NORWAY VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,590	6	1,797	+ 794
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,327	1	5,321	- 2,994
Stroke	3	1,305	4	2,475	- 1,170
Kidney Disease	4	1,223	14	611	+ 612
Liver Disease	5	1,078	30	214	+ 864
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	982	2	4,464	- 3,482
Stomach Cancer	7	857	22	343	+ 514
Diabetes Mellitus	8	750	16	560	+ 190
Road Traffic Accidents	9	746	42	114	+ 632
Lung Cancers	10	536	5	2,320	- 1,784
Prostate Cancer	11	535	8	1,172	- 637
Violence	12	509	50	32	+ 477
Other Injuries	13	486	15	583	- 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	447	7	1,787	- 1,340
Lung Disease	15	426	3	2,723	- 2,297
Liver Cancer	16	418	26	259	+ 159
Tuberculosis	17	402	56	15	+ 387
Lymphomas	18	381	12	646	- 265
Congenital Anomalies	19	337	34	136	+ 201
Breast Cancer	20	333	11	698	- 365
Cervical Cancer	21	325	39	125	+ 200
Leukemia	22	313	21	354	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	23	272	10	770	- 499
Low Birth Weight	24	249	52	23	+ 226
Falls	25	217	9	777	- 560
Parkinson's Disease	26	215	17	554	- 340
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	187	37	128	+ 59
Hypertension	28	179	28	230	- 51
Malnutrition	29	170	35	135	+ 35
Suicide	30	153	13	633	- 481
HIV/AIDS	31	143	61	10	+ 133
Skin Cancers	32	133	18	407	- 275
Ovary Cancer	33	121	24	309	- 188
Drug Use	34	107	25	264	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	103	33	160	- 57
Drownings	36	99	45	65	+ 34
Birth Trauma	37	91	54	17	+ 73
Oral Cancer	38	88	32	168	- 80
Inflammatory/Heart	39	83	29	221	- 138
Endocrine Disorders	40	80	19	359	- 279
Bladder Cancer	41	78	20	356	- 278
Oesophagus Cancer	42	67	27	248	- 181
Maternal Conditions	43	58	66	1	+ 57
Alcohol	44	54	31	205	- 150
Uterin Cancer	45	51	36	134	- 83
Encephalitis	46	47	70	0	+ 47
Epilepsy	47	44	40	119	- 75
Pertussis	48	44	64	1	+ 43
Fires	49	40	48	45	- 4
Asthma	50	35	43	85	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	33	46	61	- 28
Syphilis	52	31	67	1	+ 30
Appendicitis	53	29	59	12	+ 17
Skin Disease	54	26	38	128	- 101
Poisonings	55	21	57	14	+ 7
Meningitis	56	20	58	14	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	18	47	60	- 42
Other Neoplasms	58	9	23	324	- 315
Chagas disease	59	8	80	0	+ 8
Tetanus	60	8	69	0	+ 8
Malaria	61	6	84	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	41	119	- 113
Upper Respiratory	63	2	60	12	- 10
Hepatitis B	64	2	63	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	55	17	- 16
Dengue	66	1	75	0	+ 1
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Peru

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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.