FINLAND VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,645	21	436	+ 2,209
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,376	2	9,831	- 7,455
Stroke	3	1,333	3	4,115	- 2,782
Kidney Disease	4	1,249	26	342	+ 907
Liver Disease	5	1,100	10	1,068	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,003	1	11,120	- 10,117
Stomach Cancer	7	875	19	447	+ 429
Diabetes Mellitus	8	766	22	418	+ 348
Road Traffic Accidents	9	762	33	215	+ 547
Lung Cancers	10	547	4	2,312	- 1,765
Prostate Cancer	11	547	11	970	- 424
Violence	12	520	43	64	+ 456
Other Injuries	13	496	20	437	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	456	6	1,433	- 977
Lung Disease	15	435	8	1,289	- 855
Liver Cancer	16	427	16	545	- 118
Tuberculosis	17	410	46	32	+ 378
Lymphomas	18	389	14	851	- 462
Congenital Anomalies	19	345	35	192	+ 153
Breast Cancer	20	340	12	948	- 608
Cervical Cancer	21	332	44	62	+ 270
Leukemia	22	319	24	371	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	23	277	9	1,247	- 970
Low Birth Weight	24	255	48	26	+ 228
Falls	25	222	7	1,325	- 1,103
Parkinson's Disease	26	219	13	853	- 634
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	191	52	15	+ 176
Hypertension	28	183	5	2,030	- 1,847
Malnutrition	29	174	57	7	+ 167
Suicide	30	156	15	846	- 690
HIV/AIDS	31	146	59	6	+ 141
Skin Cancers	32	136	29	297	- 162
Ovary Cancer	33	123	25	344	- 221
Drug Use	34	110	30	269	- 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	105	36	151	- 46
Drownings	36	101	37	106	- 5
Birth Trauma	37	93	56	8	+ 85
Oral Cancer	38	90	34	207	- 118
Inflammatory/Heart	39	85	17	518	- 433
Endocrine Disorders	40	82	31	257	- 175
Bladder Cancer	41	80	28	308	- 229
Oesophagus Cancer	42	68	27	320	- 252
Maternal Conditions	43	60	64	2	+ 58
Alcohol	44	55	18	464	- 409
Uterin Cancer	45	52	32	225	- 173
Encephalitis	46	48	66	0	+ 48
Epilepsy	47	45	38	104	- 59
Pertussis	48	45	69	0	+ 45
Fires	49	41	45	62	- 20
Asthma	50	36	40	85	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	34	50	19	+ 15
Syphilis	52	31	67	0	+ 31
Appendicitis	53	29	54	10	+ 20
Skin Disease	54	27	47	27	- 0
Poisonings	55	22	49	25	- 3
Meningitis	56	20	55	9	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	19	41	83	- 64
Other Neoplasms	58	9	23	377	- 368
Chagas disease	59	8	76	0	+ 8
Tetanus	60	8	70	0	+ 8
Malaria	61	6	74	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	42	80	- 74
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	64	2	63	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	60	5	- 4
Dengue	66	1	82	0	+ 1
War	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Peru

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.