FINLAND VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,794	2	9,831	- 1,037
Liver Disease	2	3,041	10	1,068	+ 1,973
Stroke	3	2,217	3	4,115	- 1,898
Liver Cancer	4	1,240	16	545	+ 695
Hypertension	5	1,067	5	2,030	- 963
Kidney Disease	6	1,067	26	342	+ 725
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,047	21	436	+ 610
Diabetes Mellitus	8	968	22	418	+ 550
Lung Disease	9	677	8	1,289	- 612
Congenital Anomalies	10	615	35	192	+ 423
Low Birth Weight	11	576	48	26	+ 550
Road Traffic Accidents	12	513	33	215	+ 298
Breast Cancer	13	464	12	948	- 484
Lymphomas	14	381	14	851	- 470
Asthma	15	359	40	85	+ 275
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	353	1	11,120	- 10,767
Birth Trauma	17	309	56	8	+ 301
Lung Cancers	18	287	4	2,312	- 2,025
Bladder Cancer	19	260	28	308	- 49
Violence	20	211	43	64	+ 146
Other Injuries	21	193	20	437	- 244
Leukemia	22	190	24	371	- 181
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	187	52	15	+ 171
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	156	6	1,433	- 1,277
Suicide	25	153	15	846	- 693
Pancreas Cancer	26	147	9	1,247	- 1,100
Inflammatory/Heart	27	126	17	518	- 392
Parkinson's Disease	28	121	13	853	- 732
Endocrine Disorders	29	120	31	257	- 137
Falls	30	102	7	1,325	- 1,223
Ovary Cancer	31	98	25	344	- 246
Stomach Cancer	32	93	19	447	- 354
Fires	33	79	45	62	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	68	36	151	- 84
Prostate Cancer	35	65	11	970	- 905
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	63	50	19	+ 44
Drownings	37	57	37	106	- 49
Encephalitis	38	53	66	0	+ 52
Skin Cancers	39	51	29	297	- 246
Hepatitis B	40	50	63	2	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	41	48	27	320	- 272
Pertussis	42	46	69	0	+ 46
Meningitis	43	42	55	9	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	44	40	64	2	+ 39
Oral Cancer	45	40	34	207	- 167
Malnutrition	46	38	57	7	+ 32
War	47	36	65	1	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	48	32	44	62	- 30
Tetanus	49	27	70	0	+ 27
Epilepsy	50	23	38	104	- 81
Tuberculosis	51	22	46	32	- 10
Uterin Cancer	52	21	32	225	- 204
HIV/AIDS	53	20	59	6	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	54	11	77	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	55	11	47	27	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	42	80	- 69
Poisonings	57	10	49	25	- 15
Syphilis	58	8	67	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	7	54	10	- 2
Alcohol	60	7	18	464	- 457
Other Neoplasms	61	6	23	377	- 371
Drug Use	62	6	30	269	- 263
Hepatitis C	63	5	60	5	+ 0
Measles	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	41	83	- 82
Leishmaniasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	2	- 2
Dengue	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Depression	83	0	86	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

Egypt

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.