FINLAND VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,306	3	4,115	+ 2,191
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,980	2	9,831	- 4,851
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,676	22	418	+ 4,258
Kidney Disease	4	2,668	26	342	+ 2,327
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,199	21	436	+ 1,763
Prostate Cancer	6	1,884	11	970	+ 914
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,826	33	215	+ 1,611
Lung Disease	8	1,769	8	1,289	+ 480
Hypertension	9	1,757	5	2,030	- 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,593	1	11,120	- 9,527
Violence	11	1,239	43	64	+ 1,175
Liver Disease	12	1,167	10	1,068	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,055	17	518	+ 537
Breast Cancer	14	852	12	948	- 96
Stomach Cancer	15	734	19	447	+ 287
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	707	6	1,433	- 727
Endocrine Disorders	17	675	31	257	+ 419
Lung Cancers	18	626	4	2,312	- 1,686
Low Birth Weight	19	576	48	26	+ 549
Skin Disease	20	541	47	27	+ 514
Other Injuries	21	494	20	437	+ 57
Suicide	22	482	15	846	- 364
Parkinson's Disease	23	464	13	853	- 388
Lymphomas	24	438	14	851	- 413
Cervical Cancer	25	397	44	62	+ 335
Falls	26	352	7	1,325	- 973
Asthma	27	321	40	85	+ 236
Drownings	28	312	37	106	+ 206
Alcohol	29	309	18	464	- 155
Congenital Anomalies	30	271	35	192	+ 79
Pancreas Cancer	31	270	9	1,247	- 977
Epilepsy	32	238	38	104	+ 134
Malnutrition	33	220	57	7	+ 214
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	180	36	151	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	153	52	15	+ 138
Leukemia	36	148	24	371	- 223
Liver Cancer	37	135	16	545	- 410
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	132	50	19	+ 113
Fires	39	111	45	62	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	40	105	27	320	- 215
Ovary Cancer	41	105	25	344	- 240
Birth Trauma	42	104	56	8	+ 96
Oral Cancer	43	103	34	207	- 104
Tuberculosis	44	98	46	32	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	45	68	32	225	- 157
Drug Use	46	64	30	269	- 205
Maternal Conditions	47	62	64	2	+ 60
Other Neoplasms	48	61	23	377	- 316
Meningitis	49	49	55	9	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	44	41	83	- 39
Appendicitis	51	38	54	10	+ 28
Encephalitis	52	37	66	0	+ 36
Dengue	53	20	82	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	54	15	42	80	- 65
Poisonings	55	9	49	25	- 16
Tetanus	56	7	70	0	+ 7
Syphilis	57	6	67	0	+ 6
War	58	6	65	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	62	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	63	2	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	61	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	2	84	0	+ 2
Pertussis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	60	5	- 4
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	29	297	- 297
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	58	6	- 6
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	28	308	- 308
Schizophrenia	73	0	39	93	- 93
Oral conditions	74	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	53	11	- 11
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	59	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	85	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Saint Lucia

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.