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Suriname
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Suriname and United States 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.

United States
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
Suriname Population Pyramid
680,234
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   United States UNITED STATES
  Suriname SURINAME   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
 
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
 
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
 
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
 
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
 
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
 
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
 
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.5
74.6
117
107
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
69.9
75.8
124
110
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
70.0
75.9
124
111
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
70.1
76.0
128
110
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
70.3
76.2
129
110
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
70.6
76.3
130
110
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
71.2
76.6
128
109
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
71.7
77.1
125
106
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
72.2
77.5
128
106
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
72.8
77.9
129
105
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
73.6
78.6
134
101
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
74.6
79.2
141
102
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
76.4
80.5
137
101
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
78.2
81.7
138
100
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
80.3
83.0
141
102
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
82.6
85.0
161
100
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
85.5
87.1
165
115
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.1
89.8
161
147
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
123.28
75
73.49
142
2. Stroke
117.53
47
22.27
164
3. Diabetes Mellitus
53.75
34
10.58
144
4. Kidney Disease
52.54
9
13.08
127
5. Prostate Cancer
39.62
15
11.64
126
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
32.82
81
8.86
163
7. Suicide
25.89
6
14.51
31
8. Hypertension
25.66
56
10.26
133
9. Liver Disease
24.32
79
8.98
134
10. HIV/AIDS
23.57
41
1.37
113
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.53
21
33.26
8
12. Lung Cancers
18.83
60
25.54
24
13. Breast Cancer
18.46
72
15.93
105
14. Lung Disease
18.00
115
28.49
60
15. Cervical Cancer
16.24
50
2.77
151
16. Road Traffic Accidents
15.53
92
11.10
120
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.75
35
10.28
71
18. Other Injuries
13.07
35
5.11
130
19. Skin Disease
10.27
2
0.86
115
20. Liver Cancer
8.43
44
4.69
110
21. Inflammatory/Heart
6.86
52
5.64
73
22. Endocrine Disorders
6.72
43
8.22
28
23. Falls
6.60
76
5.68
90
24. Low Birth Weight
6.28
74
2.37
138
25. Diarrhoeal diseases
5.98
77
1.55
114
26. Violence
5.85
82
6.00
81
27. Congenital Anomalies
5.78
93
3.78
140
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.52
34
4.55
68
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.41
54
0.55
170
30. Pancreas Cancer
4.88
66
7.26
36
31. Drownings
4.80
29
1.19
140
32. Stomach Cancer
4.64
121
2.24
173
33. Ovary Cancer
4.45
92
4.70
79
34. Lymphomas
4.23
110
6.36
31
35. Birth Trauma
3.68
76
0.42
157
36. Leukemia
3.60
91
4.43
49
37. Epilepsy
3.21
25
0.78
159
38. Tuberculosis
2.93
96
0.09
178
39. Asthma
2.86
101
0.84
141
40. Alcohol
2.81
41
3.50
28
41. Oral Cancer
2.80
90
2.01
132
42. Malnutrition
2.50
80
0.90
104
43. Maternal Conditions
2.46
64
0.26
129
44. Fires
2.29
68
0.73
124
45. Uterin Cancer
1.81
120
3.11
50
46. Drug Use
1.30
86
21.28
1
47. Dengue
1.18
7
0.00
181
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.15
108
0.55
152
49. Bladder Cancer
1.06
154
2.84
61
50. Meningitis
0.92
84
0.15
166
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Suriname SURINAME   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
650
16.05
504,904
20.15
2. Stroke
615
15.19
158,520
6.33
3. Diabetes Mellitus
286
7.06
61,418
2.45
4. Kidney Disease
281
6.94
85,861
3.43
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
171
4.22
60,317
2.41
6. Suicide
148
3.65
53,099
2.12
7. HIV/AIDS
138
3.41
5,660
0.23
8. Hypertension
134
3.31
65,960
2.63
9. Liver Disease
134
3.31
43,402
1.73
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
117
2.89
287,198
11.46
11. Lung Cancers
102
2.52
155,533
6.21
12. Lung Disease
93
2.30
195,387
7.80
13. Road Traffic Accidents
89
2.20
41,694
1.66
14. Prostate Cancer
78
1.93
35,612
1.42
15. Other Injuries
73
1.80
25,997
1.04
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
72
1.78
61,827
2.47
17. Breast Cancer
55
1.36
48,671
1.94
18. Skin Disease
53
1.31
5,409
0.22
19. Low Birth Weight
51
1.26
6,924
0.28
20. Cervical Cancer
48
1.19
6,984
0.28
21. Liver Cancer
45
1.11
27,064
1.08
22. Congenital Anomalies
40
0.99
11,762
0.47
23. Endocrine Disorders
37
0.91
46,985
1.87
24. Inflammatory/Heart
37
0.91
32,529
1.30
25. Falls
34
0.84
40,418
1.61
26. Violence
34
0.84
18,976
0.76
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
31
0.77
9,955
0.40
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
29
0.72
3,461
0.14
29. Birth Trauma
28
0.69
1,233
0.05
30. Parkinson's Disease
28
0.69
34,491
1.38
31. Drownings
28
0.69
4,070
0.16
32. Pancreas Cancer
26
0.64
44,293
1.77
33. Stomach Cancer
25
0.62
13,077
0.52
34. Lymphomas
23
0.57
40,281
1.61
35. Leukemia
20
0.49
26,966
1.08
36. Epilepsy
18
0.44
3,162
0.13
37. Tuberculosis
17
0.42
546
0.02
38. Oral Cancer
16
0.40
11,555
0.46
39. Alcohol
16
0.40
14,659
0.58
40. Asthma
16
0.40
3,818
0.15
41. Maternal Conditions
14
0.35
779
0.03
42. Ovary Cancer
14
0.35
14,591
0.58
43. Malnutrition
13
0.32
6,762
0.27
44. Fires
13
0.32
3,183
0.13
45. Dengue
7
0.17
0
0.00
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
74,435
2.97
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6
0.15
3,646
0.15
48. Meningitis
5
0.12
606
0.02
49. Uterin Cancer
5
0.12
10,063
0.40
50. Bladder Cancer
5
0.12
19,622
0.78
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
39.62
15
11.64
126
2. Lung Cancers
18.83
60
25.54
24
3. Breast Cancer
18.46
72
15.93
105
4. Cervical Cancer
16.24
50
2.77
151
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.75
35
10.28
71
6. Liver Cancer
8.43
44
4.69
110
7. Pancreas Cancer
4.88
66
7.26
36
8. Stomach Cancer
4.64
121
2.24
173
9. Ovary Cancer
4.45
92
4.70
79
10. Lymphomas
4.23
110
6.36
31
11. Leukemia
3.60
91
4.43
49
12. Oral Cancer
2.80
90
2.01
132
13. Uterin Cancer
1.81
120
3.11
50
14. Bladder Cancer
1.06
154
2.84
61
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.42
179
3.04
71
16. Skin Cancers
0.19
175
2.36
57
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.