Ireland vs Norway: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Ireland
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 43,233 Deaths against 35,598 Deaths in Ireland, a difference of 7,635 Deaths.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 32nd and Norway ranks 31st of 36 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,411 Deaths | 35,640 Deaths | 2,229 Deaths | Norway |
| 1970s | 33,748 Deaths | 39,892 Deaths | 6,143 Deaths | Norway |
| 1980s | 32,592 Deaths | 43,316 Deaths | 10,724 Deaths | Norway |
| 1990s | 31,643 Deaths | 44,943 Deaths | 13,300 Deaths | Norway |
| 2000s | 29,106 Deaths | 42,362 Deaths | 13,256 Deaths | Norway |
| 2010s | 29,706 Deaths | 40,830 Deaths | 11,124 Deaths | Norway |
| 2020s | 34,776 Deaths | 42,355 Deaths | 7,579 Deaths | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Ireland or Norway?
- Norway, at 43,233 Deaths against 35,598 Deaths in Ireland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Ireland and Norway?
- 7,635 Deaths, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Norway?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Ireland and Norway rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Ireland ranks 32nd 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.