GEORGIA VS FINLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FINLAND		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	9,686	5	1,826	+ 7,860
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,563	1	16,014	- 7,451
Stroke	3	3,584	2	11,969	- 8,385
Lung Cancers	4	2,014	8	1,152	+ 862
Hypertension	5	1,768	3	4,387	- 2,619
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,248	14	444	+ 805
Falls	7	1,154	16	420	+ 734
Lung Disease	8	1,123	7	1,158	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	9	1,086	23	227	+ 859
Liver Disease	10	930	4	1,871	- 941
Prostate Cancer	11	845	22	290	+ 555
Breast Cancer	12	826	11	613	+ 213
Parkinson's Disease	13	743	19	354	+ 389
Lymphomas	14	741	25	208	+ 533
Suicide	15	737	18	367	+ 370
Liver Cancer	16	475	17	385	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	17	451	21	346	+ 105
Alcohol	18	404	45	49	+ 355
Stomach Cancer	19	389	12	533	- 144
Other Injuries	20	380	20	346	+ 34
Influenza and Pneumonia	21	380	9	886	- 506
Diabetes Mellitus	22	364	6	1,621	- 1,257
Other Neoplasms	23	328	52	15	+ 314
Leukemia	24	323	30	171	+ 152
Ovary Cancer	25	300	29	174	+ 126
Kidney Disease	26	298	10	826	- 528
Oesophagus Cancer	27	279	43	75	+ 203
Bladder Cancer	28	269	26	205	+ 63
Skin Cancers	29	259	33	149	+ 110
Drug Use	30	234	41	90	+ 145
Endocrine Disorders	31	224	38	109	+ 115
Uterin Cancer	32	196	36	115	+ 81
Road Traffic Accidents	33	187	13	496	- 309
Oral Cancer	34	180	31	167	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	35	167	28	174	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	132	24	226	- 94
Drownings	37	92	39	95	- 3
Epilepsy	38	91	44	51	+ 40
Schizophrenia	39	81	83	0	+ 81
Asthma	40	74	35	136	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	41	72	57	8	+ 65
Multiple Sclerosis	42	70	54	12	+ 58
Violence	43	56	40	90	- 34
Cervical Cancer	44	54	27	187	- 133
Fires	45	54	34	140	- 86
Tuberculosis	46	28	32	153	- 125
Skin Disease	47	24	51	17	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	48	23	37	114	- 92
Poisonings	49	22	49	23	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	17	15	426	- 410
Osteoarthritis	51	15	80	0	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	13	50	19	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	9	81	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	54	8	55	10	- 2
Meningitis	55	8	47	25	- 16
Birth Trauma	56	7	46	39	- 33
Malnutrition	57	6	59	5	+ 1
Anemia	58	5	85	0	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	59	5	42	89	- 84
Hepatitis C	60	4	64	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	2	60	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	58	7	- 6
Maternal Conditions	64	1	53	13	- 12
War	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	48	24	- 24
Syphilis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	56	8	- 8
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Finland

Georgia

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.