FINLAND VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,199	2	9,831	- 4,632
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,374	1	11,120	- 6,746
Stroke	3	2,992	3	4,115	- 1,123
Lung Cancers	4	2,934	4	2,312	+ 622
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,798	6	1,433	+ 365
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,627	21	436	+ 1,191
Lung Disease	7	1,500	8	1,289	+ 211
Breast Cancer	8	1,278	12	948	+ 330
Other Injuries	9	1,244	20	437	+ 807
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,017	9	1,247	- 230
Kidney Disease	11	944	26	342	+ 603
Diabetes Mellitus	12	898	22	418	+ 480
Prostate Cancer	13	895	11	970	- 75
Lymphomas	14	828	14	851	- 22
Liver Cancer	15	788	16	545	+ 243
Suicide	16	737	15	846	- 109
Other Neoplasms	17	722	23	377	+ 345
Falls	18	682	7	1,325	- 643
Endocrine Disorders	19	665	31	257	+ 409
Parkinson's Disease	20	623	13	853	- 230
Leukemia	21	614	24	371	+ 242
Liver Disease	22	607	10	1,068	- 461
Hypertension	23	585	5	2,030	- 1,445
Bladder Cancer	24	540	28	308	+ 232
Inflammatory/Heart	25	499	17	518	- 19
Stomach Cancer	26	455	19	447	+ 8
Oral Cancer	27	385	34	207	+ 178
Oesophagus Cancer	28	385	27	320	+ 65
Malnutrition	29	347	57	7	+ 340
Ovary Cancer	30	326	25	344	- 18
Road Traffic Accidents	31	275	33	215	+ 60
Skin Cancers	32	268	29	297	- 29
Alcohol	33	262	18	464	- 202
Uterin Cancer	34	224	32	225	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	35	166	35	192	- 26
Drug Use	36	155	30	269	- 114
Epilepsy	37	153	38	104	+ 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	149	52	15	+ 133
Skin Disease	39	131	47	27	+ 104
Cervical Cancer	40	129	44	62	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	114	50	19	+ 95
Asthma	42	85	40	85	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	81	36	151	- 70
Anemia	44	80	58	6	+ 74
Drownings	45	71	37	106	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	46	62	42	80	- 18
Low Birth Weight	47	54	48	26	+ 27
Schizophrenia	48	53	39	93	- 40
Violence	49	44	43	64	- 20
Tuberculosis	50	36	46	32	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	35	41	83	- 48
Hepatitis C	52	34	60	5	+ 30
Fires	53	33	45	62	- 28
HIV/AIDS	54	30	59	6	+ 24
Birth Trauma	55	25	56	8	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	56	20	51	17	+ 3
Poisonings	57	19	49	25	- 6
Meningitis	58	13	55	9	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	11	63	2	+ 9
Oral conditions	60	10	61	4	+ 6
Appendicitis	61	7	54	10	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	6	53	11	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	4	62	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	4	64	2	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	66	0	+ 0
War	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

France

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.