NORWAY VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,412	6	1,797	+ 2,615
Malaria	2	3,560	84	0	+ 3,560
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,353	37	128	+ 3,225
Low Birth Weight	4	1,999	52	23	+ 1,976
Stroke	5	1,823	4	2,475	- 652
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,721	1	5,321	- 3,600
Birth Trauma	7	1,680	54	17	+ 1,662
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,244	42	114	+ 1,129
Meningitis	9	1,095	58	14	+ 1,082
Congenital Anomalies	10	909	34	136	+ 773
Liver Disease	11	861	30	214	+ 647
Other Injuries	12	800	15	583	+ 217
Tuberculosis	13	775	56	15	+ 760
Maternal Conditions	14	694	66	1	+ 693
Pertussis	15	598	64	1	+ 596
Kidney Disease	16	572	14	611	- 39
Diabetes Mellitus	17	550	16	560	- 9
Measles	18	505	72	0	+ 505
Violence	19	469	50	32	+ 437
Lung Disease	20	454	3	2,723	- 2,269
Malnutrition	21	454	35	135	+ 319
Asthma	22	398	43	85	+ 313
Endocrine Disorders	23	378	19	359	+ 19
Drownings	24	331	45	65	+ 266
Hypertension	25	284	28	230	+ 54
Falls	26	271	9	777	- 506
Suicide	27	257	13	633	- 377
Fires	28	234	48	45	+ 190
Breast Cancer	29	225	11	698	- 473
HIV/AIDS	30	219	61	10	+ 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	218	33	160	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	179	2	4,464	- 4,285
Poisonings	33	161	57	14	+ 147
Inflammatory/Heart	34	161	29	221	- 60
Liver Cancer	35	156	26	259	- 103
Epilepsy	36	141	40	119	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	109	7	1,787	- 1,677
Cervical Cancer	38	102	39	125	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	98	46	61	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	40	89	24	309	- 220
War	41	86	68	1	+ 85
Tetanus	42	78	69	0	+ 78
Lymphomas	43	73	12	646	- 572
Stomach Cancer	44	63	22	343	- 281
Skin Cancers	45	60	18	407	- 347
Hepatitis B	46	58	63	3	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	47	58	17	554	- 497
Leukemia	48	54	21	354	- 300
Oral Cancer	49	51	32	168	- 117
Schistosomiasis	50	50	83	0	+ 50
Leishmaniasis	51	50	81	0	+ 50
Skin Disease	52	45	38	128	- 83
Bladder Cancer	53	34	20	356	- 322
Pancreas Cancer	54	29	10	770	- 741
Oesophagus Cancer	55	28	27	248	- 220
Appendicitis	56	27	59	12	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	57	27	8	1,172	- 1,146
Drug Use	58	26	25	264	- 237
Ascariasis	59	26	76	0	+ 26
Alcohol	60	25	31	205	- 179
Encephalitis	61	23	70	0	+ 23
Syphilis	62	23	67	1	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	63	20	60	12	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	64	18	36	134	- 116
Diphtheria	65	13	71	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	66	10	55	17	- 7
Lung Cancers	67	9	5	2,320	- 2,311
Other Neoplasms	68	5	23	324	- 319
Multiple Sclerosis	69	5	41	119	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	47	60	- 57
Chlamydia	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.