NETHERLANDS VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,163	2	17,601	- 438
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	14,400	1	18,148	- 3,748
Lung Disease	3	8,783	5	9,567	- 784
Stroke	4	7,985	4	9,707	- 1,722
Lung Cancers	5	7,483	3	10,980	- 3,497
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,795	7	4,946	+ 849
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,763	6	5,829	- 66
Prostate Cancer	8	3,781	10	3,265	+ 516
Falls	9	2,508	8	4,131	- 1,623
Pancreas Cancer	10	2,484	11	2,995	- 511
Breast Cancer	11	2,252	9	3,535	- 1,283
Lymphomas	12	2,083	13	2,511	- 428
Suicide	13	2,043	17	2,025	+ 18
Kidney Disease	14	1,970	12	2,530	- 560
Other Injuries	15	1,880	19	1,648	+ 232
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,805	14	2,386	- 581
Parkinson's Disease	17	1,787	16	2,120	- 332
Skin Cancers	18	1,314	27	1,024	+ 290
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,158	26	1,055	+ 103
Bladder Cancer	20	1,149	21	1,471	- 323
Leukemia	21	1,141	20	1,578	- 437
Stomach Cancer	22	1,108	22	1,361	- 253
Other Neoplasms	23	1,046	18	1,831	- 785
Ovary Cancer	24	997	25	1,067	- 70
Drug Use	25	850	42	231	+ 619
Liver Cancer	26	836	24	1,163	- 327
Oesophagus Cancer	27	799	15	2,145	- 1,346
Hypertension	28	741	29	818	- 77
Inflammatory/Heart	29	713	23	1,201	- 488
Liver Disease	30	689	28	936	- 247
Alcohol	31	660	32	612	+ 47
Oral Cancer	32	541	30	768	- 227
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	515	47	130	+ 385
Congenital Anomalies	34	440	35	544	- 104
Malnutrition	35	436	63	12	+ 424
Uterin Cancer	36	433	34	566	- 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	412	33	584	- 172
Skin Disease	38	412	36	295	+ 116
Cervical Cancer	39	403	39	266	+ 137
Epilepsy	40	385	38	289	+ 96
Multiple Sclerosis	41	384	37	295	+ 89
Road Traffic Accidents	42	368	31	681	- 313
Asthma	43	273	46	165	+ 108
Anemia	44	241	40	249	- 9
Drownings	45	209	49	98	+ 111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	198	41	238	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	195	44	214	- 19
Fires	48	144	53	49	+ 95
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	105	54	42	+ 63
Violence	50	103	48	107	- 4
Osteoarthritis	51	88	43	220	- 132
Low Birth Weight	52	76	45	167	- 92
Schizophrenia	53	74	50	96	- 22
Birth Trauma	54	56	52	74	- 18
Hepatitis C	55	54	60	20	+ 34
Tuberculosis	56	48	56	29	+ 20
Poisonings	57	46	61	17	+ 29
Meningitis	58	44	51	78	- 35
Appendicitis	59	39	58	26	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	60	37	57	28	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	61	33	55	33	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	28	59	21	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	11	62	14	- 3
Pertussis	64	4	67	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	4	64	10	- 6
Maternal Conditions	66	4	65	8	- 5
Syphilis	67	3	69	1	+ 2
War	68	2	66	2	- 0
Tetanus	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	68	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Norway

Netherlands

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.