FINLAND VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	4,886	8	1,289	+ 3,597
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,557	2	9,831	- 6,274
Tuberculosis	3	2,989	46	32	+ 2,957
Stroke	4	2,334	3	4,115	- 1,781
Liver Disease	5	1,154	10	1,068	+ 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,128	21	436	+ 691
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,097	52	15	+ 1,082
Asthma	8	1,072	40	85	+ 987
Road Traffic Accidents	9	841	33	215	+ 626
Kidney Disease	10	774	26	342	+ 433
Low Birth Weight	11	691	48	26	+ 665
Lung Cancers	12	648	4	2,312	- 1,664
Falls	13	600	7	1,325	- 725
Diabetes Mellitus	14	530	22	418	+ 112
Birth Trauma	15	484	56	8	+ 476
Suicide	16	465	15	846	- 381
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	419	50	19	+ 400
Hypertension	18	378	5	2,030	- 1,652
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	366	1	11,120	- 10,755
Cervical Cancer	20	356	44	62	+ 294
Congenital Anomalies	21	352	35	192	+ 160
Other Injuries	22	299	20	437	- 138
Drownings	23	272	37	106	+ 166
Oral Cancer	24	251	34	207	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	25	249	19	447	- 197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	211	6	1,433	- 1,222
Breast Cancer	27	188	12	948	- 761
Maternal Conditions	28	177	64	2	+ 175
Encephalitis	29	159	66	0	+ 159
Epilepsy	30	158	38	104	+ 54
Malnutrition	31	153	57	7	+ 146
Lymphomas	32	139	14	851	- 712
Parkinson's Disease	33	137	13	853	- 716
HIV/AIDS	34	133	59	6	+ 128
Violence	35	127	43	64	+ 63
Leukemia	36	121	24	371	- 250
Ovary Cancer	37	106	25	344	- 239
Oesophagus Cancer	38	89	27	320	- 231
Poisonings	39	86	49	25	+ 61
Pertussis	40	82	69	0	+ 82
Pancreas Cancer	41	80	9	1,247	- 1,167
Skin Cancers	42	72	29	297	- 225
Meningitis	43	68	55	9	+ 59
Bladder Cancer	44	59	28	308	- 250
Endocrine Disorders	45	47	31	257	- 210
Liver Cancer	46	46	16	545	- 499
Appendicitis	47	40	54	10	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	48	39	17	518	- 479
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	35	36	151	- 117
Fires	50	33	45	62	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	31	41	83	- 52
Alcohol	52	30	18	464	- 434
Tetanus	53	24	70	0	+ 24
Syphilis	54	24	67	0	+ 24
Dengue	55	22	82	0	+ 22
Hepatitis B	56	21	63	2	+ 19
Drug Use	57	17	30	269	- 252
Prostate Cancer	58	15	11	970	- 955
Measles	59	11	72	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	60	10	32	225	- 215
Other Neoplasms	61	9	23	377	- 368
Leishmaniasis	62	7	75	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	42	80	- 73
Hepatitis C	64	5	60	5	+ 1
War	65	4	65	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	4	62	2	+ 2
Skin Disease	67	3	47	27	- 24
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	58	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Nepal

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.