FINLAND VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,902	2	9,831	- 4,929
Stroke	2	2,295	3	4,115	- 1,820
Low Birth Weight	3	1,788	48	26	+ 1,762
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,407	21	436	+ 971
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,277	33	215	+ 1,062
Measles	6	1,037	72	0	+ 1,037
Birth Trauma	7	950	56	8	+ 943
Hypertension	8	812	5	2,030	- 1,218
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	700	52	15	+ 684
Malaria	10	626	74	0	+ 626
Congenital Anomalies	11	614	35	192	+ 422
Kidney Disease	12	568	26	342	+ 226
Lung Disease	13	488	8	1,289	- 801
Liver Disease	14	485	10	1,068	- 583
Tuberculosis	15	474	46	32	+ 442
Breast Cancer	16	342	12	948	- 606
Diabetes Mellitus	17	342	22	418	- 76
Other Injuries	18	325	20	437	- 112
Asthma	19	294	40	85	+ 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	288	1	11,120	- 10,832
Violence	21	276	43	64	+ 212
HIV/AIDS	22	260	59	6	+ 254
Maternal Conditions	23	219	64	2	+ 217
Pertussis	24	212	69	0	+ 212
Leukemia	25	204	24	371	- 167
Drownings	26	188	37	106	+ 82
Suicide	27	183	15	846	- 663
Falls	28	174	7	1,325	- 1,151
Lymphomas	29	171	14	851	- 680
Endocrine Disorders	30	163	31	257	- 94
Fires	31	146	45	62	+ 84
Oesophagus Cancer	32	126	27	320	- 194
Meningitis	33	122	55	9	+ 112
Malnutrition	34	121	57	7	+ 115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	117	6	1,433	- 1,316
Drug Use	36	115	30	269	- 154
Liver Cancer	37	105	16	545	- 440
Inflammatory/Heart	38	94	17	518	- 425
Ovary Cancer	39	88	25	344	- 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	86	36	151	- 65
Cervical Cancer	41	86	44	62	+ 24
Poisonings	42	83	49	25	+ 58
Epilepsy	43	82	38	104	- 22
Hepatitis B	44	81	63	2	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	45	79	13	853	- 774
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	76	50	19	+ 57
Syphilis	47	67	67	0	+ 67
Lung Cancers	48	61	4	2,312	- 2,251
Prostate Cancer	49	58	11	970	- 912
Oral Cancer	50	55	34	207	- 152
Stomach Cancer	51	53	19	447	- 394
Leishmaniasis	52	50	75	0	+ 50
Tetanus	53	42	70	0	+ 42
Bladder Cancer	54	41	28	308	- 267
Skin Cancers	55	40	29	297	- 257
War	56	37	65	1	+ 37
Encephalitis	57	34	66	0	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	58	30	9	1,247	- 1,217
Appendicitis	59	17	54	10	+ 8
Skin Disease	60	12	47	27	- 15
Alcohol	61	9	18	464	- 455
Uterin Cancer	62	8	32	225	- 217
Schistosomiasis	63	8	77	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	42	80	- 74
Other Neoplasms	65	4	23	377	- 373
Ascariasis	66	2	81	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	41	83	- 81
Hepatitis C	68	2	60	5	- 3
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	39	93	- 93
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Sudan

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.