NORWAY VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,175	4	2,475	+ 3,700
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,877	1	5,321	- 444
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,579	16	560	+ 4,019
Kidney Disease	4	2,613	14	611	+ 2,002
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,153	6	1,797	+ 357
Prostate Cancer	6	1,845	8	1,172	+ 673
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,789	42	114	+ 1,674
Lung Disease	8	1,732	3	2,723	- 991
Hypertension	9	1,720	28	230	+ 1,490
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,560	2	4,464	- 2,904
Violence	11	1,213	50	32	+ 1,181
Liver Disease	12	1,142	30	214	+ 929
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,033	29	221	+ 812
Breast Cancer	14	835	11	698	+ 137
Stomach Cancer	15	718	22	343	+ 375
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	692	7	1,787	- 1,095
Endocrine Disorders	17	661	19	359	+ 303
Lung Cancers	18	613	5	2,320	- 1,707
Low Birth Weight	19	564	52	23	+ 540
Skin Disease	20	530	38	128	+ 402
Other Injuries	21	484	15	583	- 99
Suicide	22	472	13	633	- 161
Parkinson's Disease	23	455	17	554	- 99
Lymphomas	24	429	12	646	- 217
Cervical Cancer	25	389	39	125	+ 264
Falls	26	345	9	777	- 432
Asthma	27	314	43	85	+ 230
Drownings	28	306	45	65	+ 241
Alcohol	29	303	31	205	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	30	265	34	136	+ 129
Pancreas Cancer	31	264	10	770	- 506
Epilepsy	32	233	40	119	+ 114
Malnutrition	33	216	35	135	+ 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	176	33	160	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	150	37	128	+ 22
Leukemia	36	145	21	354	- 209
Liver Cancer	37	132	26	259	- 127
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	129	46	61	+ 68
Fires	39	109	48	45	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	40	103	27	248	- 145
Ovary Cancer	41	103	24	309	- 206
Birth Trauma	42	101	54	17	+ 84
Oral Cancer	43	101	32	168	- 67
Tuberculosis	44	96	56	15	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	45	67	36	134	- 67
Drug Use	46	63	25	264	- 201
Maternal Conditions	47	60	66	1	+ 59
Other Neoplasms	48	60	23	324	- 265
Meningitis	49	48	58	14	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	43	47	60	- 18
Appendicitis	51	37	59	12	+ 25
Encephalitis	52	36	70	0	+ 36
Dengue	53	19	75	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	54	15	41	119	- 104
Poisonings	55	9	57	14	- 6
Tetanus	56	7	69	0	+ 7
Syphilis	57	6	67	1	+ 5
War	58	5	68	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	60	12	- 7
Hepatitis B	60	2	63	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	61	2	83	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	55	17	- 17
Otitis Media	66	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	18	407	- 407
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	20	356	- 356
Schizophrenia	73	0	53	23	- 23
Oral conditions	74	0	62	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	49	32	- 32
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	61	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Saint Lucia

Norway

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.