NORWAY VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,744	1	5,321	- 577
Violence	2	3,197	50	32	+ 3,165
Stroke	3	2,139	4	2,475	- 336
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,971	16	560	+ 1,411
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,962	42	114	+ 1,848
HIV/AIDS	6	1,321	61	10	+ 1,310
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,267	6	1,797	- 529
Kidney Disease	8	1,046	14	611	+ 435
Hypertension	9	916	28	230	+ 686
Lung Disease	10	908	3	2,723	- 1,815
Lung Cancers	11	688	5	2,320	- 1,632
Low Birth Weight	12	544	52	23	+ 521
Prostate Cancer	13	502	8	1,172	- 670
Congenital Anomalies	14	502	34	136	+ 365
Breast Cancer	15	452	11	698	- 246
Liver Disease	16	413	30	214	+ 199
Stomach Cancer	17	383	22	343	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	18	382	23	324	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	359	7	1,787	- 1,427
Cervical Cancer	20	350	39	125	+ 225
Other Injuries	21	299	15	583	- 284
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	240	37	128	+ 112
Lymphomas	23	220	12	646	- 426
Birth Trauma	24	192	54	17	+ 174
Pancreas Cancer	25	191	10	770	- 579
Liver Cancer	26	181	26	259	- 78
Leukemia	27	178	21	354	- 176
Falls	28	153	9	777	- 625
Chagas disease	29	146	80	0	+ 146
Endocrine Disorders	30	134	19	359	- 225
Tuberculosis	31	132	56	15	+ 117
Malnutrition	32	111	35	135	- 24
Inflammatory/Heart	33	106	29	221	- 115
Suicide	34	103	13	633	- 530
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	101	2	4,464	- 4,363
Ovary Cancer	36	99	24	309	- 210
Skin Cancers	37	98	18	407	- 310
Oral Cancer	38	96	32	168	- 72
Maternal Conditions	39	74	66	1	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	74	33	160	- 86
Epilepsy	41	72	40	119	- 47
Malaria	42	71	84	0	+ 71
Drownings	43	68	45	65	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	44	65	27	248	- 183
Bladder Cancer	45	64	20	356	- 292
Asthma	46	55	43	85	- 30
Uterin Cancer	47	55	36	134	- 80
Parkinson's Disease	48	44	17	554	- 510
Meningitis	49	44	58	14	+ 31
Drug Use	50	40	25	264	- 224
War	51	33	68	1	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	32	47	60	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	27	49	32	- 6
Fires	54	25	48	45	- 19
Anemia	55	22	44	75	- 52
Appendicitis	56	17	59	12	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	14	46	61	- 47
Poisonings	58	12	57	14	- 2
Dengue	59	11	75	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	41	119	- 110
Encephalitis	61	7	70	0	+ 6
Alcohol	62	6	31	205	- 199
Hepatitis B	63	5	63	3	+ 2
Pertussis	64	5	64	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	4	55	17	- 13
Skin Disease	66	3	38	128	- 125
Syphilis	67	3	67	1	+ 2
Tetanus	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	69	1	53	23	- 22
Ascariasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Leprosy	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	1	51	27	- 27
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	60	12	- 11
Otitis Media	75	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Venezuela

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.