FINLAND VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,336	2	9,831	- 7,495
Stroke	2	1,121	3	4,115	- 2,994
Kidney Disease	3	732	26	342	+ 390
Diabetes Mellitus	4	677	22	418	+ 259
Hypertension	5	524	5	2,030	- 1,506
Lung Disease	6	511	8	1,289	- 778
Road Traffic Accidents	7	488	33	215	+ 273
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	396	21	436	- 41
Suicide	9	352	15	846	- 494
Other Injuries	10	293	20	437	- 144
Falls	11	287	7	1,325	- 1,038
Asthma	12	257	40	85	+ 172
Drug Use	13	242	30	269	- 27
Liver Disease	14	234	10	1,068	- 834
Congenital Anomalies	15	207	35	192	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	173	6	1,433	- 1,260
Breast Cancer	17	148	12	948	- 800
Endocrine Disorders	18	146	31	257	- 111
Low Birth Weight	19	109	48	26	+ 83
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	109	1	11,120	- 11,011
Lung Cancers	21	104	4	2,312	- 2,208
Fires	22	100	45	62	+ 38
Drownings	23	95	37	106	- 11
Leukemia	24	86	24	371	- 285
Epilepsy	25	78	38	104	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	26	76	9	1,247	- 1,171
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	71	50	19	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	28	67	17	518	- 451
Lymphomas	29	65	14	851	- 785
Stomach Cancer	30	63	19	447	- 384
Parkinson's Disease	31	56	13	853	- 797
Liver Cancer	32	54	16	545	- 491
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	52	52	15	+ 36
Skin Cancers	34	43	29	297	- 254
Violence	35	39	43	64	- 25
Tuberculosis	36	37	46	32	+ 5
Birth Trauma	37	36	56	8	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	38	35	25	344	- 309
Bladder Cancer	39	34	28	308	- 275
Alcohol	40	33	18	464	- 431
Cervical Cancer	41	32	44	62	- 30
Meningitis	42	29	55	9	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	43	28	11	970	- 942
Hepatitis B	44	26	63	2	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	25	36	151	- 126
Uterin Cancer	46	25	32	225	- 200
Oesophagus Cancer	47	21	27	320	- 299
Poisonings	48	20	49	25	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	49	20	42	80	- 60
HIV/AIDS	50	19	59	6	+ 14
Tetanus	51	18	70	0	+ 18
Oral Cancer	52	18	34	207	- 189
War	53	17	65	1	+ 16
Encephalitis	54	16	66	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	55	7	54	10	- 2
Other Neoplasms	56	7	23	377	- 370
Skin Disease	57	7	47	27	- 20
Pertussis	58	7	69	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	59	3	64	2	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	2	57	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	41	83	- 82
Syphilis	62	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	60	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	64	0	62	2	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	58	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Arab Emirates

Finland

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.