Ireland vs Norway: Causes of mortality

Ireland
35,598 Deaths
in 2023
Norway
43,233 Deaths
in 2023
Ireland rank
32nd
Norway rank
31st

Causes of mortality over time

  • Ireland
  • Norway
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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

Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.