FINLAND VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,181	2	9,831	+ 4,350
Hypertension	2	12,726	5	2,030	+ 10,696
Stroke	3	5,260	3	4,115	+ 1,145
Lung Cancers	4	3,097	4	2,312	+ 785
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,483	6	1,433	+ 1,050
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,644	21	436	+ 1,207
Liver Disease	7	1,548	10	1,068	+ 480
Prostate Cancer	8	1,407	11	970	+ 437
Stomach Cancer	9	1,366	19	447	+ 919
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,265	9	1,247	+ 18
Breast Cancer	11	1,225	12	948	+ 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,081	1	11,120	- 10,039
Lung Disease	13	1,078	8	1,289	- 211
Inflammatory/Heart	14	1,023	17	518	+ 505
Lymphomas	15	1,003	14	851	+ 153
Suicide	16	930	15	846	+ 84
Kidney Disease	17	832	26	342	+ 490
Alcohol	18	699	18	464	+ 235
Diabetes Mellitus	19	688	22	418	+ 271
Other Injuries	20	666	20	437	+ 229
Bladder Cancer	21	593	28	308	+ 284
Leukemia	22	592	24	371	+ 221
Other Neoplasms	23	581	23	377	+ 204
Falls	24	559	7	1,325	- 766
Oral Cancer	25	520	34	207	+ 313
Liver Cancer	26	505	16	545	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	27	464	27	320	+ 144
Ovary Cancer	28	411	25	344	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	29	386	13	853	- 467
Skin Cancers	30	372	29	297	+ 75
Drug Use	31	353	30	269	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	32	318	44	62	+ 256
Endocrine Disorders	33	311	31	257	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	34	283	32	225	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	35	279	33	215	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	259	36	151	+ 108
Epilepsy	37	210	38	104	+ 106
Fires	38	193	45	62	+ 131
HIV/AIDS	39	190	59	6	+ 184
Drownings	40	141	37	106	+ 35
Skin Disease	41	134	47	27	+ 107
Violence	42	134	43	64	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	43	118	35	192	- 74
Asthma	44	114	40	85	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	102	50	19	+ 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	81	41	83	- 2
Tuberculosis	47	78	46	32	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	48	77	42	80	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	57	53	11	+ 46
Osteoarthritis	50	48	51	17	+ 31
Anemia	51	43	58	6	+ 37
Poisonings	52	39	49	25	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	39	52	15	+ 24
Meningitis	54	35	55	9	+ 26
Low Birth Weight	55	32	48	26	+ 6
Schizophrenia	56	29	39	93	- 64
Birth Trauma	57	24	56	8	+ 16
Hepatitis C	58	19	60	5	+ 14
Appendicitis	59	10	54	10	+ 0
Oral conditions	60	10	61	4	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	61	5	64	2	+ 4
Syphilis	62	5	67	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	1	66	0	+ 0
War	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	63	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	2	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	57	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Estonia

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.