FINLAND VS NO MACEDONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NO MACEDONIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	14,544	3	4,115	+ 10,429
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,644	2	9,831	+ 1,813
Inflammatory/Heart	3	11,195	17	518	+ 10,677
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,907	22	418	+ 2,489
Lung Cancers	5	2,779	4	2,312	+ 467
Lung Disease	6	2,125	8	1,289	+ 836
Hypertension	7	1,653	5	2,030	- 377
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,476	6	1,433	+ 43
Kidney Disease	9	1,358	26	342	+ 1,016
Stomach Cancer	10	1,199	19	447	+ 752
Breast Cancer	11	1,018	12	948	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	12	702	9	1,247	- 545
Liver Cancer	13	685	16	545	+ 140
Prostate Cancer	14	683	11	970	- 288
Liver Disease	15	574	10	1,068	- 494
Suicide	16	516	15	846	- 331
Other Injuries	17	482	20	437	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	18	428	28	308	+ 120
Influenza and Pneumonia	19	412	21	436	- 24
Parkinson's Disease	20	370	13	853	- 483
Skin Cancers	21	332	29	297	+ 35
Leukemia	22	301	24	371	- 70
Uterin Cancer	23	284	32	225	+ 59
Road Traffic Accidents	24	282	33	215	+ 67
Lymphomas	25	252	14	851	- 598
Ovary Cancer	26	246	25	344	- 98
Falls	27	205	7	1,325	- 1,120
Low Birth Weight	28	193	48	26	+ 167
Oral Cancer	29	189	34	207	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	187	1	11,120	- 10,934
Cervical Cancer	31	179	44	62	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	147	36	151	- 4
Asthma	33	140	40	85	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	34	119	27	320	- 200
Tuberculosis	35	84	46	32	+ 52
Violence	36	81	43	64	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	37	76	35	192	- 116
Epilepsy	38	61	38	104	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	39	56	42	80	- 24
Other Neoplasms	40	50	23	377	- 327
Drownings	41	47	37	106	- 59
Alcohol	42	36	18	464	- 428
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	34	50	19	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	44	32	31	257	- 225
Poisonings	45	30	49	25	+ 5
Fires	46	29	45	62	- 33
Drug Use	47	24	30	269	- 245
Birth Trauma	48	19	56	8	+ 11
Hepatitis B	49	19	63	2	+ 17
Pertussis	50	10	69	0	+ 10
Meningitis	51	9	55	9	+ 0
Anemia	52	9	58	6	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	7	53	11	- 4
Maternal Conditions	54	5	64	2	+ 4
Appendicitis	55	4	54	10	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	56	3	52	15	- 13
Skin Disease	57	3	47	27	- 24
Malnutrition	58	2	57	7	- 5
Encephalitis	59	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	41	83	- 82
HIV/AIDS	61	1	59	6	- 5
Syphilis	62	1	67	0	+ 0
War	63	1	65	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	60	5	- 5
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	80	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	83	0	61	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

No Macedonia

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.