FINLAND VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,488	2	9,831	- 4,343
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,497	1	11,120	- 8,623
Lung Cancers	3	2,177	4	2,312	- 135
Stroke	4	2,154	3	4,115	- 1,961
Lung Disease	5	2,032	8	1,289	+ 742
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,099	6	1,433	- 335
Breast Cancer	7	949	12	948	+ 1
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	932	21	436	+ 495
Kidney Disease	9	762	26	342	+ 420
Other Injuries	10	741	20	437	+ 304
Pancreas Cancer	11	685	9	1,247	- 562
Liver Disease	12	629	10	1,068	- 439
Suicide	13	581	15	846	- 265
Lymphomas	14	540	14	851	- 311
Prostate Cancer	15	533	11	970	- 437
Parkinson's Disease	16	519	13	853	- 334
Diabetes Mellitus	17	512	22	418	+ 94
Falls	18	508	7	1,325	- 817
Hypertension	19	449	5	2,030	- 1,581
Leukemia	20	444	24	371	+ 73
Endocrine Disorders	21	442	31	257	+ 186
Stomach Cancer	22	429	19	447	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	23	411	17	518	- 107
Other Neoplasms	24	409	23	377	+ 32
Liver Cancer	25	407	16	545	- 139
Bladder Cancer	26	367	28	308	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	27	296	25	344	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	28	267	27	320	- 53
Alcohol	29	212	18	464	- 252
Road Traffic Accidents	30	210	33	215	- 5
Skin Cancers	31	181	29	297	- 116
Malnutrition	32	163	57	7	+ 156
Oral Cancer	33	159	34	207	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	158	50	19	+ 139
Epilepsy	35	141	38	104	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	36	131	32	225	- 94
Congenital Anomalies	37	87	35	192	- 105
Cervical Cancer	38	80	44	62	+ 18
Drug Use	39	78	30	269	- 191
Anemia	40	71	58	6	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	57	36	151	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	52	52	15	+ 36
Schizophrenia	43	49	39	93	- 44
Skin Disease	44	45	47	27	+ 18
Asthma	45	39	40	85	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	46	34	42	80	- 46
Hepatitis C	47	31	60	5	+ 27
Violence	48	26	43	64	- 38
Low Birth Weight	49	26	48	26	- 1
Osteoarthritis	50	22	51	17	+ 5
Fires	51	21	45	62	- 40
HIV/AIDS	52	21	59	6	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	19	41	83	- 64
Drownings	54	16	37	106	- 90
Tuberculosis	55	16	46	32	- 16
Poisonings	56	12	49	25	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	10	53	11	- 1
Meningitis	58	6	55	9	- 4
Birth Trauma	59	5	56	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	5	63	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	61	3	62	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	3	54	10	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	3	64	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	2	61	4	- 1
Encephalitis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
War	67	1	65	1	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Luxembourg

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.