FINLAND VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,069	2	9,831	- 3,762
Lung Disease	2	3,513	8	1,289	+ 2,223
Stroke	3	2,783	3	4,115	- 1,332
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,676	52	15	+ 2,661
Tuberculosis	5	1,740	46	32	+ 1,708
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,567	21	436	+ 1,131
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,084	22	418	+ 666
Liver Disease	8	1,072	10	1,068	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	9	953	48	26	+ 927
Falls	10	901	7	1,325	- 424
Kidney Disease	11	890	26	342	+ 548
Road Traffic Accidents	12	849	33	215	+ 634
Asthma	13	783	40	85	+ 698
Suicide	14	692	15	846	- 154
Other Injuries	15	597	20	437	+ 160
Oral Cancer	16	536	34	207	+ 329
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	505	1	11,120	- 10,615
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	503	50	19	+ 484
Hypertension	19	431	5	2,030	- 1,599
Birth Trauma	20	411	56	8	+ 403
Lung Cancers	21	352	4	2,312	- 1,960
Breast Cancer	22	331	12	948	- 618
Congenital Anomalies	23	330	35	192	+ 139
Stomach Cancer	24	324	19	447	- 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	309	6	1,433	- 1,124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	272	36	151	+ 120
Violence	27	207	43	64	+ 142
Drownings	28	195	37	106	+ 89
Encephalitis	29	192	66	0	+ 191
Cervical Cancer	30	181	44	62	+ 119
HIV/AIDS	31	177	59	6	+ 172
Parkinson's Disease	32	173	13	853	- 680
Lymphomas	33	160	14	851	- 690
Oesophagus Cancer	34	155	27	320	- 164
Leukemia	35	133	24	371	- 238
Meningitis	36	133	55	9	+ 124
Pancreas Cancer	37	131	9	1,247	- 1,116
Prostate Cancer	38	124	11	970	- 847
Liver Cancer	39	121	16	545	- 424
Epilepsy	40	121	38	104	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	41	103	64	2	+ 102
Fires	42	93	45	62	+ 31
Alcohol	43	92	18	464	- 372
Ovary Cancer	44	88	25	344	- 257
Skin Disease	45	71	47	27	+ 44
Dengue	46	70	82	0	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	47	61	31	257	- 196
Bladder Cancer	48	56	28	308	- 252
Inflammatory/Heart	49	51	17	518	- 468
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	48	41	83	- 35
Measles	51	48	72	0	+ 48
Drug Use	52	47	30	269	- 222
Appendicitis	53	45	54	10	+ 35
Pertussis	54	40	69	0	+ 40
Malnutrition	55	34	57	7	+ 28
Hepatitis B	56	33	63	2	+ 31
Malaria	57	31	74	0	+ 31
Tetanus	58	28	70	0	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	59	27	32	225	- 198
Skin Cancers	60	20	29	297	- 277
Poisonings	61	14	49	25	- 11
Other Neoplasms	62	12	23	377	- 365
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	42	80	- 71
Syphilis	64	8	67	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	5	60	5	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	4	75	0	+ 4
War	67	4	65	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	62	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	2	84	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	58	6	- 6
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	11	- 11
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

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Finland

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.