FINLAND VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,285	59	6	+ 2,280
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,171	21	436	+ 1,735
Malaria	3	1,815	74	0	+ 1,815
Tuberculosis	4	1,690	46	32	+ 1,658
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,506	33	215	+ 1,291
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,467	52	15	+ 1,451
Stroke	7	1,409	3	4,115	- 2,706
Birth Trauma	8	1,258	56	8	+ 1,250
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,102	2	9,831	- 8,729
Low Birth Weight	10	1,015	48	26	+ 989
Congenital Anomalies	11	817	35	192	+ 625
Maternal Conditions	12	570	64	2	+ 569
Liver Disease	13	549	10	1,068	- 519
Cervical Cancer	14	536	44	62	+ 474
Diabetes Mellitus	15	521	22	418	+ 103
Malnutrition	16	465	57	7	+ 458
Hypertension	17	434	5	2,030	- 1,596
Violence	18	393	43	64	+ 329
Kidney Disease	19	379	26	342	+ 37
Other Injuries	20	356	20	437	- 81
Meningitis	21	266	55	9	+ 256
Lung Disease	22	254	8	1,289	- 1,035
Pertussis	23	231	69	0	+ 231
Suicide	24	206	15	846	- 640
Oesophagus Cancer	25	187	27	320	- 132
Syphilis	26	176	67	0	+ 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	171	1	11,120	- 10,949
Prostate Cancer	28	152	11	970	- 818
Endocrine Disorders	29	148	31	257	- 108
Asthma	30	142	40	85	+ 57
Oral Cancer	31	137	34	207	- 70
Drownings	32	137	37	106	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	131	6	1,433	- 1,303
Falls	34	128	7	1,325	- 1,197
Fires	35	119	45	62	+ 57
Liver Cancer	36	118	16	545	- 427
Breast Cancer	37	107	12	948	- 841
Inflammatory/Heart	38	102	17	518	- 416
Stomach Cancer	39	99	19	447	- 348
Poisonings	40	98	49	25	+ 73
Lymphomas	41	67	14	851	- 784
Skin Cancers	42	62	29	297	- 235
Epilepsy	43	59	38	104	- 45
Bladder Cancer	44	56	28	308	- 253
Parkinson's Disease	45	43	13	853	- 810
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	39	36	151	- 113
Leukemia	47	35	24	371	- 336
Drug Use	48	34	30	269	- 235
Tetanus	49	33	70	0	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	33	50	19	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	51	31	77	0	+ 31
Skin Disease	52	30	47	27	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	53	28	25	344	- 316
Upper Respiratory	54	25	62	2	+ 23
Measles	55	25	72	0	+ 25
Alcohol	56	23	18	464	- 442
Uterin Cancer	57	18	32	225	- 207
Appendicitis	58	18	54	10	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	17	66	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	60	14	63	2	+ 12
Lung Cancers	61	13	4	2,312	- 2,299
Pancreas Cancer	62	13	9	1,247	- 1,234
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	41	83	- 76
Other Neoplasms	64	5	23	377	- 372
Ascariasis	65	5	81	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	3	60	5	- 1
War	67	2	65	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	42	80	- 78
Otitis Media	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	53	11	- 11
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Tanzania

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.