FINLAND VS SEYCHELLES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SEYCHELLES		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,954	2	9,831	- 3,877
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,291	21	436	+ 3,854
Stroke	3	3,811	3	4,115	- 304
Kidney Disease	4	2,445	26	342	+ 2,103
Hypertension	5	2,403	5	2,030	+ 373
Liver Disease	6	1,792	10	1,068	+ 724
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,463	22	418	+ 1,046
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,415	6	1,433	- 18
Lung Disease	9	1,287	8	1,289	- 3
Prostate Cancer	10	1,148	11	970	+ 178
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,073	1	11,120	- 10,047
Lung Cancers	12	1,043	4	2,312	- 1,269
Breast Cancer	13	830	12	948	- 118
Violence	14	829	43	64	+ 765
Oral Cancer	15	764	34	207	+ 557
Drownings	16	668	37	106	+ 562
Road Traffic Accidents	17	631	33	215	+ 416
Inflammatory/Heart	18	570	17	518	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	19	520	44	62	+ 458
Lymphomas	20	485	14	851	- 366
Suicide	21	453	15	846	- 393
Pancreas Cancer	22	429	9	1,247	- 818
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	402	36	151	+ 250
Congenital Anomalies	24	399	35	192	+ 208
Stomach Cancer	25	392	19	447	- 55
Leukemia	26	359	24	371	- 13
Asthma	27	354	40	85	+ 269
Parkinson's Disease	28	343	13	853	- 510
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	340	52	15	+ 324
Endocrine Disorders	30	338	31	257	+ 82
Liver Cancer	31	336	16	545	- 209
Oesophagus Cancer	32	333	27	320	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	33	322	48	26	+ 295
Falls	34	319	7	1,325	- 1,006
Ovary Cancer	35	289	25	344	- 56
Bladder Cancer	36	254	28	308	- 54
Other Injuries	37	244	20	437	- 193
Meningitis	38	135	55	9	+ 126
Birth Trauma	39	104	56	8	+ 96
Skin Disease	40	103	47	27	+ 76
Fires	41	102	45	62	+ 40
Malnutrition	42	97	57	7	+ 91
Uterin Cancer	43	97	32	225	- 128
Skin Cancers	44	68	29	297	- 229
Maternal Conditions	45	54	64	2	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	48	50	19	+ 29
Drug Use	47	47	30	269	- 222
Encephalitis	48	46	66	0	+ 46
Alcohol	49	36	18	464	- 428
Epilepsy	50	31	38	104	- 73
Poisonings	51	30	49	25	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	29	54	10	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	53	24	23	377	- 353
Pertussis	54	22	69	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	55	14	42	80	- 66
Hepatitis B	56	13	63	2	+ 11
Syphilis	57	12	67	0	+ 12
Dengue	58	9	82	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	41	83	- 78
Tetanus	60	5	70	0	+ 5
War	61	4	65	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	62	2	60	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	2	- 1
Chlamydia	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Tuberculosis	66	0	46	32	- 32
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	59	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	58	6	- 6
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	39	93	- 93
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Seychelles

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.