FINLAND VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,685	2	9,831	+ 6,854
Stroke	2	8,508	3	4,115	+ 4,393
Lung Cancers	3	3,853	4	2,312	+ 1,541
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	2,968	6	1,433	+ 1,534
Lung Disease	5	2,862	8	1,289	+ 1,572
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,661	22	418	+ 2,243
Kidney Disease	7	1,888	26	342	+ 1,546
Hypertension	8	1,494	5	2,030	- 536
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,446	1	11,120	- 9,675
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,385	21	436	+ 948
Breast Cancer	11	1,381	12	948	+ 433
Falls	12	1,321	7	1,325	- 4
Liver Disease	13	1,253	10	1,068	+ 185
Prostate Cancer	14	1,155	11	970	+ 185
Stomach Cancer	15	1,066	19	447	+ 619
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,023	9	1,247	- 225
Suicide	17	917	15	846	+ 71
Lymphomas	18	754	14	851	- 97
Liver Cancer	19	680	16	545	+ 135
Bladder Cancer	20	677	28	308	+ 368
Inflammatory/Heart	21	619	17	518	+ 101
Leukemia	22	590	24	371	+ 219
Other Injuries	23	580	20	437	+ 143
Parkinson's Disease	24	574	13	853	- 279
Oral Cancer	25	458	34	207	+ 251
Skin Cancers	26	450	29	297	+ 153
Road Traffic Accidents	27	445	33	215	+ 230
Ovary Cancer	28	418	25	344	+ 74
Other Neoplasms	29	384	23	377	+ 7
Alcohol	30	297	18	464	- 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	280	36	151	+ 129
Uterin Cancer	32	270	32	225	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	33	257	27	320	- 63
Cervical Cancer	34	211	44	62	+ 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	185	50	19	+ 166
Epilepsy	36	128	38	104	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	37	128	35	192	- 64
Drownings	38	116	37	106	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	111	52	15	+ 96
Schizophrenia	40	107	39	93	+ 14
Asthma	41	100	40	85	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	42	98	31	257	- 158
Drug Use	43	96	30	269	- 174
Tuberculosis	44	83	46	32	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	45	74	42	80	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	64	41	83	- 19
Hepatitis C	47	61	60	5	+ 56
Violence	48	60	43	64	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	58	53	11	+ 47
Fires	50	46	45	62	- 15
Hepatitis B	51	23	63	2	+ 22
Meningitis	52	22	55	9	+ 13
Anemia	53	21	58	6	+ 16
Poisonings	54	21	49	25	- 3
Birth Trauma	55	15	56	8	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	56	14	48	26	- 13
Appendicitis	57	12	54	10	+ 2
Skin Disease	58	10	47	27	- 17
HIV/AIDS	59	10	59	6	+ 5
Otitis Media	60	5	68	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	3	64	2	+ 2
Iodine Deficiency	62	3	73	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	2	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	2	61	4	- 2
Encephalitis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
War	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Tetanus	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	70	0	57	7	- 6
Syphilis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Croatia

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.