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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 SAMOA

Compare Norway and Samoa 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.

Samoa
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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Samoa SAMOA
  Norway NORWAY   Samoa SAMOA
       
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
  
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
  
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
  
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
  
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
81.1
84.1
5
14
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
189.77
33
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
19.13
68
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
21.56
44
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
47.54
19
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
24.32
48
6. Stroke
18.16
178
118.02
45
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
8.66
93
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
26.40
20
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
39.32
68
10. Suicide
9.91
71
14.60
30
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
2.68
124
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
14.84
1
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
3.94
122
14. Falls
5.70
88
6.17
83
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
82.64
13
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
8.08
85
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
0.42
168
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
39.81
23
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
6.72
14
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
1.24
130
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
2.10
150
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
4.28
81
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
12.23
20
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
3.56
38
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.91
99
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
7.89
94
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
0.52
86
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
5.11
112
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
18.98
94
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
0.72
172
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
1.39
90
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
7.58
4
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
5.15
83
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
15.42
93
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
3.32
75
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
23.76
63
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
1.39
109
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
6.92
34
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.12
143
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
8.39
70
41. Drownings
0.90
152
7.42
11
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
2.76
74
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
2.65
34
44. Asthma
0.64
151
17.01
29
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
3.59
116
46. Violence
0.56
175
3.39
108
47. Fires
0.54
136
1.12
107
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.16
142
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
7.61
14
50. Anemia
0.45
28
0.00
151
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
241
21.56
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
19
1.70
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
57
5.10
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
148
13.24
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
26
2.33
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
53
4.74
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
12
1.07
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
11
0.98
9. Falls
777
2.28
8
0.72
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
4
0.36
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
19
1.70
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
6
0.54
13. Suicide
633
1.86
25
2.24
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
52
4.65
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
13
1.16
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
108
9.66
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
7
0.63
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
2
0.18
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
6
0.54
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
5
0.45
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
3
0.27
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
16
1.43
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
1
0.09
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
10
0.89
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
1
0.09
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
7
0.63
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
1
0.09
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
30
2.68
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
7
0.63
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
27
2.42
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
2
0.18
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
4
0.36
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
9
0.81
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
18
1.61
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
3
0.27
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
5
0.45
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
12
1.07
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
3
0.27
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
6
0.54
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
2
0.18
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
0
0.00
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
26
2.33
43. Asthma
85
0.25
21
1.88
44. Anemia
75
0.22
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.19
13
1.16
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
11
0.98
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
0
0.00
48. Fires
45
0.13
2
0.18
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
0
0.00
50. Violence
32
0.09
6
0.54
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
21.56
44
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
24.32
48
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
8.66
93
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
26.40
20
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
2.68
124
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
14.84
1
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
3.94
122
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
1.24
130
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
2.10
150
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
12.23
20
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
3.56
38
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.91
99
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
7.89
94
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
0.72
172
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
7.58
4
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
3.32
75
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.