FINLAND VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,475	3	4,115	+ 360
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,620	2	9,831	- 6,211
Lung Disease	3	1,524	8	1,289	+ 235
Tuberculosis	4	1,240	46	32	+ 1,208
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,204	52	15	+ 1,189
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	987	21	436	+ 551
Diabetes Mellitus	7	966	22	418	+ 549
Road Traffic Accidents	8	835	33	215	+ 620
Liver Disease	9	701	10	1,068	- 367
Oesophagus Cancer	10	651	27	320	+ 331
Low Birth Weight	11	582	48	26	+ 556
Oral Cancer	12	517	34	207	+ 310
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	500	1	11,120	- 10,620
Hypertension	14	493	5	2,030	- 1,537
Birth Trauma	15	447	56	8	+ 439
Lung Cancers	16	406	4	2,312	- 1,906
Kidney Disease	17	362	26	342	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	18	337	35	192	+ 145
Measles	19	301	72	0	+ 301
Asthma	20	297	40	85	+ 212
Other Injuries	21	254	20	437	- 182
Drownings	22	237	37	106	+ 131
Breast Cancer	23	227	12	948	- 721
Stomach Cancer	24	227	19	447	- 220
Suicide	25	200	15	846	- 646
Cervical Cancer	26	171	44	62	+ 109
Violence	27	154	43	64	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	151	6	1,433	- 1,282
Maternal Conditions	29	131	64	2	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	30	126	13	853	- 727
Falls	31	111	7	1,325	- 1,214
Drug Use	32	99	30	269	- 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	97	50	19	+ 78
Liver Cancer	34	96	16	545	- 449
Lymphomas	35	89	14	851	- 762
Malnutrition	36	81	57	7	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	37	74	25	344	- 270
Meningitis	38	70	55	9	+ 61
Pertussis	39	67	69	0	+ 67
Leukemia	40	63	24	371	- 308
Prostate Cancer	41	56	11	970	- 915
Inflammatory/Heart	42	50	17	518	- 469
Pancreas Cancer	43	47	9	1,247	- 1,200
Epilepsy	44	45	38	104	- 59
Endocrine Disorders	45	45	31	257	- 212
Fires	46	42	45	62	- 19
Appendicitis	47	42	54	10	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	42	36	151	- 110
Syphilis	49	41	67	0	+ 41
Skin Disease	50	38	47	27	+ 11
Hepatitis B	51	37	63	2	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	52	33	28	308	- 275
Skin Cancers	53	28	29	297	- 269
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	27	41	83	- 56
HIV/AIDS	55	19	59	6	+ 13
Poisonings	56	18	49	25	- 7
Tetanus	57	15	70	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	58	14	32	225	- 212
Encephalitis	59	12	66	0	+ 12
Alcohol	60	9	18	464	- 456
Other Neoplasms	61	8	23	377	- 369
Hepatitis C	62	7	60	5	+ 2
War	63	7	65	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	42	80	- 74
Dengue	65	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	67	2	75	0	+ 2
Malaria	68	2	74	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	58	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	82	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Bangladesh

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.