NAMIBIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,112	5	1,221	+ 892
Stroke	2	1,570	4	1,333	+ 237
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,207	2	1,464	- 258
Violence	4	876	11	450	+ 427
Diabetes Mellitus	5	759	7	724	+ 35
Lung Disease	6	756	10	461	+ 295
Kidney Disease	7	480	15	322	+ 159
Road Traffic Accidents	8	432	6	868	- 437
Lung Cancers	9	403	35	59	+ 345
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	391	21	176	+ 216
Hypertension	11	367	12	428	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	295	36	54	+ 241
Liver Disease	13	273	14	336	- 63
Breast Cancer	14	264	24	121	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	15	242	31	94	+ 148
Falls	16	240	34	62	+ 178
Stomach Cancer	17	229	45	33	+ 197
Inflammatory/Heart	18	223	22	162	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	19	216	33	73	+ 143
Suicide	20	185	17	243	- 57
Other Injuries	21	176	19	207	- 31
HIV/AIDS	22	160	1	2,928	- 2,768
Congenital Anomalies	23	157	16	283	- 126
Pancreas Cancer	24	153	53	18	+ 135
Liver Cancer	25	147	41	45	+ 102
Oesophagus Cancer	26	133	52	21	+ 112
Lymphomas	27	132	40	46	+ 86
Oral Cancer	28	127	30	100	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	29	121	23	133	- 12
Leukemia	30	109	49	24	+ 85
Skin Disease	31	91	47	31	+ 61
Alcohol	32	91	48	28	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	33	88	9	516	- 428
Malnutrition	34	85	18	224	- 138
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	72	8	645	- 573
Bladder Cancer	36	68	54	16	+ 52
Chagas disease	37	64	78	0	+ 64
Skin Cancers	38	64	29	108	- 44
Drownings	39	63	26	110	- 47
Tuberculosis	40	62	3	1,416	- 1,354
Parkinson's Disease	41	61	42	43	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	42	59	60	8	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	43	55	50	23	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	54	32	76	- 21
Birth Trauma	45	48	13	345	- 296
Epilepsy	46	42	38	49	- 8
Uterin Cancer	47	35	56	11	+ 24
Asthma	48	33	20	200	- 167
Drug Use	49	31	46	32	- 0
Anemia	50	31	83	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	28	44	33	- 5
Hepatitis C	52	25	66	1	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	53	19	25	110	- 91
Meningitis	54	17	27	109	- 91
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	14	82	0	+ 14
War	56	14	67	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	57	14	58	9	+ 5
Fires	58	13	28	109	- 96
Hepatitis B	59	10	63	4	+ 5
Schizophrenia	60	8	86	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	8	57	9	- 2
Schistosomiasis	62	8	55	14	- 6
Leishmaniasis	63	6	79	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	64	2	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	4	81	0	+ 4
Poisonings	66	4	39	46	- 42
Upper Respiratory	67	3	61	6	- 3
Syphilis	68	3	43	35	- 32
Leprosy	69	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	62	6	- 5
Encephalitis	72	1	59	8	- 7
Oral conditions	73	1	80	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	1	51	22	- 21
Pertussis	75	0	37	54	- 54
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	65	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.