TRINIDAD/TOB. VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,361	1	1,476	- 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,142	9	215	+ 927
Lung Disease	3	696	16	129	+ 567
Stroke	4	633	3	822	- 189
Lung Cancers	5	593	8	217	+ 376
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	459	10	205	+ 254
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	457	13	196	+ 261
Prostate Cancer	8	300	6	330	- 30
Falls	9	199	33	43	+ 156
Pancreas Cancer	10	197	19	114	+ 83
Breast Cancer	11	178	7	258	- 80
Lymphomas	12	165	20	111	+ 54
Suicide	13	162	17	121	+ 41
Kidney Disease	14	156	5	439	- 283
Other Injuries	15	149	30	61	+ 88
Diabetes Mellitus	16	143	2	1,275	- 1,132
Parkinson's Disease	17	142	32	51	+ 90
Skin Cancers	18	104	57	4	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	19	92	18	119	- 28
Bladder Cancer	20	91	34	41	+ 51
Leukemia	21	90	29	62	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	22	88	26	69	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	23	83	51	10	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	24	79	24	80	- 1
Drug Use	25	67	44	19	+ 49
Liver Cancer	26	66	28	66	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	27	63	41	24	+ 39
Hypertension	28	59	11	201	- 142
Inflammatory/Heart	29	57	25	72	- 16
Liver Disease	30	55	14	136	- 81
Alcohol	31	52	42	23	+ 29
Oral Cancer	32	43	38	31	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	41	31	52	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	34	35	22	93	- 58
Malnutrition	35	35	47	17	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	36	34	27	68	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	33	45	18	+ 15
Skin Disease	38	33	36	39	- 6
Cervical Cancer	39	32	21	97	- 65
Epilepsy	40	31	37	32	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	41	30	58	2	+ 28
Road Traffic Accidents	42	29	15	130	- 101
Asthma	43	22	35	40	- 19
Anemia	44	19	85	0	+ 19
Drownings	45	17	39	31	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	16	49	11	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	15	53	8	+ 7
Fires	48	11	48	16	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	8	82	0	+ 8
Violence	50	8	4	549	- 541
Osteoarthritis	51	7	81	0	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	52	6	23	83	- 77
Schizophrenia	53	6	86	0	+ 6
Birth Trauma	54	4	40	25	- 21
Hepatitis C	55	4	62	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	4	43	22	- 18
Poisonings	57	4	59	1	+ 2
Meningitis	58	3	52	9	- 6
Appendicitis	59	3	56	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	3	64	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	61	3	12	196	- 193
Oral conditions	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	60	0	+ 0
Pertussis	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	50	10	- 10
Syphilis	67	0	61	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Tetanus	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	54	6	- 6
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	55	5	- 5
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Norway

Trinidad/Tob.

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.