NORWAY VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	8,285	4	2,475	+ 5,810
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,790	1	5,321	- 531
Lung Disease	3	1,869	3	2,723	- 854
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,764	16	560	+ 1,204
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,536	42	114	+ 1,421
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,527	2	4,464	- 2,937
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,450	6	1,797	- 346
Kidney Disease	8	1,316	14	611	+ 705
Liver Cancer	9	1,302	26	259	+ 1,043
Liver Disease	10	1,245	30	214	+ 1,032
Lung Cancers	11	1,109	5	2,320	- 1,211
Hypertension	12	1,036	28	230	+ 806
Falls	13	804	9	777	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	14	788	22	343	+ 445
Tuberculosis	15	492	56	15	+ 477
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	430	7	1,787	- 1,356
Asthma	17	425	43	85	+ 340
Suicide	18	378	13	633	- 256
Low Birth Weight	19	372	52	23	+ 348
Oral Cancer	20	369	32	168	+ 202
Congenital Anomalies	21	368	34	136	+ 232
Breast Cancer	22	322	11	698	- 376
Other Injuries	23	289	15	583	- 294
Inflammatory/Heart	24	279	29	221	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	25	278	17	554	- 276
Drownings	26	266	45	65	+ 201
HIV/AIDS	27	260	61	10	+ 250
Leukemia	28	255	21	354	- 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	229	37	128	+ 101
Lymphomas	30	154	12	646	- 491
Cervical Cancer	31	125	39	125	- 0
Birth Trauma	32	122	54	17	+ 104
Oesophagus Cancer	33	118	27	248	- 130
Endocrine Disorders	34	108	19	359	- 250
Prostate Cancer	35	100	8	1,172	- 1,073
Violence	36	93	50	32	+ 61
Measles	37	93	72	0	+ 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	89	46	61	+ 28
Encephalitis	39	81	70	0	+ 81
Skin Disease	40	79	38	128	- 49
Drug Use	41	71	25	264	- 192
Uterin Cancer	42	60	36	134	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	50	33	160	- 110
Pancreas Cancer	44	48	10	770	- 722
Bladder Cancer	45	47	20	356	- 309
Alcohol	46	45	31	205	- 159
Ovary Cancer	47	45	24	309	- 264
Poisonings	48	43	57	14	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	49	40	66	1	+ 39
Pertussis	50	37	64	1	+ 35
Meningitis	51	33	58	14	+ 19
Fires	52	31	48	45	- 14
Epilepsy	53	30	40	119	- 89
Skin Cancers	54	24	18	407	- 383
Hepatitis B	55	20	63	3	+ 16
Syphilis	56	17	67	1	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	57	17	23	324	- 307
Tetanus	58	15	69	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	47	60	- 49
Appendicitis	60	10	59	12	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	41	119	- 112
Dengue	62	7	75	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	63	6	35	135	- 129
Hepatitis C	64	4	55	17	- 13
War	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	60	12	- 10
Malaria	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	75	- 75
Schizophrenia	82	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Viet Nam

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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.