FINLAND VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	CONGO		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,161	59	6	+ 4,155
Tuberculosis	2	2,566	46	32	+ 2,534
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,377	21	436	+ 1,941
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,302	2	9,831	- 7,529
Stroke	5	2,091	3	4,115	- 2,024
Malaria	6	1,824	74	0	+ 1,824
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,475	33	215	+ 1,260
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,203	52	15	+ 1,188
Low Birth Weight	9	1,184	48	26	+ 1,158
Diabetes Mellitus	10	968	22	418	+ 551
Birth Trauma	11	920	56	8	+ 913
Hypertension	12	860	5	2,030	- 1,170
Liver Disease	13	859	10	1,068	- 209
Congenital Anomalies	14	673	35	192	+ 481
Kidney Disease	15	566	26	342	+ 224
Maternal Conditions	16	533	64	2	+ 531
Lung Disease	17	499	8	1,289	- 790
Violence	18	497	43	64	+ 433
Suicide	19	322	15	846	- 524
Other Injuries	20	307	20	437	- 129
Pertussis	21	304	69	0	+ 304
Meningitis	22	276	55	9	+ 267
Asthma	23	268	40	85	+ 184
Malnutrition	24	251	57	7	+ 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	212	1	11,120	- 10,908
Inflammatory/Heart	26	203	17	518	- 315
Endocrine Disorders	27	192	31	257	- 65
Prostate Cancer	28	183	11	970	- 788
Cervical Cancer	29	181	44	62	+ 119
Liver Cancer	30	156	16	545	- 389
Measles	31	147	72	0	+ 147
Breast Cancer	32	146	12	948	- 802
Falls	33	137	7	1,325	- 1,188
Syphilis	34	98	67	0	+ 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	97	36	151	- 55
Drownings	36	96	37	106	- 10
Fires	37	83	45	62	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	82	6	1,433	- 1,351
Stomach Cancer	39	81	19	447	- 366
Epilepsy	40	70	38	104	- 34
Poisonings	41	65	49	25	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	42	64	13	853	- 789
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	61	50	19	+ 42
Drug Use	44	60	30	269	- 209
Lymphomas	45	56	14	851	- 795
Leukemia	46	53	24	371	- 318
Lung Cancers	47	50	4	2,312	- 2,263
Ovary Cancer	48	46	25	344	- 299
Alcohol	49	42	18	464	- 422
Skin Disease	50	42	47	27	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	51	41	77	0	+ 41
Pancreas Cancer	52	39	9	1,247	- 1,208
Skin Cancers	53	33	29	297	- 264
Oral Cancer	54	30	34	207	- 177
Tetanus	55	21	70	0	+ 21
Encephalitis	56	18	66	0	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	57	18	27	320	- 302
Appendicitis	58	17	54	10	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	41	83	- 69
Uterin Cancer	60	13	32	225	- 212
Bladder Cancer	61	13	28	308	- 295
Hepatitis B	62	13	63	2	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	63	7	23	377	- 370
Upper Respiratory	64	6	62	2	+ 4
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	78	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	42	80	- 77
Hepatitis C	67	2	60	5	- 2
Diphtheria	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	68	0	+ 0
War	72	0	65	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Congo

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.