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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway
NORWAY		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
76.0
81.4
78.6
12
9
12
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
77.4
82.9
80.1
15
13
13
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Norway
NORWAY		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
77.4
82.9
15
13
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
80.0
84.3
15
18
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
80.1
84.4
15
17
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
80.1
84.4
15
17
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
80.2
84.5
15
17
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
80.5
84.6
14
17
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
80.7
84.7
14
17
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
80.9
84.8
14
17
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
81.1
84.9
14
18
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
81.4
85.0
13
18
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
81.7
85.3
15
18
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
82.3
85.7
16
20
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.0
86.2
17
20
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
83.9
86.9
21
20
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.2
87.8
26
21
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.7
88.9
31
29
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.8
90.4
42
34
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.6
92.6
45
40
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.8
95.5
56
47
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.7
99.0
58
53
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.1
58
60
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway
NORWAY		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
57.24
167
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
32.63
172
  
36.89
160
3 Lung Cancers
27.74
28
  
30.98
18
4 Lung Disease
20.80
101
  
21.47
98
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.69
14
  
15.49
33
6 Alzheimers/Dementia
18.61
11
  
17.08
14
7 Breast Cancer
16.43
95
  
23.62
20
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
13.77
154
  
23.69
125
9 Prostate Cancer
11.38
27
  
8.21
58
10 Suicide
9.72
69
  
6.90
101
11 Pancreas Cancer
8.09
26
  
6.81
39
12 Other Injuries
7.66
140
  
5.54
170
13 Diabetes Mellitus
7.43
174
  
5.04
185
14 Lymphomas
7.27
38
  
7.35
36
15 Poisonings
6.85
30
  
2.81
89
16 Road Traffic Accidents
5.16
177
  
4.77
180
17 Kidney Disease
4.84
168
  
3.23
185
18 Skin Cancers
4.66
6
  
2.74
32
19 Stomach Cancer
4.62
132
  
4.81
130
20 Leukemia
4.36
65
  
4.39
63
21 Ovary Cancer
4.19
16
  
3.96
20
22 Hypertension
4.13
180
  
3.67
183
23 Bladder Cancer
3.95
38
  
4.27
28
24 Endocrine Disorders
3.76
131
  
3.13
147
25 Falls
3.69
100
  
3.51
109
26 Congenital Anomalies
3.45
167
  
3.68
164
27 Liver Disease
3.08
180
  
9.48
96
28 Alcohol
2.82
31
  
1.10
76
29 Inflammatory/Heart
2.69
157
  
2.97
152
30 Oesophagus Cancer
2.56
97
  
7.62
30
31 Other Neoplasms
2.50
111
  
2.95
92
32 Parkinson Disease
2.37
39
  
3.48
8
33 Liver Cancer
2.08
183
  
3.07
164
34 Diarrhoeal diseases
2.05
116
  
1.95
119
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.97
141
  
2.54
123
36 Oral Cancer
1.82
155
  
2.39
113
37 Uterin Cancer
1.77
46
  
1.53
64
38 Cervical Cancer
1.44
158
  
1.38
161
39 Multiple Sclerosis
1.42
2
  
1.33
4
40 Epilepsy
1.37
120
  
1.57
104
41 Asthma
1.23
147
  
1.09
153
42 Fires
1.05
119
  
0.45
158
43 Drownings
0.79
171
  
0.35
187
44 Skin Disease
0.67
144
  
1.50
104
45 Drug Use
0.65
61
  
2.14
27
46 Violence
0.64
180
  
1.14
160
47 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.64
73
  
0.67
68
48 Birth Trauma
0.51
174
  
0.64
166
49 Low Birth Weight
0.41
190
  
3.39
144
50 Anaemia
0.39
147
  
0.15
171
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Norway
NORWAY		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
6,008
18.38
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
3,689
11.29
  
