NAMIBIA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,708	5	1,221	+ 1,487
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,272	21	176	+ 2,096
Lung Disease	3	1,386	10	461	+ 924
Stroke	4	1,260	4	1,333	- 73
Lung Cancers	5	1,180	35	59	+ 1,122
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	914	2	1,464	- 550
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	909	36	54	+ 855
Prostate Cancer	8	596	31	94	+ 502
Falls	9	396	34	62	+ 333
Pancreas Cancer	10	392	53	18	+ 374
Breast Cancer	11	355	24	121	+ 234
Lymphomas	12	329	40	46	+ 283
Suicide	13	322	17	243	+ 80
Kidney Disease	14	311	15	322	- 11
Other Injuries	15	297	19	207	+ 90
Diabetes Mellitus	16	285	7	724	- 440
Parkinson's Disease	17	282	42	43	+ 239
Skin Cancers	18	207	29	108	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	19	183	33	73	+ 110
Bladder Cancer	20	181	54	16	+ 166
Leukemia	21	180	49	24	+ 156
Stomach Cancer	22	175	45	33	+ 142
Other Neoplasms	23	165	60	8	+ 157
Ovary Cancer	24	157	50	23	+ 134
Drug Use	25	134	46	32	+ 102
Liver Cancer	26	132	41	45	+ 87
Oesophagus Cancer	27	126	52	21	+ 105
Hypertension	28	117	12	428	- 311
Inflammatory/Heart	29	112	22	162	- 49
Liver Disease	30	109	14	336	- 227
Alcohol	31	104	48	28	+ 76
Oral Cancer	32	85	30	100	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	81	32	76	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	34	69	16	283	- 214
Malnutrition	35	69	18	224	- 155
Uterin Cancer	36	68	56	11	+ 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	65	8	645	- 580
Skin Disease	38	65	47	31	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	39	64	23	133	- 69
Epilepsy	40	61	38	49	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	41	61	64	2	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	42	58	6	868	- 810
Asthma	43	43	20	200	- 157
Anemia	44	38	83	0	+ 38
Drownings	45	33	26	110	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	31	44	33	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	31	57	9	+ 21
Fires	48	23	28	109	- 86
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	16	82	0	+ 16
Violence	50	16	11	450	- 433
Osteoarthritis	51	14	81	0	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	52	12	9	516	- 504
Schizophrenia	53	12	86	0	+ 12
Birth Trauma	54	9	13	345	- 336
Hepatitis C	55	9	66	1	+ 8
Tuberculosis	56	8	3	1,416	- 1,409
Poisonings	57	7	39	46	- 39
Meningitis	58	7	27	109	- 102
Appendicitis	59	6	58	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	6	61	6	- 0
HIV/AIDS	61	5	1	2,928	- 2,923
Oral conditions	62	4	80	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	4	- 3
Pertussis	64	1	37	54	- 54
Otitis Media	65	1	70	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	1	25	110	- 110
Syphilis	67	0	43	35	- 34
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	6	- 6
Encephalitis	70	0	59	8	- 8
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	84	0	51	22	- 22
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Norway

Namibia

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.