NORWAY VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,689	1	5,321	+ 5,368
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,789	16	560	+ 6,229
Stroke	3	6,589	4	2,475	+ 4,114
Kidney Disease	4	3,111	14	611	+ 2,500
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,864	6	1,797	+ 1,068
Lung Disease	6	2,280	3	2,723	- 443
Suicide	7	1,776	13	633	+ 1,143
Hypertension	8	1,500	28	230	+ 1,270
Liver Disease	9	1,312	30	214	+ 1,098
Lung Cancers	10	1,269	5	2,320	- 1,051
Drownings	11	953	45	65	+ 888
Breast Cancer	12	939	11	698	+ 241
Asthma	13	880	43	85	+ 795
Low Birth Weight	14	828	52	23	+ 805
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	759	46	61	+ 698
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	743	37	128	+ 615
Other Injuries	17	736	15	583	+ 153
Congenital Anomalies	18	734	34	136	+ 598
Tuberculosis	19	692	56	15	+ 677
Stomach Cancer	20	649	22	343	+ 306
Birth Trauma	21	598	54	17	+ 581
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	466	7	1,787	- 1,320
Cervical Cancer	23	461	39	125	+ 336
Liver Cancer	24	451	26	259	+ 192
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	366	33	160	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	361	2	4,464	- 4,104
Falls	27	340	9	777	- 437
Inflammatory/Heart	28	333	29	221	+ 112
Prostate Cancer	29	305	8	1,172	- 867
Endocrine Disorders	30	293	19	359	- 65
Violence	31	291	50	32	+ 259
Leukemia	32	278	21	354	- 76
Parkinson's Disease	33	258	17	554	- 296
Maternal Conditions	34	203	66	1	+ 202
Pancreas Cancer	35	201	10	770	- 570
Lymphomas	36	199	12	646	- 447
Pertussis	37	195	64	1	+ 194
Oral Cancer	38	187	32	168	+ 19
Meningitis	39	177	58	14	+ 163
Syphilis	40	167	67	1	+ 166
Uterin Cancer	41	158	36	134	+ 24
Skin Disease	42	152	38	128	+ 24
Epilepsy	43	151	40	119	+ 32
Malnutrition	44	147	35	135	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	45	128	24	309	- 181
Alcohol	46	126	31	205	- 79
Oesophagus Cancer	47	121	27	248	- 127
Fires	48	111	48	45	+ 67
Bladder Cancer	49	86	20	356	- 270
Poisonings	50	56	57	14	+ 42
Skin Cancers	51	50	18	407	- 357
Drug Use	52	34	25	264	- 229
Encephalitis	53	33	70	0	+ 33
Appendicitis	54	25	59	12	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	55	21	23	324	- 304
Measles	56	19	72	0	+ 19
Hepatitis B	57	17	63	3	+ 13
Road Traffic Accidents	58	10	42	114	- 104
Tetanus	59	9	69	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	47	60	- 52
Dengue	61	8	75	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	41	119	- 111
Hepatitis C	63	2	55	17	- 15
Diphtheria	64	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	76	0	+ 2
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	12	- 11
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	61	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	85	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Micronesia

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.