FINLAND VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,916	2	9,831	+ 1,085
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,933	22	418	+ 6,515
Stroke	3	6,729	3	4,115	+ 2,614
Kidney Disease	4	3,177	26	342	+ 2,835
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,925	21	436	+ 2,489
Lung Disease	6	2,329	8	1,289	+ 1,039
Suicide	7	1,814	15	846	+ 968
Hypertension	8	1,532	5	2,030	- 498
Liver Disease	9	1,339	10	1,068	+ 271
Lung Cancers	10	1,296	4	2,312	- 1,017
Drownings	11	973	37	106	+ 867
Breast Cancer	12	959	12	948	+ 11
Asthma	13	899	40	85	+ 814
Low Birth Weight	14	845	48	26	+ 819
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	775	50	19	+ 756
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	758	52	15	+ 743
Other Injuries	17	752	20	437	+ 315
Congenital Anomalies	18	750	35	192	+ 558
Tuberculosis	19	707	46	32	+ 675
Stomach Cancer	20	663	19	447	+ 216
Birth Trauma	21	611	56	8	+ 603
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	476	6	1,433	- 957
Cervical Cancer	23	470	44	62	+ 408
Liver Cancer	24	461	16	545	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	374	36	151	+ 222
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	368	1	11,120	- 10,752
Falls	27	347	7	1,325	- 978
Inflammatory/Heart	28	340	17	518	- 178
Prostate Cancer	29	311	11	970	- 659
Endocrine Disorders	30	300	31	257	+ 43
Violence	31	298	43	64	+ 233
Leukemia	32	284	24	371	- 87
Parkinson's Disease	33	264	13	853	- 589
Maternal Conditions	34	207	64	2	+ 206
Pancreas Cancer	35	205	9	1,247	- 1,042
Lymphomas	36	203	14	851	- 648
Pertussis	37	199	69	0	+ 199
Oral Cancer	38	191	34	207	- 16
Meningitis	39	180	55	9	+ 171
Syphilis	40	171	67	0	+ 170
Uterin Cancer	41	162	32	225	- 63
Skin Disease	42	155	47	27	+ 128
Epilepsy	43	154	38	104	+ 50
Malnutrition	44	150	57	7	+ 143
Ovary Cancer	45	130	25	344	- 214
Alcohol	46	129	18	464	- 336
Oesophagus Cancer	47	123	27	320	- 197
Fires	48	114	45	62	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	49	88	28	308	- 220
Poisonings	50	58	49	25	+ 33
Skin Cancers	51	51	29	297	- 246
Drug Use	52	35	30	269	- 234
Encephalitis	53	34	66	0	+ 33
Appendicitis	54	25	54	10	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	55	21	23	377	- 356
Measles	56	20	72	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	57	17	63	2	+ 15
Road Traffic Accidents	58	10	33	215	- 205
Tetanus	59	9	70	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	41	83	- 75
Dengue	61	8	82	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	42	80	- 72
Hepatitis C	63	2	60	5	- 3
Diphtheria	64	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	81	0	+ 2
War	66	1	65	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	2	- 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
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	59	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	85	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Micronesia

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.