NORWAY VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,091	1	5,321	- 230
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,284	2	4,464	- 181
Stroke	3	2,929	4	2,475	+ 454
Lung Cancers	4	2,873	5	2,320	+ 553
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,761	7	1,787	- 26
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,593	6	1,797	- 203
Lung Disease	7	1,469	3	2,723	- 1,254
Breast Cancer	8	1,252	11	698	+ 554
Other Injuries	9	1,218	15	583	+ 635
Pancreas Cancer	10	996	10	770	+ 226
Kidney Disease	11	925	14	611	+ 314
Diabetes Mellitus	12	879	16	560	+ 320
Prostate Cancer	13	876	8	1,172	- 296
Lymphomas	14	811	12	646	+ 166
Liver Cancer	15	771	26	259	+ 512
Suicide	16	722	13	633	+ 89
Other Neoplasms	17	707	23	324	+ 382
Falls	18	668	9	777	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	19	652	19	359	+ 293
Parkinson's Disease	20	610	17	554	+ 56
Leukemia	21	601	21	354	+ 247
Liver Disease	22	595	30	214	+ 381
Hypertension	23	573	28	230	+ 343
Bladder Cancer	24	529	20	356	+ 173
Inflammatory/Heart	25	489	29	221	+ 268
Stomach Cancer	26	446	22	343	+ 102
Oral Cancer	27	377	32	168	+ 209
Oesophagus Cancer	28	377	27	248	+ 129
Malnutrition	29	339	35	135	+ 204
Ovary Cancer	30	319	24	309	+ 10
Road Traffic Accidents	31	269	42	114	+ 155
Skin Cancers	32	262	18	407	- 145
Alcohol	33	257	31	205	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	34	219	36	134	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	35	162	34	136	+ 26
Drug Use	36	152	25	264	- 112
Epilepsy	37	150	40	119	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	146	37	128	+ 18
Skin Disease	39	129	38	128	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	40	127	39	125	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	112	46	61	+ 50
Asthma	42	84	43	85	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	79	33	160	- 80
Anemia	44	78	44	75	+ 4
Drownings	45	70	45	65	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	46	61	41	119	- 58
Low Birth Weight	47	52	52	23	+ 29
Schizophrenia	48	52	53	23	+ 29
Violence	49	43	50	32	+ 11
Tuberculosis	50	35	56	15	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	34	47	60	- 26
Hepatitis C	52	34	55	17	+ 17
Fires	53	32	48	45	- 12
HIV/AIDS	54	29	61	10	+ 19
Birth Trauma	55	25	54	17	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	56	20	51	27	- 8
Poisonings	57	18	57	14	+ 4
Meningitis	58	13	58	14	- 0
Hepatitis B	59	11	63	3	+ 8
Oral conditions	60	9	62	9	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	7	59	12	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	6	49	32	- 26
Upper Respiratory	63	4	60	12	- 7
Maternal Conditions	64	4	66	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	1	65	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	1	70	0	+ 0
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	67	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	70	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

France

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.