FINLAND VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,182	2	9,831	- 3,649
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,462	21	436	+ 4,026
Stroke	3	3,528	3	4,115	- 587
Kidney Disease	4	1,873	26	342	+ 1,531
Hypertension	5	1,641	5	2,030	- 389
Lung Disease	6	1,549	8	1,289	+ 260
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,535	22	418	+ 1,117
Tuberculosis	8	1,287	46	32	+ 1,255
Violence	9	706	43	64	+ 641
Road Traffic Accidents	10	619	33	215	+ 404
Asthma	11	542	40	85	+ 458
Endocrine Disorders	12	498	31	257	+ 241
Lung Cancers	13	490	4	2,312	- 1,822
Low Birth Weight	14	482	48	26	+ 456
Breast Cancer	15	466	12	948	- 482
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	384	6	1,433	- 1,050
Congenital Anomalies	17	383	35	192	+ 191
Birth Trauma	18	379	56	8	+ 371
Liver Cancer	19	365	16	545	- 181
Liver Disease	20	337	10	1,068	- 731
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	327	36	151	+ 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	294	52	15	+ 279
Other Neoplasms	23	245	23	377	- 132
Malnutrition	24	205	57	7	+ 198
Skin Disease	25	201	47	27	+ 174
Prostate Cancer	26	197	11	970	- 773
Drownings	27	185	37	106	+ 79
Falls	28	184	7	1,325	- 1,141
Leukemia	29	171	24	371	- 200
Inflammatory/Heart	30	169	17	518	- 349
Other Injuries	31	168	20	437	- 269
Anemia	32	163	58	6	+ 158
Cervical Cancer	33	146	44	62	+ 84
Oral Cancer	34	139	34	207	- 68
Suicide	35	111	15	846	- 736
Lymphomas	36	108	14	851	- 742
Pancreas Cancer	37	101	9	1,247	- 1,146
Maternal Conditions	38	97	64	2	+ 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	96	1	11,120	- 11,025
Ovary Cancer	40	95	25	344	- 250
Stomach Cancer	41	89	19	447	- 358
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	86	50	19	+ 67
Pertussis	43	84	69	0	+ 84
Syphilis	44	55	67	0	+ 55
Epilepsy	45	53	38	104	- 51
Dengue	46	50	82	0	+ 50
Meningitis	47	50	55	9	+ 40
Measles	48	43	72	0	+ 43
War	49	39	65	1	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	50	36	32	225	- 189
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	36	53	11	+ 25
Drug Use	52	33	30	269	- 236
Oesophagus Cancer	53	32	27	320	- 288
Fires	54	29	45	62	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	55	28	13	853	- 825
Hepatitis B	56	28	63	2	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	57	27	51	17	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	58	27	28	308	- 281
Tetanus	59	25	70	0	+ 25
Alcohol	60	19	18	464	- 445
Skin Cancers	61	18	29	297	- 280
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	41	83	- 68
Appendicitis	63	13	54	10	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	64	11	77	0	+ 11
Poisonings	65	11	49	25	- 14
HIV/AIDS	66	10	59	6	+ 4
Encephalitis	67	9	66	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	68	6	39	93	- 87
Malaria	69	4	74	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	70	2	62	2	- 0
Leprosy	71	2	83	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	72	1	42	80	- 79
Oral conditions	73	1	61	4	- 2
Otitis Media	74	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	75	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	81	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	60	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Philippines

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.