JAMAICA VS FINLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FINLAND		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	5,581	9	587	+ 4,994
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,934	3	1,726	+ 3,208
Stroke	3	2,065	1	2,415	- 349
Lung Cancers	4	1,160	10	472	+ 688
Hypertension	5	1,019	8	651	+ 368
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	719	13	436	+ 283
Falls	7	665	33	82	+ 583
Lung Disease	8	647	11	452	+ 195
Pancreas Cancer	9	626	27	119	+ 507
Liver Disease	10	536	21	155	+ 381
Prostate Cancer	11	487	5	883	- 396
Breast Cancer	12	476	14	413	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	13	428	25	132	+ 296
Lymphomas	14	427	17	251	+ 176
Suicide	15	425	35	70	+ 354
Liver Cancer	16	274	29	101	+ 172
Inflammatory/Heart	17	260	24	133	+ 127
Alcohol	18	233	55	7	+ 226
Stomach Cancer	19	224	19	231	- 6
Other Injuries	20	219	31	91	+ 128
Influenza and Pneumonia	21	219	15	393	- 174
Diabetes Mellitus	22	210	2	2,077	- 1,867
Other Neoplasms	23	189	45	19	+ 171
Leukemia	24	186	26	129	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	25	173	30	97	+ 76
Kidney Disease	26	172	6	793	- 621
Oesophagus Cancer	27	160	34	74	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	28	155	38	60	+ 95
Skin Cancers	29	149	52	10	+ 139
Drug Use	30	135	48	13	+ 122
Endocrine Disorders	31	129	20	176	- 48
Uterin Cancer	32	113	28	106	+ 7
Road Traffic Accidents	33	108	12	444	- 336
Oral Cancer	34	104	39	59	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	35	96	23	139	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	76	32	82	- 6
Drownings	37	53	51	10	+ 43
Epilepsy	38	52	41	46	+ 6
Schizophrenia	39	47	85	0	+ 47
Asthma	40	43	36	65	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	41	42	50	11	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	42	40	56	3	+ 37
Violence	43	32	4	1,484	- 1,452
Cervical Cancer	44	31	16	358	- 327
Fires	45	31	46	16	+ 15
Tuberculosis	46	16	54	8	+ 8
Skin Disease	47	14	22	145	- 132
Low Birth Weight	48	13	18	241	- 227
Poisonings	49	12	57	2	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	10	44	27	- 17
Osteoarthritis	51	8	82	0	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	8	42	35	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	5	81	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	54	5	53	9	- 4
Meningitis	55	5	47	16	- 11
Birth Trauma	56	4	37	65	- 61
Malnutrition	57	3	40	48	- 44
Anemia	58	3	83	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	59	3	7	757	- 754
Hepatitis C	60	2	64	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	64	1	43	35	- 34
War	65	0	61	1	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	49	13	- 13
Syphilis	67	0	60	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	82	0	58	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Finland

Jamaica

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.