NORWAY VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,785	6	1,797	+ 989
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,062	37	128	+ 1,934
Stroke	3	1,829	4	2,475	- 646
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,698	1	5,321	- 3,623
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,467	42	114	+ 1,353
Birth Trauma	6	1,446	54	17	+ 1,428
Low Birth Weight	7	1,302	52	23	+ 1,279
Liver Disease	8	1,267	30	214	+ 1,054
Tuberculosis	9	997	56	15	+ 982
Diabetes Mellitus	10	756	16	560	+ 196
Congenital Anomalies	11	727	34	136	+ 590
Hypertension	12	626	28	230	+ 396
Kidney Disease	13	562	14	611	- 48
Meningitis	14	559	58	14	+ 545
Lung Disease	15	552	3	2,723	- 2,171
Other Injuries	16	545	15	583	- 38
HIV/AIDS	17	533	61	10	+ 523
Maternal Conditions	18	413	66	1	+ 412
Malnutrition	19	402	35	135	+ 267
Breast Cancer	20	394	11	698	- 304
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	384	2	4,464	- 4,080
Violence	22	375	50	32	+ 343
Pertussis	23	321	64	1	+ 319
Measles	24	294	72	0	+ 294
Suicide	25	280	13	633	- 353
Malaria	26	261	84	0	+ 261
Cervical Cancer	27	233	39	125	+ 108
Falls	28	210	9	777	- 568
Asthma	29	208	43	85	+ 124
Leukemia	30	196	21	354	- 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	174	7	1,787	- 1,612
Poisonings	32	170	57	14	+ 156
Lymphomas	33	167	12	646	- 479
Fires	34	151	48	45	+ 107
Drownings	35	146	45	65	+ 81
Ovary Cancer	36	113	24	309	- 196
Tetanus	37	102	69	0	+ 102
Lung Cancers	38	102	5	2,320	- 2,218
Inflammatory/Heart	39	101	29	221	- 120
Oesophagus Cancer	40	85	27	248	- 162
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	82	33	160	- 78
Liver Cancer	42	80	26	259	- 179
Syphilis	43	79	67	1	+ 78
Epilepsy	44	76	40	119	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	45	75	19	359	- 283
Parkinson's Disease	46	73	17	554	- 481
Stomach Cancer	47	71	22	343	- 273
Oral Cancer	48	69	32	168	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	62	46	61	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	50	58	8	1,172	- 1,114
Bladder Cancer	51	50	20	356	- 306
Skin Cancers	52	47	18	407	- 361
Skin Disease	53	42	38	128	- 86
Schistosomiasis	54	39	83	0	+ 39
Alcohol	55	35	31	205	- 170
Hepatitis B	56	34	63	3	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	57	33	60	12	+ 21
Appendicitis	58	31	59	12	+ 19
Leishmaniasis	59	27	81	0	+ 27
Drug Use	60	24	25	264	- 240
Pancreas Cancer	61	23	10	770	- 747
Uterin Cancer	62	20	36	134	- 115
Encephalitis	63	18	70	0	+ 18
War	64	13	68	1	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	10	47	60	- 50
Other Neoplasms	66	7	23	324	- 317
Diphtheria	67	7	71	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	68	6	76	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	69	5	55	17	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	70	3	41	119	- 116
Otitis Media	71	2	65	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	75	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
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

Ethiopia

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.