SWAZILAND VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,099	5	755	+ 344
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	922	27	77	+ 846
Lung Disease	3	562	12	264	+ 298
Stroke	4	511	4	800	- 289
Lung Cancers	5	479	46	17	+ 463
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	371	2	921	- 550
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	369	43	19	+ 350
Prostate Cancer	8	242	31	45	+ 197
Falls	9	161	32	41	+ 119
Pancreas Cancer	10	159	56	6	+ 153
Breast Cancer	11	144	35	37	+ 107
Lymphomas	12	133	36	31	+ 102
Suicide	13	131	9	338	- 207
Kidney Disease	14	126	8	381	- 255
Other Injuries	15	120	17	190	- 70
Diabetes Mellitus	16	116	3	892	- 776
Parkinson's Disease	17	114	41	24	+ 91
Skin Cancers	18	84	42	20	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	19	74	28	74	- 0
Bladder Cancer	20	74	55	6	+ 68
Leukemia	21	73	47	16	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	22	71	53	7	+ 64
Other Neoplasms	23	67	61	4	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	24	64	52	10	+ 54
Drug Use	25	54	38	27	+ 28
Liver Cancer	26	54	37	29	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	27	51	44	18	+ 33
Hypertension	28	47	10	292	- 245
Inflammatory/Heart	29	46	24	94	- 48
Liver Disease	30	44	11	274	- 230
Alcohol	31	42	48	16	+ 26
Oral Cancer	32	35	51	10	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	33	29	51	- 18
Congenital Anomalies	34	28	19	160	- 132
Malnutrition	35	28	22	106	- 78
Uterin Cancer	36	28	50	11	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	26	6	517	- 491
Skin Disease	38	26	40	25	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	39	26	15	215	- 189
Epilepsy	40	25	30	46	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	41	25	63	1	+ 23
Road Traffic Accidents	42	24	7	384	- 361
Asthma	43	17	20	150	- 132
Anemia	44	15	84	0	+ 15
Drownings	45	13	25	87	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	13	39	26	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	12	58	5	+ 8
Fires	48	9	26	84	- 74
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	7	80	0	+ 7
Violence	50	7	16	212	- 206
Osteoarthritis	51	6	81	0	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	52	5	14	233	- 228
Schizophrenia	53	5	83	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	54	4	18	166	- 163
Hepatitis C	55	3	65	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	56	3	13	256	- 253
Poisonings	57	3	34	37	- 35
Meningitis	58	3	23	97	- 95
Appendicitis	59	2	54	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	2	60	4	- 2
HIV/AIDS	61	2	1	2,314	- 2,312
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	57	6	- 5
Pertussis	64	0	33	39	- 39
Otitis Media	65	0	68	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	21	116	- 116
Syphilis	67	0	45	17	- 17
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	4	- 4
Encephalitis	70	0	59	5	- 5
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	64	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

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.