ERITREA VS FINLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FINLAND		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	12,538	24	310	+ 12,229
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,085	4	2,154	+ 8,931
Stroke	3	4,640	2	2,564	+ 2,076
Lung Cancers	4	2,607	46	62	+ 2,545
Hypertension	5	2,289	8	926	+ 1,363
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,616	35	113	+ 1,503
Falls	7	1,494	26	168	+ 1,326
Lung Disease	8	1,454	9	662	+ 792
Pancreas Cancer	9	1,406	58	20	+ 1,387
Liver Disease	10	1,204	6	1,215	- 11
Prostate Cancer	11	1,094	47	54	+ 1,040
Breast Cancer	12	1,069	23	311	+ 758
Parkinson's Disease	13	962	37	85	+ 877
Lymphomas	14	959	28	147	+ 813
Suicide	15	954	21	382	+ 572
Liver Cancer	16	615	45	69	+ 545
Inflammatory/Heart	17	584	32	123	+ 461
Alcohol	18	524	49	45	+ 478
Stomach Cancer	19	504	48	48	+ 456
Other Injuries	20	492	15	540	- 48
Influenza and Pneumonia	21	492	1	3,277	- 2,785
Diabetes Mellitus	22	471	7	944	- 473
Other Neoplasms	23	425	66	6	+ 419
Leukemia	24	419	29	144	+ 274
Ovary Cancer	25	388	40	79	+ 309
Kidney Disease	26	385	12	578	- 192
Oesophagus Cancer	27	361	39	81	+ 280
Bladder Cancer	28	348	51	42	+ 306
Skin Cancers	29	335	56	30	+ 305
Drug Use	30	303	53	36	+ 267
Endocrine Disorders	31	289	43	71	+ 218
Uterin Cancer	32	254	61	18	+ 236
Road Traffic Accidents	33	242	5	1,326	- 1,084
Oral Cancer	34	234	44	71	+ 163
Congenital Anomalies	35	216	18	432	- 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	171	27	147	+ 24
Drownings	37	119	33	118	+ 2
Epilepsy	38	117	38	81	+ 36
Schizophrenia	39	105	83	0	+ 105
Asthma	40	96	22	326	- 231
Rheumatoid Arthritis	41	94	64	12	+ 82
Multiple Sclerosis	42	90	67	4	+ 87
Violence	43	72	20	384	- 312
Cervical Cancer	44	70	30	132	- 62
Fires	45	69	31	132	- 62
Tuberculosis	46	36	14	543	- 507
Skin Disease	47	31	50	45	- 14
Low Birth Weight	48	30	16	531	- 502
Poisonings	49	28	34	114	- 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	21	41	77	- 55
Osteoarthritis	51	19	85	0	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	17	3	2,292	- 2,275
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	12	84	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	54	11	55	31	- 21
Meningitis	55	11	19	404	- 394
Birth Trauma	56	9	11	616	- 608
Malnutrition	57	7	10	660	- 652
Anemia	58	6	81	0	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	59	6	25	308	- 301
Hepatitis C	60	5	65	6	- 1
Oral conditions	61	4	86	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	2	60	18	- 16
Hepatitis B	63	2	57	28	- 26
Maternal Conditions	64	2	13	544	- 542
War	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	1	62	16	- 15
Syphilis	67	0	54	35	- 34
Otitis Media	68	0	69	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 90
Tetanus	70	0	52	37	- 37
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	75	0	59	19	- 19
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Finland

Eritrea

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.