NORWAY VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,238	61	10	+ 2,228
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,126	6	1,797	+ 329
Malaria	3	1,777	84	0	+ 1,777
Tuberculosis	4	1,655	56	15	+ 1,640
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,474	42	114	+ 1,360
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,436	37	128	+ 1,309
Stroke	7	1,380	4	2,475	- 1,096
Birth Trauma	8	1,232	54	17	+ 1,215
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,079	1	5,321	- 4,242
Low Birth Weight	10	994	52	23	+ 971
Congenital Anomalies	11	800	34	136	+ 663
Maternal Conditions	12	558	66	1	+ 557
Liver Disease	13	538	30	214	+ 324
Cervical Cancer	14	525	39	125	+ 400
Diabetes Mellitus	15	510	16	560	- 49
Malnutrition	16	455	35	135	+ 320
Hypertension	17	425	28	230	+ 196
Violence	18	385	50	32	+ 353
Kidney Disease	19	371	14	611	- 239
Other Injuries	20	349	15	583	- 234
Meningitis	21	260	58	14	+ 247
Lung Disease	22	249	3	2,723	- 2,474
Pertussis	23	227	64	1	+ 225
Suicide	24	202	13	633	- 431
Oesophagus Cancer	25	184	27	248	- 64
Syphilis	26	173	67	1	+ 172
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	167	2	4,464	- 4,297
Prostate Cancer	28	149	8	1,172	- 1,024
Endocrine Disorders	29	145	19	359	- 214
Asthma	30	139	43	85	+ 54
Oral Cancer	31	134	32	168	- 33
Drownings	32	134	45	65	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	128	7	1,787	- 1,659
Falls	34	125	9	777	- 652
Fires	35	116	48	45	+ 72
Liver Cancer	36	115	26	259	- 144
Breast Cancer	37	105	11	698	- 593
Inflammatory/Heart	38	100	29	221	- 121
Stomach Cancer	39	97	22	343	- 246
Poisonings	40	96	57	14	+ 81
Lymphomas	41	66	12	646	- 580
Skin Cancers	42	61	18	407	- 347
Epilepsy	43	58	40	119	- 62
Bladder Cancer	44	54	20	356	- 302
Parkinson's Disease	45	42	17	554	- 512
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	38	33	160	- 122
Leukemia	47	34	21	354	- 320
Drug Use	48	33	25	264	- 231
Tetanus	49	33	69	0	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	33	46	61	- 29
Schistosomiasis	51	30	83	0	+ 30
Skin Disease	52	29	38	128	- 98
Ovary Cancer	53	28	24	309	- 281
Upper Respiratory	54	24	60	12	+ 13
Measles	55	24	72	0	+ 24
Alcohol	56	22	31	205	- 182
Uterin Cancer	57	18	36	134	- 116
Appendicitis	58	18	59	12	+ 6
Encephalitis	59	16	70	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	60	14	63	3	+ 10
Lung Cancers	61	13	5	2,320	- 2,307
Pancreas Cancer	62	13	10	770	- 757
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	47	60	- 54
Other Neoplasms	64	5	23	324	- 320
Ascariasis	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	3	55	17	- 14
War	67	2	68	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	41	119	- 117
Otitis Media	69	1	65	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	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
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

Tanzania

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.