NAMIBIA VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,341	5	1,221	+ 1,120
Stroke	2	1,992	4	1,333	+ 659
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,507	7	724	+ 783
Hypertension	4	715	12	428	+ 287
Prostate Cancer	5	707	31	94	+ 612
Breast Cancer	6	705	24	121	+ 584
Kidney Disease	7	687	15	322	+ 365
Endocrine Disorders	8	656	33	73	+ 583
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	639	2	1,464	- 826
Other Injuries	10	551	19	207	+ 344
Lung Disease	11	462	10	461	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	424	36	54	+ 370
Skin Disease	13	243	47	31	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	14	240	23	133	+ 107
Stomach Cancer	15	195	45	33	+ 162
Lung Cancers	16	182	35	59	+ 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	181	21	176	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	18	167	1	2,928	- 2,762
Lymphomas	19	165	40	46	+ 119
Uterin Cancer	20	157	56	11	+ 146
Inflammatory/Heart	21	154	22	162	- 8
Anemia	22	141	83	0	+ 141
Pancreas Cancer	23	138	53	18	+ 121
Leukemia	24	132	49	24	+ 108
Liver Cancer	25	124	41	45	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	26	116	16	283	- 167
Epilepsy	27	96	38	49	+ 47
Liver Disease	28	96	14	336	- 240
Alcohol	29	94	48	28	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	30	91	50	23	+ 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	88	82	0	+ 88
Other Neoplasms	32	82	60	8	+ 74
Oral Cancer	33	70	30	100	- 30
Violence	34	64	11	450	- 386
Drownings	35	64	26	110	- 46
Asthma	36	52	20	200	- 148
Low Birth Weight	37	46	9	516	- 470
Malnutrition	38	36	18	224	- 187
Appendicitis	39	35	58	9	+ 26
Drug Use	40	34	46	32	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	41	30	54	16	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	42	28	42	43	- 16
Skin Cancers	43	28	29	108	- 80
Birth Trauma	44	26	13	345	- 318
Schizophrenia	45	25	86	0	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	23	8	645	- 622
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	22	32	76	- 53
Poisonings	48	20	39	46	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	16	44	33	- 17
Tuberculosis	50	15	3	1,416	- 1,401
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	57	9	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	52	12	25	110	- 98
Meningitis	53	11	27	109	- 98
Suicide	54	10	17	243	- 232
Otitis Media	55	8	70	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	64	2	+ 5
Fires	57	5	28	109	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	58	3	52	21	- 18
War	59	1	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	43	35	- 35
Chlamydia	61	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	62	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	62	6	- 6
Pertussis	64	0	37	54	- 54
Measles	65	0	65	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	73	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	61	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	59	8	- 8
Hepatitis B	74	0	63	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	55	14	- 14
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	6	868	- 868
Falls	82	0	34	62	- 62
Oral conditions	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Antigua/Bar.

Namibia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.