NORWAY VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	4,785	3	2,723	+ 2,062
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,483	1	5,321	- 1,837
Tuberculosis	3	2,927	56	15	+ 2,912
Stroke	4	2,285	4	2,475	- 190
Liver Disease	5	1,130	30	214	+ 916
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,104	6	1,797	- 692
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,075	37	128	+ 947
Asthma	8	1,050	43	85	+ 965
Road Traffic Accidents	9	824	42	114	+ 710
Kidney Disease	10	758	14	611	+ 148
Low Birth Weight	11	677	52	23	+ 653
Lung Cancers	12	635	5	2,320	- 1,685
Falls	13	588	9	777	- 189
Diabetes Mellitus	14	519	16	560	- 41
Birth Trauma	15	474	54	17	+ 456
Suicide	16	455	13	633	- 178
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	411	46	61	+ 349
Hypertension	18	370	28	230	+ 140
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	358	2	4,464	- 4,106
Cervical Cancer	20	349	39	125	+ 224
Congenital Anomalies	21	345	34	136	+ 209
Other Injuries	22	293	15	583	- 290
Drownings	23	266	45	65	+ 202
Oral Cancer	24	246	32	168	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	25	244	22	343	- 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	207	7	1,787	- 1,580
Breast Cancer	27	184	11	698	- 514
Maternal Conditions	28	173	66	1	+ 172
Encephalitis	29	156	70	0	+ 156
Epilepsy	30	155	40	119	+ 35
Malnutrition	31	150	35	135	+ 14
Lymphomas	32	136	12	646	- 510
Parkinson's Disease	33	134	17	554	- 420
HIV/AIDS	34	130	61	10	+ 120
Violence	35	125	50	32	+ 93
Leukemia	36	118	21	354	- 236
Ovary Cancer	37	103	24	309	- 205
Oesophagus Cancer	38	87	27	248	- 161
Poisonings	39	84	57	14	+ 69
Pertussis	40	80	64	1	+ 79
Pancreas Cancer	41	79	10	770	- 691
Skin Cancers	42	71	18	407	- 337
Meningitis	43	67	58	14	+ 53
Bladder Cancer	44	57	20	356	- 299
Endocrine Disorders	45	46	19	359	- 313
Liver Cancer	46	45	26	259	- 214
Appendicitis	47	39	59	12	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	48	38	29	221	- 183
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	34	33	160	- 126
Fires	50	33	48	45	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	31	47	60	- 30
Alcohol	52	30	31	205	- 175
Tetanus	53	24	69	0	+ 23
Syphilis	54	24	67	1	+ 23
Dengue	55	21	75	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	56	21	63	3	+ 17
Drug Use	57	17	25	264	- 247
Prostate Cancer	58	15	8	1,172	- 1,157
Measles	59	11	72	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	60	10	36	134	- 124
Other Neoplasms	61	9	23	324	- 316
Leishmaniasis	62	7	81	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	41	119	- 112
Hepatitis C	64	5	55	17	- 12
War	65	4	68	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	4	60	12	- 7
Skin Disease	67	3	38	128	- 125
Chlamydia	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	75	- 75
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.