NORWAY VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,135	1	5,321	+ 2,814
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,627	2	4,464	+ 163
Lung Disease	3	3,148	3	2,723	+ 425
Stroke	4	2,554	4	2,475	+ 79
Lung Cancers	5	2,506	5	2,320	+ 186
Kidney Disease	6	1,383	14	611	+ 773
Drug Use	7	1,199	25	264	+ 936
Hypertension	8	1,063	28	230	+ 833
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	996	7	1,787	- 790
Diabetes Mellitus	10	990	16	560	+ 430
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	972	6	1,797	- 825
Suicide	12	856	13	633	+ 222
Breast Cancer	13	784	11	698	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	14	757	19	359	+ 398
Pancreas Cancer	15	714	10	770	- 56
Liver Disease	16	699	30	214	+ 486
Road Traffic Accidents	17	672	42	114	+ 558
Falls	18	651	9	777	- 126
Lymphomas	19	649	12	646	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	20	574	8	1,172	- 598
Parkinson's Disease	21	556	17	554	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	22	524	29	221	+ 303
Liver Cancer	23	436	26	259	+ 177
Leukemia	24	434	21	354	+ 81
Other Injuries	25	419	15	583	- 164
Bladder Cancer	26	316	20	356	- 40
Violence	27	306	50	32	+ 274
Oesophagus Cancer	28	287	27	248	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	29	286	23	324	- 38
Alcohol	30	236	31	205	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	31	235	24	309	- 74
Skin Cancers	32	231	18	407	- 177
Stomach Cancer	33	211	22	343	- 133
Congenital Anomalies	34	190	34	136	+ 53
Oral Cancer	35	186	32	168	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	36	162	36	134	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	160	37	128	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	38	113	39	125	- 12
Low Birth Weight	39	112	52	23	+ 88
Malnutrition	40	109	35	135	- 26
Hepatitis C	41	92	55	17	+ 75
HIV/AIDS	42	91	61	10	+ 81
Skin Disease	43	87	38	128	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	44	82	41	119	- 38
Drownings	45	66	45	65	+ 1
Asthma	46	62	43	85	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	59	46	61	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	56	33	160	- 104
Fires	49	51	48	45	+ 7
Epilepsy	50	51	40	119	- 68
Anemia	51	50	44	75	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	40	47	60	- 21
Poisonings	53	27	57	14	+ 13
Birth Trauma	54	20	54	17	+ 2
War	55	19	68	1	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	56	13	66	1	+ 11
Schizophrenia	57	12	53	23	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	11	49	32	- 21
Hepatitis B	59	10	63	3	+ 6
Meningitis	60	10	58	14	- 4
Osteoarthritis	61	9	51	27	- 18
Tuberculosis	62	9	56	15	- 6
Appendicitis	63	7	59	12	- 5
Oral conditions	64	5	62	9	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	4	60	12	- 8
Syphilis	66	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	1	65	1	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

United States

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.