FINLAND VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,771	2	9,831	- 5,060
Stroke	2	1,969	3	4,115	- 2,146
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,704	1	11,120	- 9,416
Lung Disease	4	1,514	8	1,289	+ 225
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,413	22	418	+ 995
Lung Cancers	6	1,360	4	2,312	- 952
Kidney Disease	7	906	26	342	+ 564
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	712	6	1,433	- 721
Breast Cancer	9	659	12	948	- 289
Other Injuries	10	578	20	437	+ 142
Hypertension	11	542	5	2,030	- 1,488
Endocrine Disorders	12	536	31	257	+ 279
Prostate Cancer	13	501	11	970	- 469
Pancreas Cancer	14	445	9	1,247	- 803
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	416	21	436	- 21
Lymphomas	16	414	14	851	- 437
Leukemia	17	352	24	371	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	18	294	33	215	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	19	284	28	308	- 24
Liver Cancer	20	273	16	545	- 272
Stomach Cancer	21	269	19	447	- 178
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	241	52	15	+ 225
Other Neoplasms	23	228	23	377	- 149
Inflammatory/Heart	24	218	17	518	- 300
Falls	25	216	7	1,325	- 1,109
Liver Disease	26	215	10	1,068	- 853
Ovary Cancer	27	191	25	344	- 154
Parkinson's Disease	28	188	13	853	- 665
Suicide	29	186	15	846	- 660
Skin Disease	30	186	47	27	+ 159
Skin Cancers	31	164	29	297	- 133
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	147	50	19	+ 128
Drownings	33	142	37	106	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	34	117	32	225	- 108
Asthma	35	103	40	85	+ 18
Oral Cancer	36	89	34	207	- 118
Cervical Cancer	37	79	44	62	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	38	75	35	192	- 117
Anemia	39	74	58	6	+ 68
Violence	40	65	43	64	+ 1
Drug Use	41	57	30	269	- 212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	48	36	151	- 103
Oesophagus Cancer	43	44	27	320	- 276
Epilepsy	44	42	38	104	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	42	41	83	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	46	37	42	80	- 43
Low Birth Weight	47	27	48	26	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	24	53	11	+ 14
Alcohol	49	22	18	464	- 442
Fires	50	20	45	62	- 42
Poisonings	51	18	49	25	- 7
Tuberculosis	52	16	46	32	- 16
Birth Trauma	53	11	56	8	+ 3
Hepatitis B	54	8	63	2	+ 6
Meningitis	55	7	55	9	- 2
Malnutrition	56	7	57	7	+ 0
Schizophrenia	57	7	39	93	- 86
Hepatitis C	58	6	60	5	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	5	62	2	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	60	4	51	17	- 13
Oral conditions	61	4	61	4	- 0
Syphilis	62	3	67	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	63	3	64	2	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	64	2	59	6	- 4
Otitis Media	65	2	68	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	66	2	54	10	- 8
Leishmaniasis	67	2	75	0	+ 2
War	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Cyprus

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.