FINLAND VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,549	2	9,831	- 2,282
Stroke	2	5,187	3	4,115	+ 1,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,870	21	436	+ 2,433
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,494	22	418	+ 2,076
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,690	52	15	+ 1,674
Lung Disease	6	1,615	8	1,289	+ 326
Malaria	7	1,126	74	0	+ 1,126
Road Traffic Accidents	8	857	33	215	+ 642
Suicide	9	761	15	846	- 86
Liver Disease	10	688	10	1,068	- 380
Drownings	11	622	37	106	+ 516
Asthma	12	607	40	85	+ 523
Hypertension	13	589	5	2,030	- 1,441
Low Birth Weight	14	500	48	26	+ 473
Kidney Disease	15	492	26	342	+ 151
Congenital Anomalies	16	488	35	192	+ 296
Other Injuries	17	463	20	437	+ 27
Liver Cancer	18	463	16	545	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	455	50	19	+ 436
Falls	20	423	7	1,325	- 902
Birth Trauma	21	398	56	8	+ 390
Maternal Conditions	22	355	64	2	+ 353
Tuberculosis	23	346	46	32	+ 314
Dengue	24	321	82	0	+ 321
Cervical Cancer	25	321	44	62	+ 258
Breast Cancer	26	262	12	948	- 686
Lung Cancers	27	259	4	2,312	- 2,053
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	246	1	11,120	- 10,874
Syphilis	29	216	67	0	+ 216
Violence	30	202	43	64	+ 138
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	178	6	1,433	- 1,255
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	172	36	151	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	33	165	25	344	- 179
Parkinson's Disease	34	162	13	853	- 691
Leukemia	35	157	24	371	- 214
Malnutrition	36	147	57	7	+ 141
Inflammatory/Heart	37	135	17	518	- 383
Poisonings	38	119	49	25	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	39	115	31	257	- 142
Fires	40	111	45	62	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	41	100	11	970	- 870
Lymphomas	42	99	14	851	- 751
Meningitis	43	97	55	9	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	44	91	19	447	- 356
Epilepsy	45	82	38	104	- 22
Skin Disease	46	78	47	27	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	47	67	32	225	- 158
Alcohol	48	67	18	464	- 398
Oral Cancer	49	59	34	207	- 149
Pertussis	50	58	69	0	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	51	33	9	1,247	- 1,214
Bladder Cancer	52	33	28	308	- 275
Hepatitis B	53	24	63	2	+ 23
Encephalitis	54	12	66	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	55	11	54	10	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	56	9	23	377	- 368
Oesophagus Cancer	57	8	27	320	- 312
Drug Use	58	7	30	269	- 263
Tetanus	59	5	70	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	41	83	- 80
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	42	80	- 77
Hepatitis C	62	3	60	5	- 2
Ascariasis	63	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	2	- 1
War	65	1	65	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	29	297	- 297
Schizophrenia	70	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	58	6	- 6
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	59	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Solomon Isl.

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.