FINLAND VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,445	2	9,831	- 7,386
Stroke	2	1,464	3	4,115	- 2,651
Road Traffic Accidents	3	865	33	215	+ 650
Diabetes Mellitus	4	848	22	418	+ 430
Hypertension	5	771	5	2,030	- 1,259
Kidney Disease	6	752	26	342	+ 410
Lung Cancers	7	533	4	2,312	- 1,779
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	472	21	436	+ 36
Congenital Anomalies	9	470	35	192	+ 279
Low Birth Weight	10	432	48	26	+ 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	356	1	11,120	- 10,765
Breast Cancer	12	345	12	948	- 603
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	310	6	1,433	- 1,123
Liver Disease	14	248	10	1,068	- 820
Lung Disease	15	224	8	1,289	- 1,066
Leukemia	16	186	24	371	- 185
Stomach Cancer	17	184	19	447	- 263
Lymphomas	18	163	14	851	- 688
Other Injuries	19	148	20	437	- 289
Birth Trauma	20	136	56	8	+ 129
Violence	21	135	43	64	+ 71
Pancreas Cancer	22	124	9	1,247	- 1,124
Bladder Cancer	23	107	28	308	- 201
Falls	24	96	7	1,325	- 1,229
Liver Cancer	25	94	16	545	- 452
Endocrine Disorders	26	91	31	257	- 166
Parkinson's Disease	27	85	13	853	- 768
Suicide	28	83	15	846	- 763
Fires	29	77	45	62	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	77	52	15	+ 61
Oral Cancer	31	72	34	207	- 135
Ovary Cancer	32	70	25	344	- 274
Prostate Cancer	33	66	11	970	- 904
Drug Use	34	58	30	269	- 211
Asthma	35	58	40	85	- 27
Drownings	36	54	37	106	- 52
Meningitis	37	39	55	9	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	38	37	17	518	- 481
Uterin Cancer	39	37	32	225	- 188
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	34	36	151	- 118
Cervical Cancer	41	32	44	62	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	42	32	27	320	- 288
Pertussis	43	28	69	0	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	44	26	64	2	+ 25
Syphilis	45	26	67	0	+ 26
Epilepsy	46	25	38	104	- 79
Poisonings	47	24	49	25	- 1
Skin Disease	48	21	47	27	- 6
Skin Cancers	49	19	29	297	- 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	11	50	19	- 8
Malnutrition	51	8	57	7	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	7	66	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	53	6	46	32	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	42	80	- 74
Alcohol	55	5	18	464	- 459
Tetanus	56	5	70	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	57	5	23	377	- 372
Appendicitis	58	4	54	10	- 6
War	59	3	65	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	2	63	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	41	83	- 81
Schistosomiasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	59	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	5	- 4
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	2	- 2
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

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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.