NORWAY VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,421	61	10	+ 6,411
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,463	6	1,797	+ 1,666
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,728	1	5,321	- 2,592
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,940	42	114	+ 1,825
Stroke	5	1,647	4	2,475	- 829
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,476	37	128	+ 1,348
Low Birth Weight	7	1,297	52	23	+ 1,274
Birth Trauma	8	1,094	54	17	+ 1,077
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,074	16	560	+ 515
Malnutrition	10	770	35	135	+ 635
Congenital Anomalies	11	712	34	136	+ 576
Kidney Disease	12	711	14	611	+ 100
Suicide	13	665	13	633	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	14	650	39	125	+ 525
Malaria	15	643	84	0	+ 643
Tuberculosis	16	642	56	15	+ 627
Liver Disease	17	624	30	214	+ 410
Violence	18	616	50	32	+ 584
Maternal Conditions	19	562	66	1	+ 561
Other Injuries	20	532	15	583	- 51
Asthma	21	492	43	85	+ 407
Meningitis	22	426	58	14	+ 412
Lung Disease	23	374	3	2,723	- 2,349
Hypertension	24	368	28	230	+ 138
Inflammatory/Heart	25	336	29	221	+ 115
Lymphomas	26	308	12	646	- 337
Drownings	27	307	45	65	+ 242
Breast Cancer	28	270	11	698	- 428
Oesophagus Cancer	29	257	27	248	+ 10
Fires	30	255	48	45	+ 210
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	247	2	4,464	- 4,218
Prostate Cancer	32	202	8	1,172	- 970
Stomach Cancer	33	180	22	343	- 164
Endocrine Disorders	34	178	19	359	- 181
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	176	33	160	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	174	46	61	+ 113
Poisonings	37	166	57	14	+ 151
Liver Cancer	38	164	26	259	- 95
Epilepsy	39	163	40	119	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	162	7	1,787	- 1,624
Falls	41	149	9	777	- 628
Pertussis	42	135	64	1	+ 133
Lung Cancers	43	92	5	2,320	- 2,228
Skin Cancers	44	85	18	407	- 323
Leukemia	45	78	21	354	- 276
Parkinson's Disease	46	72	17	554	- 482
Pancreas Cancer	47	70	10	770	- 700
Drug Use	48	68	25	264	- 195
Oral Cancer	49	67	32	168	- 101
Uterin Cancer	50	58	36	134	- 76
Ovary Cancer	51	56	24	309	- 253
Skin Disease	52	56	38	128	- 72
Schistosomiasis	53	55	83	0	+ 55
Bladder Cancer	54	40	20	356	- 316
Syphilis	55	40	67	1	+ 39
Encephalitis	56	38	70	0	+ 38
Tetanus	57	33	69	0	+ 32
Appendicitis	58	21	59	12	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	59	21	60	12	+ 9
Hepatitis B	60	18	63	3	+ 15
Alcohol	61	15	31	205	- 189
Other Neoplasms	62	12	23	324	- 312
Measles	63	10	72	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	47	60	- 52
War	65	8	68	1	+ 8
Hepatitis C	66	5	55	17	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	41	119	- 115
Otitis Media	68	1	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	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

Zimbabwe

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.