Lung Cancers
10,980
8.66
102
2.52
4. Stroke
9,707
7.65
615
15.19
5. Lung Disease
9,567
7.54
93
2.30
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,829
4.60
72
1.78
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,946
3.90
171
4.22
8. Falls
4,131
3.26
34
0.84
9. Breast Cancer
3,535
2.79
55
1.36
10. Prostate Cancer
3,265
2.57
78
1.93
11. Pancreas Cancer
2,995
2.36
26
0.64
12. Kidney Disease
2,530
1.99
281
6.94
13. Lymphomas
2,511
1.98
23
0.57
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,386
1.88
286
7.06
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2,145
1.69
2
0.05
16. Parkinson's Disease
2,120
1.67
28
0.69
17. Suicide
2,025
1.60
148
3.65
18. Other Neoplasms
1,831
1.44
3
0.07
19. Other Injuries
1,648
1.30
73
1.80
20. Leukemia
1,578
1.24
20
0.49
21. Bladder Cancer
1,471
1.16
5
0.12
22. Stomach Cancer
1,361
1.07
25
0.62
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,201
0.95
37
0.91
24. Liver Cancer
1,163
0.92
45
1.11
25. Ovary Cancer
1,067
0.84
14
0.35
26. Endocrine Disorders
1,055
0.83
37
0.91
27. Skin Cancers
1,024
0.81
1
0.02
28. Liver Disease
936
0.74
134
3.31
29. Hypertension
818
0.64
134
3.31
30. Oral Cancer
768
0.61
16
0.40
31. Road Traffic Accidents
681
0.54
89
2.20
32. Alcohol
612
0.48
16
0.40
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
584
0.46
31
0.77
34. Uterin Cancer
566
0.45
5
0.12
35. Congenital Anomalies
544
0.43
40
0.99
36. Multiple Sclerosis
295
0.23
1
0.02
37. Skin Disease
295
0.23
53
1.31
38. Epilepsy
289
0.23
18
0.44
39. Cervical Cancer
266
0.21
48
1.19
40. Anemia
249
0.20
0
0.00
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
238
0.19
6
0.15
42. Drug Use
231
0.18
7
0.17
43. Osteoarthritis
220
0.17
0
0.00
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
214
0.17
1
0.02
45. Low Birth Weight
167
0.13
51
1.26
46. Asthma
165
0.13
16
0.40
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
130
0.10
29
0.72
48. Violence
107
0.08
34
0.84
49. Drownings
98
0.08
28
0.69
50. Schizophrenia
96
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Suriname SURINAME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
18.83
60
2. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
18.46
72
3. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
39.62
15
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
13.75
35
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
4.88
66
6. Lymphomas
6.40
28
4.23
110
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
0.42
179
8. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
4.45
92
9. Leukemia
4.14
62
3.60
91
10. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
4.64
121
11. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
1.06
154
12. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
8.43
44
13. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
0.19
175
14. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
1.81
120
15. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.80
90
16. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
16.24
50
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.