EQU. GUINEA VS FINLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FINLAND		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	3,549	29	55	+ 3,494
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,138	7	419	+ 2,719
Stroke	3	1,313	6	437	+ 876
Lung Cancers	4	738	41	27	+ 711
Hypertension	5	648	16	165	+ 483
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	457	40	29	+ 429
Falls	7	423	32	46	+ 377
Lung Disease	8	412	20	120	+ 291
Pancreas Cancer	9	398	55	11	+ 387
Liver Disease	10	341	13	199	+ 142
Prostate Cancer	11	310	35	43	+ 267
Breast Cancer	12	303	24	84	+ 218
Parkinson's Disease	13	272	46	18	+ 255
Lymphomas	14	272	45	19	+ 252
Suicide	15	270	22	107	+ 163
Liver Cancer	16	174	34	43	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	17	165	27	63	+ 102
Alcohol	18	148	53	12	+ 136
Stomach Cancer	19	143	49	16	+ 127
Other Injuries	20	139	23	105	+ 34
Influenza and Pneumonia	21	139	2	913	- 773
Diabetes Mellitus	22	133	11	299	- 166
Other Neoplasms	23	120	63	3	+ 117
Leukemia	24	118	61	4	+ 115
Ovary Cancer	25	110	52	13	+ 97
Kidney Disease	26	109	14	198	- 89
Oesophagus Cancer	27	102	54	12	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	28	98	56	9	+ 90
Skin Cancers	29	95	48	16	+ 79
Drug Use	30	86	30	50	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	31	82	25	73	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	32	72	58	8	+ 64
Road Traffic Accidents	33	69	8	368	- 300
Oral Cancer	34	66	37	35	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	35	61	12	249	- 188
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	48	43	22	+ 26
Drownings	37	34	36	39	- 6
Epilepsy	38	33	38	32	+ 1
Schizophrenia	39	30	86	0	+ 30
Asthma	40	27	26	65	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	41	26	62	4	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	42	26	67	1	+ 24
Violence	43	21	33	45	- 24
Cervical Cancer	44	20	28	56	- 36
Fires	45	20	39	30	- 10
Tuberculosis	46	10	10	321	- 311
Skin Disease	47	9	51	13	- 4
Low Birth Weight	48	8	4	457	- 449
Poisonings	49	8	44	21	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	6	50	14	- 8
Osteoarthritis	51	5	81	0	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	5	9	349	- 344
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	3	82	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	3	59	6	- 3
Meningitis	55	3	19	127	- 124
Birth Trauma	56	2	5	441	- 438
Malnutrition	57	2	31	48	- 46
Anemia	58	2	85	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	59	2	1	1,838	- 1,837
Hepatitis C	60	1	69	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	65	3	- 3
Maternal Conditions	64	0	17	139	- 138
War	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	57	8	- 8
Syphilis	67	0	18	134	- 134
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	21	109	- 109
Tetanus	70	0	42	23	- 23
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	15	181	- 181
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	3	668	- 668
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Finland

Equ. Guinea

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.