FINLAND VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,279	2	9,831	- 4,552
Stroke	2	2,375	3	4,115	- 1,740
War	3	2,261	65	1	+ 2,260
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,097	21	436	+ 1,661
Low Birth Weight	5	1,542	48	26	+ 1,516
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,499	33	215	+ 1,284
Birth Trauma	7	1,040	56	8	+ 1,032
Hypertension	8	927	5	2,030	- 1,103
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	765	52	15	+ 750
Congenital Anomalies	10	751	35	192	+ 559
Lung Disease	11	559	8	1,289	- 730
Measles	12	529	72	0	+ 529
Liver Disease	13	506	10	1,068	- 562
Violence	14	497	43	64	+ 433
Kidney Disease	15	469	26	342	+ 127
Other Injuries	16	390	20	437	- 47
Asthma	17	369	40	85	+ 284
Tuberculosis	18	333	46	32	+ 300
Diabetes Mellitus	19	314	22	418	- 104
Malaria	20	301	74	0	+ 301
Suicide	21	297	15	846	- 549
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	246	1	11,120	- 10,874
Pertussis	23	217	69	0	+ 217
Falls	24	205	7	1,325	- 1,120
Drownings	25	200	37	106	+ 94
Breast Cancer	26	198	12	948	- 750
Malnutrition	27	185	57	7	+ 179
Meningitis	28	178	55	9	+ 169
Fires	29	173	45	62	+ 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	160	6	1,433	- 1,273
Stomach Cancer	31	158	19	447	- 289
Maternal Conditions	32	156	64	2	+ 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	146	36	151	- 6
Leukemia	34	136	24	371	- 235
Oesophagus Cancer	35	134	27	320	- 186
Endocrine Disorders	36	129	31	257	- 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	124	50	19	+ 105
Drug Use	38	107	30	269	- 162
Liver Cancer	39	107	16	545	- 438
Inflammatory/Heart	40	102	17	518	- 416
Lung Cancers	41	100	4	2,312	- 2,212
Oral Cancer	42	96	34	207	- 111
Epilepsy	43	94	38	104	- 10
Poisonings	44	93	49	25	+ 68
Lymphomas	45	76	14	851	- 775
HIV/AIDS	46	69	59	6	+ 64
Tetanus	47	69	70	0	+ 69
Encephalitis	48	65	66	0	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	49	63	13	853	- 790
Hepatitis B	50	52	63	2	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	51	50	9	1,247	- 1,198
Ovary Cancer	52	33	25	344	- 311
Syphilis	53	31	67	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	54	28	54	10	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	55	28	28	308	- 280
Schistosomiasis	56	22	77	0	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	57	21	44	62	- 41
Skin Cancers	58	17	29	297	- 280
Alcohol	59	14	18	464	- 451
Dengue	60	13	82	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	61	8	47	27	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	42	80	- 73
Prostate Cancer	63	7	11	970	- 963
Other Neoplasms	64	4	23	377	- 373
Ascariasis	65	3	81	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	41	83	- 81
Diphtheria	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	60	5	- 3
Uterin Cancer	69	1	32	225	- 224
Upper Respiratory	70	1	62	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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

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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.