NORWAY VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,563	61	10	+ 6,553
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,586	6	1,797	+ 1,790
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,984	1	5,321	- 2,337
Stroke	4	2,798	4	2,475	+ 322
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,752	16	560	+ 2,192
Tuberculosis	6	2,002	56	15	+ 1,987
Violence	7	1,914	50	32	+ 1,882
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,444	37	128	+ 1,316
Kidney Disease	9	1,395	14	611	+ 784
Suicide	10	1,256	13	633	+ 622
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,186	42	114	+ 1,072
Hypertension	12	1,166	28	230	+ 936
Lung Disease	13	1,084	3	2,723	- 1,639
Liver Disease	14	822	30	214	+ 608
Lung Cancers	15	702	5	2,320	- 1,617
Low Birth Weight	16	570	52	23	+ 546
Other Injuries	17	548	15	583	- 35
Asthma	18	544	43	85	+ 459
Endocrine Disorders	19	537	19	359	+ 178
Cervical Cancer	20	506	39	125	+ 381
Inflammatory/Heart	21	493	29	221	+ 272
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	426	2	4,464	- 4,038
Breast Cancer	23	413	11	698	- 285
Prostate Cancer	24	399	8	1,172	- 774
Congenital Anomalies	25	397	34	136	+ 260
Meningitis	26	334	58	14	+ 320
Fires	27	330	48	45	+ 285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	327	7	1,787	- 1,460
Oesophagus Cancer	29	318	27	248	+ 70
Birth Trauma	30	274	54	17	+ 256
Lymphomas	31	257	12	646	- 389
Drownings	32	219	45	65	+ 154
Liver Cancer	33	217	26	259	- 42
Malnutrition	34	217	35	135	+ 82
Pancreas Cancer	35	183	10	770	- 587
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	173	33	160	+ 13
Epilepsy	37	170	40	119	+ 51
Maternal Conditions	38	155	66	1	+ 154
Stomach Cancer	39	140	22	343	- 203
Leukemia	40	133	21	354	- 220
Oral Cancer	41	128	32	168	- 40
Falls	42	128	9	777	- 650
Pertussis	43	104	64	1	+ 103
Syphilis	44	103	67	1	+ 102
Skin Disease	45	100	38	128	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	46	98	17	554	- 456
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	92	46	61	+ 31
Skin Cancers	48	90	18	407	- 317
Alcohol	49	90	31	205	- 115
Poisonings	50	89	57	14	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	51	87	24	309	- 222
Bladder Cancer	52	76	20	356	- 281
Drug Use	53	70	25	264	- 193
Uterin Cancer	54	47	36	134	- 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	34	47	60	- 26
Appendicitis	56	25	59	12	+ 13
Measles	57	25	72	0	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	58	24	23	324	- 300
Encephalitis	59	21	70	0	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	60	20	60	12	+ 9
Hepatitis B	61	13	63	3	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	41	119	- 109
Malaria	63	8	84	0	+ 8
War	64	6	68	1	+ 5
Tetanus	65	3	69	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	66	3	83	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	2	65	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	55	17	- 16
Ascariasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	62	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	49	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

South Africa

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.