NORWAY VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,170	1	5,321	- 151
Stroke	2	2,326	4	2,475	- 149
War	3	2,214	68	1	+ 2,213
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,053	6	1,797	+ 257
Low Birth Weight	5	1,510	52	23	+ 1,487
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,468	42	114	+ 1,353
Birth Trauma	7	1,018	54	17	+ 1,001
Hypertension	8	907	28	230	+ 678
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	749	37	128	+ 622
Congenital Anomalies	10	736	34	136	+ 599
Lung Disease	11	548	3	2,723	- 2,175
Measles	12	518	72	0	+ 518
Liver Disease	13	496	30	214	+ 282
Violence	14	487	50	32	+ 455
Kidney Disease	15	459	14	611	- 152
Other Injuries	16	381	15	583	- 201
Asthma	17	361	43	85	+ 276
Tuberculosis	18	326	56	15	+ 311
Diabetes Mellitus	19	308	16	560	- 252
Malaria	20	295	84	0	+ 295
Suicide	21	291	13	633	- 342
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	241	2	4,464	- 4,223
Pertussis	23	212	64	1	+ 211
Falls	24	201	9	777	- 577
Drownings	25	196	45	65	+ 131
Breast Cancer	26	194	11	698	- 504
Malnutrition	27	181	35	135	+ 46
Meningitis	28	175	58	14	+ 161
Fires	29	170	48	45	+ 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	157	7	1,787	- 1,630
Stomach Cancer	31	155	22	343	- 189
Maternal Conditions	32	153	66	1	+ 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	143	33	160	- 17
Leukemia	34	133	21	354	- 221
Oesophagus Cancer	35	131	27	248	- 117
Endocrine Disorders	36	126	19	359	- 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	121	46	61	+ 60
Drug Use	38	105	25	264	- 159
Liver Cancer	39	104	26	259	- 155
Inflammatory/Heart	40	100	29	221	- 121
Lung Cancers	41	98	5	2,320	- 2,222
Oral Cancer	42	94	32	168	- 74
Epilepsy	43	92	40	119	- 27
Poisonings	44	91	57	14	+ 77
Lymphomas	45	74	12	646	- 572
HIV/AIDS	46	68	61	10	+ 58
Tetanus	47	68	69	0	+ 67
Encephalitis	48	63	70	0	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	49	62	17	554	- 492
Hepatitis B	50	51	63	3	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	51	48	10	770	- 722
Ovary Cancer	52	32	24	309	- 277
Syphilis	53	30	67	1	+ 29
Appendicitis	54	28	59	12	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	55	27	20	356	- 329
Schistosomiasis	56	21	83	0	+ 21
Cervical Cancer	57	20	39	125	- 105
Skin Cancers	58	17	18	407	- 390
Alcohol	59	13	31	205	- 191
Dengue	60	12	75	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	61	8	38	128	- 120
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	41	119	- 112
Prostate Cancer	63	7	8	1,172	- 1,165
Other Neoplasms	64	4	23	324	- 321
Ascariasis	65	3	76	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	47	60	- 58
Diphtheria	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	55	17	- 15
Uterin Cancer	69	1	36	134	- 133
Upper Respiratory	70	1	60	12	- 11
Leishmaniasis	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.