FINLAND VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,385	2	9,831	- 7,446
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,012	22	418	+ 594
Stroke	3	562	3	4,115	- 3,553
Road Traffic Accidents	4	454	33	215	+ 239
Liver Disease	5	446	10	1,068	- 622
Kidney Disease	6	395	26	342	+ 53
Suicide	7	364	15	846	- 482
Falls	8	283	7	1,325	- 1,042
Other Injuries	9	253	20	437	- 184
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	238	21	436	- 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	183	6	1,433	- 1,250
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	165	1	11,120	- 10,955
Lung Cancers	13	160	4	2,312	- 2,152
Congenital Anomalies	14	154	35	192	- 38
Lung Disease	15	151	8	1,289	- 1,138
Leukemia	16	126	24	371	- 245
Breast Cancer	17	116	12	948	- 832
Lymphomas	18	107	14	851	- 744
Drownings	19	99	37	106	- 7
Low Birth Weight	20	99	48	26	+ 73
Liver Cancer	21	98	16	545	- 447
Fires	22	94	45	62	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	23	92	19	447	- 354
Endocrine Disorders	24	86	31	257	- 170
Inflammatory/Heart	25	71	17	518	- 447
Parkinson's Disease	26	62	13	853	- 791
Bladder Cancer	27	59	28	308	- 249
Hypertension	28	58	5	2,030	- 1,972
Oral Cancer	29	55	34	207	- 152
Pancreas Cancer	30	55	9	1,247	- 1,192
Prostate Cancer	31	39	11	970	- 931
Ovary Cancer	32	38	25	344	- 307
Skin Disease	33	35	47	27	+ 8
Violence	34	31	43	64	- 33
Epilepsy	35	30	38	104	- 75
Cervical Cancer	36	28	44	62	- 34
Oesophagus Cancer	37	28	27	320	- 292
Birth Trauma	38	28	56	8	+ 20
Drug Use	39	27	30	269	- 242
Asthma	40	23	40	85	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	22	52	15	+ 7
Poisonings	42	20	49	25	- 5
Skin Cancers	43	18	29	297	- 279
Tuberculosis	44	18	46	32	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	17	50	19	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	16	36	151	- 135
Meningitis	47	16	55	9	+ 6
Alcohol	48	15	18	464	- 449
Uterin Cancer	49	14	32	225	- 211
Encephalitis	50	11	66	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	51	6	23	377	- 371
Maternal Conditions	52	6	64	2	+ 4
Syphilis	53	5	67	0	+ 5
Pertussis	54	5	69	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	55	4	42	80	- 76
Hepatitis B	56	4	63	2	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	3	54	10	- 7
Malnutrition	58	2	57	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	41	83	- 82
Tetanus	60	1	70	0	+ 1
War	61	1	65	1	+ 0
Dengue	62	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	60	5	- 4
Ascariasis	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	59	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
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

Qatar

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.