FINLAND VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,367	2	9,831	- 4,464
Stroke	2	3,153	3	4,115	- 962
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,327	52	15	+ 2,312
Low Birth Weight	4	2,082	48	26	+ 2,056
Lung Disease	5	1,939	8	1,289	+ 650
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,861	21	436	+ 1,425
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,424	22	418	+ 1,006
Birth Trauma	8	1,328	56	8	+ 1,320
Kidney Disease	9	1,266	26	342	+ 924
Liver Disease	10	1,223	10	1,068	+ 155
Tuberculosis	11	939	46	32	+ 907
Road Traffic Accidents	12	628	33	215	+ 413
Other Injuries	13	602	20	437	+ 165
Congenital Anomalies	14	587	35	192	+ 395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	580	50	19	+ 561
Hypertension	16	511	5	2,030	- 1,519
Asthma	17	463	40	85	+ 378
Suicide	18	431	15	846	- 415
Meningitis	19	402	55	9	+ 392
Breast Cancer	20	402	12	948	- 547
Oral Cancer	21	383	34	207	+ 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	339	1	11,120	- 10,781
Violence	23	288	43	64	+ 224
Maternal Conditions	24	276	64	2	+ 275
Endocrine Disorders	25	255	31	257	- 2
Lung Cancers	26	216	4	2,312	- 2,096
Malnutrition	27	197	57	7	+ 191
Falls	28	193	7	1,325	- 1,132
Oesophagus Cancer	29	175	27	320	- 144
Tetanus	30	168	70	0	+ 168
Lymphomas	31	157	14	851	- 694
HIV/AIDS	32	152	59	6	+ 146
Encephalitis	33	148	66	0	+ 148
Pertussis	34	142	69	0	+ 142
Parkinson's Disease	35	137	13	853	- 716
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	122	36	151	- 30
Drownings	37	120	37	106	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	118	6	1,433	- 1,316
Leukemia	39	117	24	371	- 254
Epilepsy	40	109	38	104	+ 5
Liver Cancer	41	99	16	545	- 446
Fires	42	96	45	62	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	43	90	19	447	- 357
Cervical Cancer	44	89	44	62	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	45	79	11	970	- 891
Ovary Cancer	46	79	25	344	- 266
Poisonings	47	75	49	25	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	48	61	28	308	- 248
Measles	49	58	72	0	+ 58
Alcohol	50	56	18	464	- 408
Appendicitis	51	55	54	10	+ 46
Inflammatory/Heart	52	52	17	518	- 466
Hepatitis B	53	51	63	2	+ 49
Skin Cancers	54	34	29	297	- 263
Dengue	55	32	82	0	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	31	41	83	- 52
Syphilis	57	29	67	0	+ 28
Hepatitis C	58	27	60	5	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	59	27	32	225	- 199
Pancreas Cancer	60	24	9	1,247	- 1,223
Drug Use	61	18	30	269	- 251
War	62	13	65	1	+ 13
Malaria	63	13	74	0	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	64	9	23	377	- 368
Multiple Sclerosis	65	9	42	80	- 71
Upper Respiratory	66	6	62	2	+ 4
Skin Disease	67	3	47	27	- 24
Ascariasis	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Pakistan

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.