13 Over 165,000 Americans would die every year if the USA had Finland's socialist healthcare system. (media.communities.win) posted 2 years ago by Chukna 2 years ago by Chukna +21 / -8 22 comments download share 22 comments share download save hide report block hide replies
Ischemic heart disease is the #1 cause of death in both countries.
In Finland, about 10,000 people died from heart disease (2016), or (10,000 deaths / 5,497,713 population ) * 100 (percent) ~ 0.18%.
In the US, about 697,000 died from heart disease (2020), or (697,000 deaths / 331,002,2651 population) * 100 (percent) ~ 0.02%.
Finland's heart disease death rate is about 9x higher than the US'.