Denmark vs Norway: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Denmark
- Norway
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 58,240 Deaths against 43,233 Deaths in Norway, a difference of 15,007 Deaths.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.3 times Norway's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 28th and Norway ranks 31st of 36 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,521 Deaths | 35,640 Deaths | 10,881 Deaths | Denmark |
| 1970s | 51,071 Deaths | 39,892 Deaths | 11,180 Deaths | Denmark |
| 1980s | 57,226 Deaths | 43,316 Deaths | 13,909 Deaths | Denmark |
| 1990s | 60,402 Deaths | 44,943 Deaths | 15,459 Deaths | Denmark |
| 2000s | 56,010 Deaths | 42,362 Deaths | 13,648 Deaths | Denmark |
| 2010s | 52,750 Deaths | 40,830 Deaths | 11,920 Deaths | Denmark |
| 2020s | 57,157 Deaths | 42,355 Deaths | 14,802 Deaths | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Denmark or Norway?
- Denmark, at 58,240 Deaths against 43,233 Deaths in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Denmark and Norway?
- 15,007 Deaths, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Norway?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Denmark and Norway rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Denmark ranks 28th and Norway ranks 31st of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.