FINLAND VS ISRAEL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ISRAEL		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,065	2	9,831	- 6,766
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,792	1	11,120	- 9,328
Kidney Disease	3	1,458	26	342	+ 1,116
Stroke	4	1,455	3	4,115	- 2,660
Lung Cancers	5	1,212	4	2,312	- 1,100
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,145	22	418	+ 727
Lung Disease	7	925	8	1,289	- 364
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	909	21	436	+ 473
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	904	6	1,433	- 530
Breast Cancer	10	740	12	948	- 208
Pancreas Cancer	11	612	9	1,247	- 635
Endocrine Disorders	12	600	31	257	+ 343
Lymphomas	13	554	14	851	- 297
Other Injuries	14	495	20	437	+ 59
Leukemia	15	366	24	371	- 5
Stomach Cancer	16	338	19	447	- 109
Prostate Cancer	17	312	11	970	- 658
Bladder Cancer	18	297	28	308	- 11
Suicide	19	271	15	846	- 575
Other Neoplasms	20	251	23	377	- 126
Hypertension	21	240	5	2,030	- 1,790
Parkinson's Disease	22	238	13	853	- 615
Skin Cancers	23	227	29	297	- 70
Skin Disease	24	220	47	27	+ 193
Liver Cancer	25	206	16	545	- 339
Road Traffic Accidents	26	199	33	215	- 16
Ovary Cancer	27	193	25	344	- 151
Liver Disease	28	175	10	1,068	- 893
Congenital Anomalies	29	174	35	192	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	30	128	17	518	- 390
Uterin Cancer	31	121	32	225	- 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	99	52	15	+ 84
Oral Cancer	33	90	34	207	- 117
Anemia	34	89	58	6	+ 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	86	50	19	+ 67
Asthma	36	85	40	85	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	37	82	27	320	- 237
Cervical Cancer	38	80	44	62	+ 17
Falls	39	74	7	1,325	- 1,251
Epilepsy	40	65	38	104	- 39
Violence	41	62	43	64	- 2
Low Birth Weight	42	56	48	26	+ 30
Drug Use	43	40	30	269	- 229
Schizophrenia	44	40	39	93	- 53
Drownings	45	23	37	106	- 83
Hepatitis C	46	23	60	5	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	47	23	42	80	- 57
Malnutrition	48	23	57	7	+ 17
Alcohol	49	23	18	464	- 441
Birth Trauma	50	21	56	8	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	51	20	36	151	- 132
HIV/AIDS	52	15	59	6	+ 10
Fires	53	15	45	62	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	14	41	83	- 69
Meningitis	55	12	55	9	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	10	53	11	- 0
Tuberculosis	57	10	46	32	- 22
Hepatitis B	58	9	63	2	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	59	5	51	17	- 12
War	60	4	65	1	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	3	64	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	3	62	2	+ 1
Poisonings	63	2	49	25	- 22
Appendicitis	64	2	54	10	- 7
Oral conditions	65	2	61	4	- 2
Encephalitis	66	2	66	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Israel

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.