To this end, the Norwegian Health Network (see Section 1.6) develops and operates information technology infrastructure for the health care sector across health care institutional levels. The Norwegian’s life expectancy at birth is also higher than in Denmark (79.9) and Finland (80.6) but is below the Sweden and Iceland average (81.9 and 82.4 respectively). As in Denmark, mortality rates from ischemic heart disease (IHD) in Norway are well below the OECD average.