NORWAY VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,392	1	5,321	+ 2,072
Stroke	2	5,079	4	2,475	+ 2,604
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,810	6	1,797	+ 1,014
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,442	16	560	+ 1,882
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,655	37	128	+ 1,527
Lung Disease	6	1,582	3	2,723	- 1,141
Malaria	7	1,103	84	0	+ 1,103
Road Traffic Accidents	8	839	42	114	+ 725
Suicide	9	745	13	633	+ 111
Liver Disease	10	673	30	214	+ 460
Drownings	11	609	45	65	+ 545
Asthma	12	595	43	85	+ 510
Hypertension	13	577	28	230	+ 347
Low Birth Weight	14	489	52	23	+ 466
Kidney Disease	15	482	14	611	- 129
Congenital Anomalies	16	478	34	136	+ 342
Other Injuries	17	454	15	583	- 129
Liver Cancer	18	453	26	259	+ 194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	446	46	61	+ 384
Falls	20	414	9	777	- 363
Birth Trauma	21	389	54	17	+ 372
Maternal Conditions	22	347	66	1	+ 346
Tuberculosis	23	339	56	15	+ 324
Dengue	24	314	75	0	+ 314
Cervical Cancer	25	314	39	125	+ 189
Breast Cancer	26	256	11	698	- 442
Lung Cancers	27	253	5	2,320	- 2,066
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	241	2	4,464	- 4,223
Syphilis	29	212	67	1	+ 211
Violence	30	198	50	32	+ 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	175	7	1,787	- 1,612
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	168	33	160	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	33	162	24	309	- 147
Parkinson's Disease	34	158	17	554	- 396
Leukemia	35	154	21	354	- 200
Malnutrition	36	144	35	135	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	37	132	29	221	- 89
Poisonings	38	116	57	14	+ 102
Endocrine Disorders	39	112	19	359	- 247
Fires	40	108	48	45	+ 64
Prostate Cancer	41	98	8	1,172	- 1,074
Lymphomas	42	97	12	646	- 548
Meningitis	43	95	58	14	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	44	89	22	343	- 255
Epilepsy	45	80	40	119	- 39
Skin Disease	46	77	38	128	- 51
Uterin Cancer	47	65	36	134	- 69
Alcohol	48	65	31	205	- 139
Oral Cancer	49	57	32	168	- 110
Pertussis	50	56	64	1	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	51	33	10	770	- 737
Bladder Cancer	52	32	20	356	- 324
Hepatitis B	53	24	63	3	+ 20
Encephalitis	54	12	70	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	55	11	59	12	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	9	23	324	- 316
Oesophagus Cancer	57	8	27	248	- 240
Drug Use	58	6	25	264	- 257
Tetanus	59	5	69	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	47	60	- 57
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	41	119	- 116
Hepatitis C	62	3	55	17	- 14
Ascariasis	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	60	12	- 11
War	65	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	65	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	69	0	18	407	- 407
Schizophrenia	70	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	61	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Solomon Isl.

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.