COMOROS VS FINLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FINLAND		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	1,779	23	46	+ 1,733
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,573	4	349	+ 1,224
Stroke	3	658	3	356	+ 303
Lung Cancers	4	370	60	1	+ 369
Hypertension	5	325	12	115	+ 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	229	39	19	+ 211
Falls	7	212	32	26	+ 186
Lung Disease	8	206	17	83	+ 123
Pancreas Cancer	9	200	82	0	+ 200
Liver Disease	10	171	8	160	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	11	155	27	33	+ 122
Breast Cancer	12	152	33	23	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	13	136	44	11	+ 125
Lymphomas	14	136	37	19	+ 117
Suicide	15	135	24	46	+ 90
Liver Cancer	16	87	28	29	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	17	83	31	26	+ 57
Alcohol	18	74	51	6	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	19	71	45	11	+ 60
Other Injuries	20	70	16	90	- 20
Influenza and Pneumonia	21	70	1	594	- 525
Diabetes Mellitus	22	67	9	136	- 69
Other Neoplasms	23	60	59	1	+ 59
Leukemia	24	59	57	3	+ 56
Ovary Cancer	25	55	56	3	+ 52
Kidney Disease	26	55	14	101	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	27	51	26	34	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	28	49	46	10	+ 39
Skin Cancers	29	48	42	12	+ 35
Drug Use	30	43	49	7	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	31	41	36	19	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	32	36	55	3	+ 33
Road Traffic Accidents	33	34	6	226	- 192
Oral Cancer	34	33	41	15	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	35	31	10	131	- 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	24	34	21	+ 3
Drownings	37	17	25	35	- 18
Epilepsy	38	17	40	17	- 1
Schizophrenia	39	15	83	0	+ 15
Asthma	40	14	21	49	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	41	13	58	2	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	42	13	62	1	+ 12
Violence	43	10	20	63	- 53
Cervical Cancer	44	10	13	104	- 95
Fires	45	10	30	27	- 17
Tuberculosis	46	5	19	79	- 74
Skin Disease	47	4	48	9	- 5
Low Birth Weight	48	4	5	328	- 324
Poisonings	49	4	35	20	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	3	47	10	- 7
Osteoarthritis	51	3	84	0	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	2	2	363	- 361
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	2	85	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	2	50	6	- 4
Meningitis	55	2	11	115	- 114
Birth Trauma	56	1	7	211	- 210
Malnutrition	57	1	15	96	- 95
Anemia	58	1	81	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	59	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	61	1	- 0
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	0	53	4	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	0	52	5	- 5
Maternal Conditions	64	0	22	47	- 47
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	54	4	- 4
Syphilis	67	0	38	19	- 19
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	18	80	- 80
Tetanus	70	0	43	12	- 12
Diphtheria	71	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	29	29	- 29
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	82	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Finland

Comoros

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.