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Norway
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
NORWAY VS SWEDEN

Compare Norway and Sweden health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Sweden
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Norway Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Sweden SWEDEN
      Norway NORWAY   Sweden SWEDEN
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    71.3
    75.9
    73.6
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    71.2
    74.9
    73.0
    3
    3
    3
    1970
    71.0
    77.3
    74.1
    2
    1
    2
    		  
    72.2
    77.2
    74.6
    1
    2
    1
    1980
    72.3
    79.2
    75.7
    5
    2
    4
    		  
    72.8
    78.9
    75.7
    2
    3
    3
    1990
    73.4
    79.8
    76.5
    13
    10
    13
    		  
    74.8
    80.4
    77.5
    4
    6
    2
    2000
    75.7
    81.3
    78.5
    12
    10
    12
    		  
    77.3
    81.9
    79.6
    3
    7
    4
    2010
    78.8
    83.1
    81.0
    12
    13
    12
    		  
    79.5
    83.5
    81.5
    6
    11
    9
    2016
    80.6
    84.3
    82.5
    7
    12
    10
    		  
    80.6
    84.1
    82.4
    8
    16
    13
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Sweden SWEDEN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.6
    84.3
    7
    12
    80.6
    84.1
    8
    16
    Age 5
    80.8
    84.5
    8
    12
    80.8
    84.3
    9
    17
    Age 10
    80.8
    84.5
    9
    13
    80.8
    84.3
    8
    17
    Age 15
    80.9
    84.5
    10
    13
    80.9
    84.4
    9
    17
    Age 20
    81.0
    84.6
    9
    13
    81.0
    84.4
    10
    17
    Age 25
    81.1
    84.6
    8
    12
    81.1
    84.5
    10
    17
    Age 30
    81.3
    84.7
    8
    13
    81.3
    84.6
    9
    17
    Age 35
    81.5
    84.8
    8
    13
    81.5
    84.7
    7
    17
    Age 40
    81.7
    84.9
    8
    13
    81.7
    84.8
    7
    17
    Age 45
    81.9
    85.1
    7
    13
    81.9
    84.9
    8
    17
    Age 50
    82.2
    85.3
    7
    13
    82.2
    85.1
    8
    17
    Age 55
    82.6
    85.6
    8
    14
    82.6
    85.4
    9
    17
    Age 60
    83.2
    86.1
    9
    15
    83.2
    85.8
    12
    17
    Age 65
    84.1
    86.7
    12
    15
    84.1
    86.5
    13
    19
    Age 70
    85.1
    87.5
    14
    16
    85.1
    87.3
    13
    19
    Age 75
    86.5
    88.5
    19
    18
    86.6
    88.4
    16
    22
    Age 80
    88.4
    90.0
    27
    25
    88.5
    89.9
    23
    29
    Age 85
    90.8
    91.9
    36
    38
    90.8
    91.8
    38
    42
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Sweden SWEDEN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    46.57
    173
    58.27
    162
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    24.39
    95
    28.23
    70
    3. Lung Cancers
    23.64
    42
    17.76
    70
    4. Prostate Cancer
    22.76
    52
    21.64
    56
    5. Lung Disease
    22.36
    97
    15.29
    143
    6. Stroke
    20.89
    174
    21.65
    171
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.57
    21
    13.65
    42
    8. Breast Cancer
    13.76
    124
    14.83
    108
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    13.09
    142
    9.17
    162
    10. Suicide
    10.07
    76
    11.65
    52
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    7.78
    30
    8.15
    21
    12. Drug Use
    6.40
    6
    3.62
    19
    13. Ovary Cancer
    6.22
    26
    5.69
    43
    14. Lymphomas
    6.22
    63
    5.81
    78
    15. Diabetes Mellitus
    5.99
    170
    8.28
    159
    16. Other Injuries
    5.38
    128
    4.82
    142
    17. Falls
    4.91
    95
    3.94
    112
    18. Skin Cancers
    4.36
    4
    3.24
    18
    19. Kidney Disease
    3.70
    176
    3.55
    177
    20. Parkinson's Disease
    3.67
    19
    3.01
    46
    21. Leukemia
    3.59
    108
    3.79
    94
    22. Stomach Cancer
    3.50
    141
    3.03
    154
    23. Alcohol
    3.28
    31
    2.41
    57
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    3.20
    129
    3.13
    131
    25. Bladder Cancer
    3.01
    59
    2.70
    72
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    2.82
    170
    3.13
    165
    27. Liver Disease
    2.73
    179
    4.65
    171
    28. Uterin Cancer
    2.73
    71
    2.95
    61
    29. Liver Cancer
    2.60
    172
    3.60
    145
    30. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.54
    178
    2.31
    183
    31. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.50
    92
    2.79
    81
    32. Other Neoplasms
    2.34
    108
    4.10
    48
    33. Cervical Cancer
    2.28
    151
    1.88
    157
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.27
    169
    2.94
    154
    35. Hypertension
    2.11
    177
    4.64
    155
    36. Oral Cancer
    1.65
    161
    1.87
    147
    37. Epilepsy
    1.32
    114
    0.87
    151
    38. Multiple Sclerosis
    1.29
    2
    0.81
    15
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.29
