NORWAY VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,611	1	5,321	+ 3,290
Liver Disease	2	2,978	30	214	+ 2,764
Stroke	3	2,171	4	2,475	- 304
Liver Cancer	4	1,214	26	259	+ 955
Hypertension	5	1,045	28	230	+ 815
Kidney Disease	6	1,044	14	611	+ 434
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,025	6	1,797	- 772
Diabetes Mellitus	8	947	16	560	+ 388
Lung Disease	9	663	3	2,723	- 2,060
Congenital Anomalies	10	602	34	136	+ 466
Low Birth Weight	11	564	52	23	+ 541
Road Traffic Accidents	12	502	42	114	+ 388
Breast Cancer	13	455	11	698	- 243
Lymphomas	14	373	12	646	- 272
Asthma	15	352	43	85	+ 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	345	2	4,464	- 4,119
Birth Trauma	17	303	54	17	+ 285
Lung Cancers	18	281	5	2,320	- 2,039
Bladder Cancer	19	254	20	356	- 102
Violence	20	206	50	32	+ 174
Other Injuries	21	189	15	583	- 394
Leukemia	22	186	21	354	- 167
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	183	37	128	+ 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	153	7	1,787	- 1,634
Suicide	25	150	13	633	- 484
Pancreas Cancer	26	144	10	770	- 626
Inflammatory/Heart	27	123	29	221	- 98
Parkinson's Disease	28	118	17	554	- 436
Endocrine Disorders	29	117	19	359	- 241
Falls	30	100	9	777	- 677
Ovary Cancer	31	96	24	309	- 213
Stomach Cancer	32	91	22	343	- 252
Fires	33	78	48	45	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	66	33	160	- 93
Prostate Cancer	35	64	8	1,172	- 1,109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	62	46	61	+ 0
Drownings	37	56	45	65	- 9
Encephalitis	38	52	70	0	+ 52
Skin Cancers	39	50	18	407	- 357
Hepatitis B	40	49	63	3	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	41	47	27	248	- 201
Pertussis	42	45	64	1	+ 44
Meningitis	43	41	58	14	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	44	39	66	1	+ 38
Oral Cancer	45	39	32	168	- 128
Malnutrition	46	38	35	135	- 98
War	47	35	68	1	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	48	31	39	125	- 94
Tetanus	49	27	69	0	+ 26
Epilepsy	50	22	40	119	- 97
Tuberculosis	51	21	56	15	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	52	21	36	134	- 113
HIV/AIDS	53	20	61	10	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	54	11	83	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	55	11	38	128	- 117
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	41	119	- 109
Poisonings	57	10	57	14	- 5
Syphilis	58	8	67	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	7	59	12	- 5
Alcohol	60	7	31	205	- 198
Other Neoplasms	61	6	23	324	- 319
Drug Use	62	6	25	264	- 258
Hepatitis C	63	5	55	17	- 12
Measles	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	47	60	- 59
Leishmaniasis	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	12	- 11
Dengue	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Egypt

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.