FINLAND VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,543	2	9,831	- 1,288
Stroke	2	7,988	3	4,115	+ 3,873
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,407	22	418	+ 6,989
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,724	21	436	+ 2,288
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,627	52	15	+ 2,612
Asthma	6	2,287	40	85	+ 2,203
Tuberculosis	7	2,085	46	32	+ 2,053
Kidney Disease	8	2,039	26	342	+ 1,697
Suicide	9	1,606	15	846	+ 760
Lung Disease	10	1,553	8	1,289	+ 264
Cervical Cancer	11	1,466	44	62	+ 1,404
Liver Disease	12	1,447	10	1,068	+ 379
Low Birth Weight	13	1,322	48	26	+ 1,296
Birth Trauma	14	1,115	56	8	+ 1,107
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,112	35	192	+ 920
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	889	50	19	+ 870
Malnutrition	17	722	57	7	+ 715
Breast Cancer	18	720	12	948	- 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	688	36	151	+ 537
Lung Cancers	20	675	4	2,312	- 1,637
Hypertension	21	657	5	2,030	- 1,373
Meningitis	22	653	55	9	+ 643
Stomach Cancer	23	560	19	447	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	527	1	11,120	- 10,593
Other Injuries	25	504	20	437	+ 67
Oral Cancer	26	502	34	207	+ 295
Liver Cancer	27	448	16	545	- 97
Drownings	28	444	37	106	+ 338
Inflammatory/Heart	29	364	17	518	- 154
Endocrine Disorders	30	349	31	257	+ 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	340	6	1,433	- 1,093
Pertussis	32	308	69	0	+ 308
Parkinson's Disease	33	289	13	853	- 564
Violence	34	274	43	64	+ 210
Maternal Conditions	35	274	64	2	+ 272
Oesophagus Cancer	36	266	27	320	- 54
Syphilis	37	214	67	0	+ 214
Epilepsy	38	213	38	104	+ 109
Leukemia	39	199	24	371	- 172
Skin Disease	40	191	47	27	+ 164
Lymphomas	41	151	14	851	- 700
Falls	42	151	7	1,325	- 1,174
Poisonings	43	150	49	25	+ 125
Prostate Cancer	44	130	11	970	- 840
Road Traffic Accidents	45	109	33	215	- 106
Uterin Cancer	46	100	32	225	- 125
Fires	47	99	45	62	+ 37
Hepatitis B	48	94	63	2	+ 92
Pancreas Cancer	49	92	9	1,247	- 1,155
Ovary Cancer	50	55	25	344	- 290
Bladder Cancer	51	47	28	308	- 262
Appendicitis	52	39	54	10	+ 30
Encephalitis	53	35	66	0	+ 34
Alcohol	54	31	18	464	- 433
Tetanus	55	22	70	0	+ 22
Skin Cancers	56	21	29	297	- 276
Drug Use	57	20	30	269	- 250
Other Neoplasms	58	15	23	377	- 362
Dengue	59	13	82	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	60	13	62	2	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	42	80	- 71
Hepatitis C	62	8	60	5	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	41	83	- 78
Ascariasis	64	3	81	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	66	2	84	0	+ 2
War	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Measles	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	59	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Kiribati

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.