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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 NEW ZEALAND

Compare Norway and New Zealand 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.

New Zealand
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
6,600,338
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New Zealand Population Pyramid
5,607,793
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Norway NORWAY   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
       
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
  
68.7
73.9
71.2
6
9
7
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
70.0
75.8
72.8
21
21
22
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
  
75.9
81.2
78.6
10
11
11
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
  
79.0
82.8
80.9
9
18
13
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
  
80.4
83.5
82.0
15
24
16
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
80.4
83.5
15
24
Age
81.1
84.1
5
14
80.4
83.5
15
24
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
80.8
83.9
14
24
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
80.8
83.9
14
24
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
80.9
83.9
14
24
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
81.0
84.0
13
24
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
81.2
84.1
12
24
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
81.4
84.2
12
24
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
81.6
84.3
12
24
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
81.8
84.5
11
24
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
82.1
84.6
9
22
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
82.5
84.9
7
20
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
83.1
85.3
6
20
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
83.8
85.8
6
19
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
84.6
86.4
7
18
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
85.7
87.2
9
20
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
87.0
88.2
9
21
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
88.8
89.6
12
23
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
91.1
91.5
19
24
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
49.59
163
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
24.84
16
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
21.61
43
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
18.17
111
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
15.97
90
6. Stroke
18.16
178
22.24
165
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
16.22
19
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
17.60
84
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
8.08
166
10. Suicide
9.91
71
10.30
68
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
6.18
54
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
4.63
81
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
6.60
25
14. Falls
5.70
88
5.65
92
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
8.34
152
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
3.23
168
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
1.38
74
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
4.19
176
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
3.16
138
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
6.63
3
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
4.49
43
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
3.95
82
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
3.82
133
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
2.70
66
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
3.48
153
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
1.65
176
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
2.42
44
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
3.49
147
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
2.07
181
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
3.13
64
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
0.75
128
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
3.21
47
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
4.07
115
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
8.83
127
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
1.93
136
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
3.04
166
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
0.97
139
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
0.68
165
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.52
33
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
0.76
149
41. Drownings
0.90
152
1.17
142
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
0.13
149
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
1.10
108
44. Asthma
0.64
151
1.03
133
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
1.87
149
46. Violence
0.56
175
1.20
146
47. Fires
0.54
136
0.29
164
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.48
58
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
1.33
98
50. Anemia
0.45
28
0.14
50
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
5,095
18.16
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
3,032
10.81
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
1,815
6.47
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
2,378
8.47
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
1,873
6.67
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
920
3.28
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
1,495
5.33
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
739
2.63
9. Falls
777
2.28
627
2.23
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
543
1.94
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
737
2.63
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
608
2.17
13. Suicide
633
1.86
528
1.88
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
432
1.54
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
218
0.78
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
769
2.74
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
353
1.26
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
612
2.18
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
325
1.16
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
267
0.95
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
391
1.39
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
323
1.15
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
245
0.87
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
207
0.74
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
69
0.25
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
288
1.03
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
279
0.99
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
327
1.17
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
313
1.12
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
158
0.56
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
51
0.18
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
164
0.58
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
70
0.25
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
176
0.63
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
14
0.05
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
145
0.52
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
81
0.29
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
118
0.42
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
61
0.22
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
55
0.20
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
43
0.15
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
458
1.63
43. Asthma
85
0.25
91
0.32
44. Anemia
75
0.22
17
0.06
45. Drownings
65
0.19
54
0.19
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
113
0.40
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
47
0.17
48. Fires
45
0.13
17
0.06
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
22
0.08
50. Violence
32
0.09
57
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   New Zealand NEW ZEALAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
21.61
43
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
15.97
90
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
16.22
19
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
17.60
84
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
6.18
54
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
4.63
81
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
6.60
25
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
6.63
3
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
4.49
43
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
3.82
133
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
2.70
66
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
3.48
153
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
1.65
176
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
3.13
64
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
3.21
47
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
1.93
136
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
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.