FINLAND VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,307	2	9,831	- 1,524
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,725	1	11,120	- 6,395
Lung Disease	3	3,215	8	1,289	+ 1,925
Stroke	4	2,608	3	4,115	- 1,507
Lung Cancers	5	2,559	4	2,312	+ 247
Kidney Disease	6	1,413	26	342	+ 1,071
Drug Use	7	1,225	30	269	+ 956
Hypertension	8	1,085	5	2,030	- 945
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,017	6	1,433	- 416
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,011	22	418	+ 593
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	992	21	436	+ 556
Suicide	12	874	15	846	+ 28
Breast Cancer	13	801	12	948	- 147
Endocrine Disorders	14	773	31	257	+ 516
Pancreas Cancer	15	729	9	1,247	- 518
Liver Disease	16	714	10	1,068	- 354
Road Traffic Accidents	17	686	33	215	+ 471
Falls	18	665	7	1,325	- 660
Lymphomas	19	663	14	851	- 188
Prostate Cancer	20	586	11	970	- 384
Parkinson's Disease	21	567	13	853	- 285
Inflammatory/Heart	22	535	17	518	+ 17
Liver Cancer	23	445	16	545	- 100
Leukemia	24	444	24	371	+ 73
Other Injuries	25	428	20	437	- 9
Bladder Cancer	26	323	28	308	+ 14
Violence	27	312	43	64	+ 248
Oesophagus Cancer	28	293	27	320	- 26
Other Neoplasms	29	292	23	377	- 85
Alcohol	30	241	18	464	- 223
Ovary Cancer	31	240	25	344	- 104
Skin Cancers	32	235	29	297	- 62
Stomach Cancer	33	215	19	447	- 232
Congenital Anomalies	34	194	35	192	+ 2
Oral Cancer	35	190	34	207	- 17
Uterin Cancer	36	166	32	225	- 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	164	52	15	+ 148
Cervical Cancer	38	115	44	62	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	39	114	48	26	+ 88
Malnutrition	40	111	57	7	+ 105
Hepatitis C	41	94	60	5	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	42	93	59	6	+ 88
Skin Disease	43	89	47	27	+ 62
Multiple Sclerosis	44	83	42	80	+ 3
Drownings	45	67	37	106	- 39
Asthma	46	63	40	85	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	60	50	19	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	57	36	151	- 95
Fires	49	52	45	62	- 9
Epilepsy	50	52	38	104	- 52
Anemia	51	51	58	6	+ 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	40	41	83	- 43
Poisonings	53	28	49	25	+ 3
Birth Trauma	54	20	56	8	+ 13
War	55	20	65	1	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	56	13	64	2	+ 11
Schizophrenia	57	12	39	93	- 81
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	11	53	11	+ 0
Hepatitis B	59	10	63	2	+ 8
Meningitis	60	10	55	9	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	61	10	51	17	- 7
Tuberculosis	62	9	46	32	- 23
Appendicitis	63	7	54	10	- 3
Oral conditions	64	5	61	4	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	4	62	2	+ 2
Syphilis	66	1	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	1	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

United States

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.