NORWAY VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,950	4	2,475	+ 5,475
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,893	1	5,321	+ 1,572
Lung Disease	3	3,769	3	2,723	+ 1,046
Lung Cancers	4	2,779	5	2,320	+ 459
Stomach Cancer	5	1,550	22	343	+ 1,207
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,185	2	4,464	- 3,280
Hypertension	7	1,172	28	230	+ 942
Road Traffic Accidents	8	974	42	114	+ 860
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	966	7	1,787	- 820
Oesophagus Cancer	10	945	27	248	+ 697
Kidney Disease	11	748	14	611	+ 137
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	713	6	1,797	- 1,083
Liver Cancer	13	704	26	259	+ 445
Diabetes Mellitus	14	629	16	560	+ 70
Liver Disease	15	567	30	214	+ 353
Falls	16	540	9	777	- 237
Suicide	17	453	13	633	- 181
Pancreas Cancer	18	434	10	770	- 336
Breast Cancer	19	361	11	698	- 337
Parkinson's Disease	20	275	17	554	- 279
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	254	46	61	+ 193
Leukemia	22	226	21	354	- 128
Lymphomas	23	225	12	646	- 421
Oral Cancer	24	213	32	168	+ 45
Other Injuries	25	210	15	583	- 372
Drownings	26	205	45	65	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	27	201	39	125	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	28	199	8	1,172	- 974
Bladder Cancer	29	147	20	356	- 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	147	33	160	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	31	142	34	136	+ 6
Tuberculosis	32	135	56	15	+ 120
Inflammatory/Heart	33	117	29	221	- 104
HIV/AIDS	34	112	61	10	+ 101
Ovary Cancer	35	109	24	309	- 200
Poisonings	36	100	57	14	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	37	100	19	359	- 259
Drug Use	38	94	25	264	- 169
Asthma	39	90	43	85	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	40	84	52	23	+ 61
Skin Cancers	41	77	18	407	- 331
Alcohol	42	74	31	205	- 130
Birth Trauma	43	69	54	17	+ 51
Malnutrition	44	51	35	135	- 85
Uterin Cancer	45	46	36	134	- 88
Epilepsy	46	44	40	119	- 75
Violence	47	43	50	32	+ 11
Fires	48	41	48	45	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	39	47	60	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	34	37	128	- 94
Meningitis	51	22	58	14	+ 9
Skin Disease	52	20	38	128	- 107
Other Neoplasms	53	17	23	324	- 307
Maternal Conditions	54	14	66	1	+ 13
Encephalitis	55	11	70	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	56	11	63	3	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	57	10	60	12	- 1
Syphilis	58	7	67	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	59	7	41	119	- 112
Appendicitis	60	6	59	12	- 6
War	61	4	68	1	+ 3
Measles	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Pertussis	64	2	64	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	0	55	17	- 17
Chlamydia	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	27	- 27
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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Norway

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.