COMOROS VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	869	4	349	+ 521
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	729	23	46	+ 683
Lung Disease	3	445	17	83	+ 361
Stroke	4	404	3	356	+ 49
Lung Cancers	5	379	60	1	+ 378
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	294	1	594	- 301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	292	39	19	+ 273
Prostate Cancer	8	192	27	33	+ 159
Falls	9	127	32	26	+ 101
Pancreas Cancer	10	126	82	0	+ 126
Breast Cancer	11	114	33	23	+ 91
Lymphomas	12	105	37	19	+ 86
Suicide	13	103	24	46	+ 58
Kidney Disease	14	100	14	101	- 2
Other Injuries	15	95	16	90	+ 5
Diabetes Mellitus	16	91	9	136	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	17	91	44	11	+ 79
Skin Cancers	18	67	42	12	+ 54
Endocrine Disorders	19	59	36	19	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	20	58	46	10	+ 48
Leukemia	21	58	57	3	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	22	56	45	11	+ 45
Other Neoplasms	23	53	59	1	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	24	50	56	3	+ 47
Drug Use	25	43	49	7	+ 36
Liver Cancer	26	42	28	29	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	27	40	26	34	+ 7
Hypertension	28	38	12	115	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	29	36	31	26	+ 10
Liver Disease	30	35	8	160	- 125
Alcohol	31	33	51	6	+ 28
Oral Cancer	32	27	41	15	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	26	34	21	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	34	22	10	131	- 108
Malnutrition	35	22	15	96	- 74
Uterin Cancer	36	22	55	3	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	21	2	363	- 342
Skin Disease	38	21	48	9	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	39	20	13	104	- 84
Epilepsy	40	19	40	17	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	41	19	62	1	+ 19
Road Traffic Accidents	42	19	6	226	- 207
Asthma	43	14	21	49	- 35
Anemia	44	12	81	0	+ 12
Drownings	45	11	25	35	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	10	47	10	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	10	58	2	+ 8
Fires	48	7	30	27	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	5	85	0	+ 5
Violence	50	5	20	63	- 58
Osteoarthritis	51	4	84	0	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	52	4	5	328	- 324
Schizophrenia	53	4	83	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	54	3	7	211	- 208
Hepatitis C	55	3	61	1	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	2	19	79	- 76
Poisonings	57	2	35	20	- 18
Meningitis	58	2	11	115	- 113
Appendicitis	59	2	50	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	2	53	4	- 2
HIV/AIDS	61	2	76	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	62	1	86	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	5	- 5
Pertussis	64	0	18	80	- 80
Otitis Media	65	0	64	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	22	47	- 47
Syphilis	67	0	38	19	- 19
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	43	12	- 12
Encephalitis	70	0	54	4	- 4
Diphtheria	71	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	29	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.