EQU. GUINEA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,734	7	419	+ 1,315
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,455	29	55	+ 1,400
Lung Disease	3	888	20	120	+ 767
Stroke	4	807	6	437	+ 370
Lung Cancers	5	756	41	27	+ 729
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	586	2	913	- 327
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	582	40	29	+ 554
Prostate Cancer	8	382	35	43	+ 339
Falls	9	253	32	46	+ 208
Pancreas Cancer	10	251	55	11	+ 240
Breast Cancer	11	228	24	84	+ 143
Lymphomas	12	210	45	19	+ 191
Suicide	13	206	22	107	+ 99
Kidney Disease	14	199	14	198	+ 1
Other Injuries	15	190	23	105	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	16	182	11	299	- 117
Parkinson's Disease	17	181	46	18	+ 163
Skin Cancers	18	133	48	16	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	19	117	25	73	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	20	116	56	9	+ 108
Leukemia	21	115	61	4	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	22	112	49	16	+ 96
Other Neoplasms	23	106	63	3	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	24	101	52	13	+ 88
Drug Use	25	86	30	50	+ 36
Liver Cancer	26	84	34	43	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	27	81	54	12	+ 69
Hypertension	28	75	16	165	- 90
Inflammatory/Heart	29	72	27	63	+ 9
Liver Disease	30	70	13	199	- 130
Alcohol	31	67	53	12	+ 55
Oral Cancer	32	55	37	35	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	52	43	22	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	34	44	12	249	- 205
Malnutrition	35	44	31	48	- 4
Uterin Cancer	36	44	58	8	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	42	9	349	- 307
Skin Disease	38	42	51	13	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	39	41	28	56	- 15
Epilepsy	40	39	38	32	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	41	39	67	1	+ 37
Road Traffic Accidents	42	37	8	368	- 331
Asthma	43	28	26	65	- 38
Anemia	44	24	85	0	+ 24
Drownings	45	21	36	39	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	20	50	14	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	20	62	4	+ 16
Fires	48	15	39	30	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	11	82	0	+ 11
Violence	50	10	33	45	- 34
Osteoarthritis	51	9	81	0	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	52	8	4	457	- 449
Schizophrenia	53	7	86	0	+ 7
Birth Trauma	54	6	5	441	- 435
Hepatitis C	55	5	69	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	56	5	10	321	- 316
Poisonings	57	5	44	21	- 16
Meningitis	58	4	19	127	- 123
Appendicitis	59	4	59	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	4	66	2	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	61	3	1	1,838	- 1,835
Oral conditions	62	3	80	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	65	3	- 2
Pertussis	64	0	21	109	- 109
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	17	139	- 138
Syphilis	67	0	18	134	- 134
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	42	23	- 23
Encephalitis	70	0	57	8	- 8
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	15	181	- 181
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	83	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	84	0	3	668	- 668
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Norway

Equ. Guinea

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.