New Zealand vs Norway: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- New Zealand
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 43,233 Deaths against 32,787 Deaths in New Zealand, a difference of 10,446 Deaths.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times New Zealand's.
Across all 61 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 33rd 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 | New Zealand | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,842 Deaths | 35,640 Deaths | 12,798 Deaths | Norway |
| 1970s | 25,107 Deaths | 39,892 Deaths | 14,785 Deaths | Norway |
| 1980s | 26,519 Deaths | 43,316 Deaths | 16,798 Deaths | Norway |
| 1990s | 27,320 Deaths | 44,943 Deaths | 17,623 Deaths | Norway |
| 2000s | 28,256 Deaths | 42,362 Deaths | 14,106 Deaths | Norway |
| 2010s | 31,463 Deaths | 40,830 Deaths | 9,367 Deaths | Norway |
| 2020s | 32,787 Deaths | 39,961 Deaths | 7,174 Deaths | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, New Zealand or Norway?
- Norway, at 43,233 Deaths against 32,787 Deaths in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between New Zealand and Norway?
- 10,446 Deaths, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Norway?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2020.
- How do New Zealand and Norway rank globally for causes of mortality?
- New Zealand ranks 33rd 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.