    141
    1.17
    145
    40. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.07
    137
    0.88
    145
    41. Drownings
    0.88
    156
    0.97
    153
    42. Skin Disease
    0.84
    128
    0.64
    135
    43. Malnutrition
    0.77
    109
    0.33
    130
    44. Low Birth Weight
    0.73
    182
    0.91
    177
    45. Encephalitis
    0.69
    103
    0.59
    116
    46. Asthma
    0.69
    155
    0.62
    163
    47. Fires
    0.66
    138
    0.37
    161
    48. Violence
    0.57
    177
    1.06
    158
    49. Birth Trauma
    0.55
    159
    0.59
    156
    50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.47
    164
    0.39
    170
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Norway NORWAY   Sweden SWEDEN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    5,969
    17.42
    16,582
    21.91
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    3,659
    10.68
    9,496
    12.55
    3. Stroke
    2,742
    8.00
    6,340
    8.38
    4. Lung Disease
    2,633
    7.68
    4,178
    5.52
    5. Lung Cancers
    2,293
    6.69
    3,801
    5.02
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,910
    5.57
    2,701
    3.57
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,757
    5.13
    3,122
    4.12
    8. Prostate Cancer
    1,176
    3.43
    2,570
    3.40
    9. Pancreas Cancer
    767
    2.24
    1,798
    2.38
    10. Breast Cancer
    705
    2.06
    1,608
    2.12
    11. Other Injuries
    688
    2.01
    1,302
    1.72
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    681
    1.99
    2,124
    2.81
    13. Lymphomas
    655
    1.91
    1,387
    1.83
    14. Falls
    641
    1.87
    1,060
    1.40
    15. Suicide
    639
    1.86
    1,455
    1.92
    16. Kidney Disease
    516
    1.51
    1,130
    1.49
    17. Parkinson's Disease
    451
    1.32
    857
    1.13
    18. Skin Cancers
    419
    1.22
    663
    0.88
    19. Bladder Cancer
    360
    1.05
    708
    0.94
    20. Stomach Cancer
    353
    1.03
    645
    0.85
    21. Leukemia
    353
    1.03
    853
    1.13
    22. Drug Use
    348
    1.02
    367
    0.48
    23. Endocrine Disorders
    344
    1.00
    657
    0.87
    24. Ovary Cancer
    302
    0.88
    576
    0.76
    25. Other Neoplasms
    296
    0.86
    1,030
    1.36
    26. Hypertension
    288
    0.84
    1,531
    2.02
    27. Alcohol
    249
    0.73
    357
    0.47
    28. Liver Cancer
    246
    0.72
    759
    1.00
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    241
    0.70
    583
    0.77
    30. Inflammatory/Heart
    227
    0.66
    601
    0.79
    31. Liver Disease
    223
    0.65
    808
    1.07
    32. Oral Cancer
    156
    0.46
    391
    0.52
    33. Road Traffic Accidents
    156
    0.46
    278
    0.37
    34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    154
    0.45
    274
    0.36
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    147
    0.43
    315
    0.42
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    146
    0.43
    278
    0.37
    37. Uterin Cancer
    139
    0.41
    345
    0.46
    38. Malnutrition
    117
    0.34
    101
    0.13
    39. Skin Disease
    117
    0.34
    193
    0.26
    40. Cervical Cancer
    116
    0.34
    220
    0.29
    41. Multiple Sclerosis
    113
    0.33
    152
    0.20
    42. Epilepsy
    99
    0.29
    122
    0.16
    43. Asthma
    84
    0.25
    163
    0.22
    44. Encephalitis
    77
    0.22
    147
    0.19
    45. Anemia
    67
    0.20
    148
    0.20
    46. Drownings
    59
    0.17
    130
    0.17
    47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    59
    0.17
    119
    0.16
    48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    52
    0.15
    132
    0.17
    49. Fires
    50
    0.15
    59
    0.08
    50. Violence
    32
    0.09
    101
    0.13
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Sweden SWEDEN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    23.64
    42
    17.76
    70
    2. Prostate Cancer
    22.76
    52
    21.64
    56
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.57
    21
    13.65
    42
    4. Breast Cancer
    13.76
    124
    14.83
    108
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.78
    30
    8.15
    21
    6. Ovary Cancer
    6.22
    26
    5.69
    43
    7. Lymphomas
    6.22
    63
    5.81
    78
    8. Skin Cancers
    4.36
    4
    3.24
    18
    9. Leukemia
    3.59
    108
    3.79
    94
    10. Stomach Cancer
    3.50
    141
    3.03
    154
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.01
    59
    2.70
    72
    12. Uterin Cancer
    2.73
    71
    2.95
    61
    13. Liver Cancer
    2.60
    172
    3.60
    145
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.50
    92
    2.79
    81
    15. Cervical Cancer
    2.28
    151
    1.88
    157
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.65
    161
    1.87
    147
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2018
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.