NAMIBIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,257	5	1,221	+ 1,036
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,633	21	176	+ 1,457
Stroke	3	1,082	4	1,333	- 251
Lung Cancers	4	918	35	59	+ 860
Lung Disease	5	889	10	461	+ 428
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	650	36	54	+ 596
Diabetes Mellitus	7	468	7	724	- 256
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	466	2	1,464	- 999
Prostate Cancer	9	394	31	94	+ 300
Breast Cancer	10	357	24	121	+ 236
Suicide	11	330	17	243	+ 87
Kidney Disease	12	329	15	322	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	13	327	53	18	+ 309
Falls	14	326	34	62	+ 264
Lymphomas	15	318	40	46	+ 272
Endocrine Disorders	16	244	33	73	+ 171
Skin Cancers	17	243	29	108	+ 135
Leukemia	18	223	49	24	+ 199
Parkinson's Disease	19	213	42	43	+ 170
Liver Cancer	20	213	41	45	+ 168
Drug Use	21	187	46	32	+ 155
Other Injuries	22	172	19	207	- 35
Hypertension	23	171	12	428	- 257
Inflammatory/Heart	24	165	22	162	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	25	156	52	21	+ 135
Liver Disease	26	149	14	336	- 187
Stomach Cancer	27	135	45	33	+ 102
Other Neoplasms	28	131	60	8	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	29	130	6	868	- 738
Bladder Cancer	30	124	54	16	+ 109
Ovary Cancer	31	105	50	23	+ 82
Oral Cancer	32	102	30	100	+ 2
Congenital Anomalies	33	74	16	283	- 209
Skin Disease	34	62	47	31	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	35	55	56	11	+ 44
Asthma	36	48	20	200	- 153
Alcohol	37	40	48	28	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	40	44	33	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	39	36	23	133	- 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	31	8	645	- 614
Epilepsy	41	30	38	49	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	29	32	76	- 47
Low Birth Weight	43	26	9	516	- 490
Violence	44	25	11	450	- 424
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	24	57	9	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	46	20	64	2	+ 17
Drownings	47	19	26	110	- 91
Hepatitis C	48	18	66	1	+ 18
Anemia	49	16	83	0	+ 16
Birth Trauma	50	15	13	345	- 330
Malnutrition	51	12	18	224	- 211
Osteoarthritis	52	12	81	0	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	7	82	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	54	7	86	0	+ 7
Fires	55	6	28	109	- 103
Tuberculosis	56	6	3	1,416	- 1,411
HIV/AIDS	57	5	1	2,928	- 2,923
Hepatitis B	58	4	63	4	- 0
Oral conditions	59	4	80	0	+ 4
Meningitis	60	4	27	109	- 105
Poisonings	61	4	39	46	- 43
Appendicitis	62	3	58	9	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	2	25	110	- 108
Upper Respiratory	64	2	61	6	- 5
War	65	1	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	43	35	- 34
Encephalitis	68	0	59	8	- 8
Pertussis	69	0	37	54	- 54
Tetanus	70	0	62	6	- 6
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	65	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	14	- 14
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Australia

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.