55,919
11.98
3 Alzheimers/Dementia
2,307
7.06
  
29,116
6.24
4 Lung Cancers
2,200
6.73
  
35,845
7.68
5 Lung Disease
2,033
6.22
  
29,069
6.23
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,762
5.39
  
18,951
4.06
7 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,720
5.26
  
37,348
8.00
8 Prostate Cancer
1,187
3.63
  
11,508
2.46
9 Other Injuries
799
2.44
  
6,029
1.29
10 Diabetes Mellitus
742
2.27
  
6,682
1.43
11 Breast Cancer
710
2.17
  
14,343
3.07
12 Pancreas Cancer
684
2.09
  
7,954
1.70
13 Lymphomas
662
2.03
  
8,744
1.87
14 Kidney Disease
581
1.78
  
4,804
1.03
15 Suicide
502
1.54
  
4,660
1.00
16 Hypertension
457
1.40
  
5,191
1.11
17 Stomach Cancer
413
1.26
  
6,006
1.29
18 Falls
380
1.16
  
4,450
0.95
19 Endocrine Disorders
369
1.13
  
3,056
0.65
20 Leukemia
368
1.13
  
5,077
1.09
21 Bladder Cancer
368
1.13
  
5,842
1.25
22 Skin Cancers
368
1.13
  
2,947
0.63
23 Poisonings
337
1.03
  
1,805
0.39
24 Ovary Cancer
324
0.99
  
4,366
0.94
25 Other Neoplasms
262
0.80
  
3,829
0.82
26 Parkinson Disease
259
0.79
  
5,348
1.15
27 Road Traffic Accidents
257
0.79
  
3,073
0.66
28 Diarrhoeal diseases
235
0.72
  
3,081
0.66
29 Inflammatory/Heart
218
0.67
  
3,014
0.65
30 Liver Disease
215
0.66
  
7,767
1.66
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
204
0.62
  
3,294
0.71
32 Oesophagus Cancer
202
0.62
  
8,762
1.88
33 Alcohol
192
0.59
  
862
0.18
34 Liver Cancer
170
0.52
  
3,470
0.74
35 Uterin Cancer
170
0.52
  
1,852
0.40
36 Congenital Anomalies
147
0.45
  
1,950
0.42
37 Oral Cancer
139
0.43
  
2,428
0.52
38 Asthma
117
0.36
  
1,260
0.27
39 Cervical Cancer
105
0.32
  
1,322
0.28
40 Multiple Sclerosis
97
0.30
  
1,206
0.26
41 Epilepsy
89
0.27
  
1,201
0.26
42 Skin Disease
82
0.25
  
2,188
0.47
43 Fires
68
0.21
  
380
0.08
44 Rheumatoid Arthritis
64
0.20
  
905
0.19
45 Anaemia
52
0.16
  
260
0.06
46 Drownings
43
0.13
  
233
0.05
47 Drug Use
32
0.10
  
1,247
0.27
48 Violence
31
0.09
  
703
0.15
49 Prostatic Hypertrophy
27
0.08
  
193
0.04
50 Tuberculosis
26
0.08
  
443
0.09
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway
NORWAY		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
27.74
28
  
30.98
18
2 Colon-Rectum Cancers
19.69
14
  
15.49
33
3 Breast Cancer
16.43
95
  
23.62
20
4 Prostate Cancer
11.38
27
  
8.21
58
5 Pancreas Cancer
8.09
26
  
6.81
39
6 Lymphomas
7.27
38
  
7.35
36
7 Skin Cancers
4.66
6
  
2.74
32
8 Stomach Cancer
4.62
132
  
4.81
130
9 Leukemia
4.36
65
  
4.39
63
10 Ovary Cancer
4.19
16
  
3.96
20
11 Bladder Cancer
3.95
38
  
4.27
28
12 Oesophagus Cancer
2.56
97
  
7.62
30
13 Other Neoplasms
2.50
111
  
2.95
92
14 Liver Cancer
2.08
183
  
3.07
164
15 Oral Cancer
1.82
155
  
2.39
113
16 Uterin Cancer
1.77
46
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.44
158
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Norway
NORWAY		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
4,660,539
113
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
18.5 %
151
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
66.2 %
80
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
15.2 %
29
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.99
153
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
9.29
74
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.78
142
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
3.58
184
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.75
113
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
1.71
34
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.34
147
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
100.0
5
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
100.0
5
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
100.0
5
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
2.6
144
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.1
13
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
73.0
20
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$55,200
4
  
$36,600
23
 

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