FINLAND VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,221	2	9,831	- 6,610
Stroke	2	2,933	3	4,115	- 1,182
Kidney Disease	3	1,225	26	342	+ 884
Lung Disease	4	1,225	8	1,289	- 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,206	1	11,120	- 9,914
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,182	21	436	+ 745
Hypertension	7	1,151	5	2,030	- 880
Stomach Cancer	8	1,094	19	447	+ 648
Lung Cancers	9	1,041	4	2,312	- 1,271
Diabetes Mellitus	10	958	22	418	+ 540
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	911	6	1,433	- 522
Road Traffic Accidents	12	852	33	215	+ 637
Liver Disease	13	798	10	1,068	- 270
Prostate Cancer	14	734	11	970	- 236
Suicide	15	513	15	846	- 334
Breast Cancer	16	509	12	948	- 439
Pancreas Cancer	17	472	9	1,247	- 775
Lymphomas	18	420	14	851	- 431
Liver Cancer	19	413	16	545	- 132
Other Neoplasms	20	409	23	377	+ 32
Other Injuries	21	395	20	437	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	22	388	31	257	+ 131
Falls	23	273	7	1,325	- 1,053
Leukemia	24	265	24	371	- 106
Congenital Anomalies	25	259	35	192	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	26	238	13	853	- 615
Cervical Cancer	27	235	44	62	+ 173
Skin Disease	28	230	47	27	+ 203
Violence	29	224	43	64	+ 160
Oesophagus Cancer	30	218	27	320	- 102
Inflammatory/Heart	31	214	17	518	- 304
Bladder Cancer	32	193	28	308	- 115
HIV/AIDS	33	163	59	6	+ 157
Skin Cancers	34	158	29	297	- 139
Ovary Cancer	35	155	25	344	- 189
Low Birth Weight	36	132	48	26	+ 106
Malnutrition	37	127	57	7	+ 120
Tuberculosis	38	124	46	32	+ 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	101	52	15	+ 85
Oral Cancer	40	93	34	207	- 115
Fires	41	89	45	62	+ 27
Asthma	42	89	40	85	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	89	38	104	- 15
Drownings	44	85	37	106	- 21
Uterin Cancer	45	83	32	225	- 142
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	67	36	151	- 84
Alcohol	47	62	18	464	- 402
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	56	41	83	- 27
Anemia	49	54	58	6	+ 49
Drug Use	50	45	30	269	- 224
Osteoarthritis	51	40	51	17	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	31	50	19	+ 12
Meningitis	53	29	55	9	+ 19
Birth Trauma	54	26	56	8	+ 19
Chagas disease	55	24	76	0	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	22	53	11	+ 11
Poisonings	57	21	49	25	- 4
Schizophrenia	58	11	39	93	- 82
Appendicitis	59	11	54	10	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	9	63	2	+ 7
Hepatitis C	61	8	60	5	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	42	80	- 72
Maternal Conditions	63	7	64	2	+ 6
War	64	4	65	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	65	2	61	4	- 2
Syphilis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	62	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Chile

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.