FINLAND VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	8,461	3	4,115	+ 4,346
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,891	2	9,831	- 4,940
Lung Disease	3	1,909	8	1,289	+ 619
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,801	22	418	+ 1,384
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,568	33	215	+ 1,353
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,559	1	11,120	- 9,561
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,481	21	436	+ 1,045
Kidney Disease	8	1,343	26	342	+ 1,002
Liver Cancer	9	1,330	16	545	+ 785
Liver Disease	10	1,271	10	1,068	+ 203
Lung Cancers	11	1,133	4	2,312	- 1,179
Hypertension	12	1,058	5	2,030	- 972
Falls	13	821	7	1,325	- 504
Stomach Cancer	14	805	19	447	+ 358
Tuberculosis	15	503	46	32	+ 471
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	439	6	1,433	- 994
Asthma	17	434	40	85	+ 349
Suicide	18	386	15	846	- 460
Low Birth Weight	19	379	48	26	+ 353
Oral Cancer	20	377	34	207	+ 170
Congenital Anomalies	21	376	35	192	+ 184
Breast Cancer	22	329	12	948	- 619
Other Injuries	23	295	20	437	- 142
Inflammatory/Heart	24	285	17	518	- 233
Parkinson's Disease	25	284	13	853	- 569
Drownings	26	271	37	106	+ 165
HIV/AIDS	27	266	59	6	+ 260
Leukemia	28	261	24	371	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	234	52	15	+ 218
Lymphomas	30	158	14	851	- 693
Cervical Cancer	31	127	44	62	+ 65
Birth Trauma	32	124	56	8	+ 117
Oesophagus Cancer	33	120	27	320	- 199
Endocrine Disorders	34	111	31	257	- 146
Prostate Cancer	35	102	11	970	- 868
Violence	36	95	43	64	+ 31
Measles	37	95	72	0	+ 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	91	50	19	+ 72
Encephalitis	39	83	66	0	+ 82
Skin Disease	40	81	47	27	+ 53
Drug Use	41	73	30	269	- 197
Uterin Cancer	42	62	32	225	- 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	51	36	151	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	44	49	9	1,247	- 1,198
Bladder Cancer	45	48	28	308	- 261
Alcohol	46	46	18	464	- 418
Ovary Cancer	47	46	25	344	- 298
Poisonings	48	44	49	25	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	49	41	64	2	+ 40
Pertussis	50	38	69	0	+ 37
Meningitis	51	33	55	9	+ 24
Fires	52	32	45	62	- 30
Epilepsy	53	31	38	104	- 73
Skin Cancers	54	25	29	297	- 272
Hepatitis B	55	20	63	2	+ 19
Syphilis	56	17	67	0	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	57	17	23	377	- 360
Tetanus	58	15	70	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	41	83	- 71
Appendicitis	60	11	54	10	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	42	80	- 73
Dengue	62	7	82	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	63	6	57	7	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	4	60	5	- 0
War	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	2	- 0
Malaria	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	58	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	82	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Viet Nam

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.