NORWAY VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,330	1	5,321	+ 2,009
Stroke	2	5,448	4	2,475	+ 2,973
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,825	6	1,797	+ 3,029
Lung Cancers	4	3,564	5	2,320	+ 1,244
Lung Disease	5	3,496	3	2,723	+ 773
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,564	7	1,787	+ 778
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	2,546	2	4,464	- 1,918
Stomach Cancer	8	2,255	22	343	+ 1,912
Kidney Disease	9	2,003	14	611	+ 1,392
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,656	10	770	+ 886
Liver Cancer	11	1,314	26	259	+ 1,055
Other Injuries	12	987	15	583	+ 404
Suicide	13	871	13	633	+ 237
Lymphomas	14	862	12	646	+ 216
Breast Cancer	15	707	11	698	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	16	676	23	324	+ 352
Liver Disease	17	635	30	214	+ 421
Parkinson's Disease	18	626	17	554	+ 72
Prostate Cancer	19	604	8	1,172	- 568
Oesophagus Cancer	20	551	27	248	+ 303
Endocrine Disorders	21	514	19	359	+ 155
Bladder Cancer	22	444	20	356	+ 88
Falls	23	435	9	777	- 342
Leukemia	24	430	21	354	+ 76
Drownings	25	376	45	65	+ 311
Oral Cancer	26	373	32	168	+ 205
Inflammatory/Heart	27	368	29	221	+ 147
Hypertension	28	298	28	230	+ 69
Diabetes Mellitus	29	243	16	560	- 317
Ovary Cancer	30	226	24	309	- 83
Road Traffic Accidents	31	204	42	114	+ 90
Cervical Cancer	32	170	39	125	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	33	155	36	134	+ 21
Tuberculosis	34	155	56	15	+ 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	131	33	160	- 29
Skin Disease	36	125	38	128	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	122	37	128	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	117	47	60	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	114	46	61	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	40	111	34	136	- 26
Hepatitis C	41	99	55	17	+ 82
Asthma	42	86	43	85	+ 1
Malnutrition	43	85	35	135	- 50
Skin Cancers	44	82	18	407	- 325
Epilepsy	45	70	40	119	- 50
Hepatitis B	46	64	63	3	+ 60
Schizophrenia	47	47	53	23	+ 24
Fires	48	45	48	45	+ 0
Anemia	49	39	44	75	- 35
Drug Use	50	33	25	264	- 231
Alcohol	51	26	31	205	- 179
Meningitis	52	14	58	14	+ 0
Violence	53	12	50	32	- 20
Poisonings	54	11	57	14	- 3
Low Birth Weight	55	9	52	23	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	49	32	- 25
Upper Respiratory	57	7	60	12	- 4
Appendicitis	58	6	59	12	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	41	119	- 114
Oral conditions	60	5	62	9	- 4
Birth Trauma	61	5	54	17	- 13
Osteoarthritis	62	4	51	27	- 23
HIV/AIDS	63	2	61	10	- 8
Maternal Conditions	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	67	1	- 0
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	65	1	- 1
Encephalitis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Japan

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.