NO MACEDONIA VS FINLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FINLAND		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	4,221	30	71	+ 4,150
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,732	2	4,420	- 688
Stroke	3	1,562	1	5,521	- 3,959
Lung Cancers	4	878	5	1,055	- 177
Hypertension	5	771	7	627	+ 143
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	544	8	560	- 16
Falls	7	503	27	78	+ 425
Lung Disease	8	489	6	807	- 317
Pancreas Cancer	9	473	12	267	+ 207
Liver Disease	10	405	15	218	+ 188
Prostate Cancer	11	368	14	259	+ 109
Breast Cancer	12	360	11	386	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	13	324	20	141	+ 183
Lymphomas	14	323	25	96	+ 227
Suicide	15	321	16	196	+ 125
Liver Cancer	16	207	13	260	- 53
Inflammatory/Heart	17	197	3	4,249	- 4,053
Alcohol	18	176	42	14	+ 162
Stomach Cancer	19	170	10	455	- 285
Other Injuries	20	166	17	183	- 17
Influenza and Pneumonia	21	166	19	157	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	22	159	4	1,104	- 945
Other Neoplasms	23	143	40	19	+ 124
Leukemia	24	141	22	114	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	25	131	26	93	+ 37
Kidney Disease	26	130	9	516	- 386
Oesophagus Cancer	27	121	34	45	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	28	117	18	163	- 45
Skin Cancers	29	113	21	126	- 13
Drug Use	30	102	47	9	+ 93
Endocrine Disorders	31	97	44	12	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	32	85	23	108	- 23
Road Traffic Accidents	33	82	24	107	- 26
Oral Cancer	34	79	29	72	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	35	73	37	29	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	57	32	56	+ 2
Drownings	37	40	41	18	+ 22
Epilepsy	38	40	38	23	+ 16
Schizophrenia	39	35	85	0	+ 35
Asthma	40	32	33	53	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	41	32	60	0	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	42	30	39	21	+ 9
Violence	43	24	36	31	- 7
Cervical Cancer	44	24	31	68	- 44
Fires	45	23	46	11	+ 12
Tuberculosis	46	12	35	32	- 20
Skin Disease	47	10	57	1	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	48	10	28	73	- 63
Poisonings	49	9	45	11	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	7	43	13	- 6
Osteoarthritis	51	6	82	0	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	6	56	1	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	4	53	3	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	4	55	1	+ 2
Meningitis	55	4	51	4	- 0
Birth Trauma	56	3	48	7	- 4
Malnutrition	57	3	58	1	+ 2
Anemia	58	2	52	3	- 1
HIV/AIDS	59	2	61	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	49	7	- 7
Maternal Conditions	64	1	54	2	- 1
War	65	0	63	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	1	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	50	4	- 4
Tetanus	70	0	75	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	82	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Finland

No Macedonia

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.