NAMIBIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,605	5	1,221	+ 384
Stroke	2	1,462	4	1,333	+ 129
Kidney Disease	3	611	15	322	+ 289
Lung Disease	4	610	10	461	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	601	21	176	+ 425
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	589	2	1,464	- 876
Hypertension	7	573	12	428	+ 145
Stomach Cancer	8	545	45	33	+ 513
Lung Cancers	9	519	35	59	+ 460
Diabetes Mellitus	10	477	7	724	- 247
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	454	36	54	+ 400
Road Traffic Accidents	12	425	6	868	- 444
Liver Disease	13	398	14	336	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	14	366	31	94	+ 272
Suicide	15	255	17	243	+ 13
Breast Cancer	16	254	24	121	+ 133
Pancreas Cancer	17	235	53	18	+ 218
Lymphomas	18	209	40	46	+ 164
Liver Cancer	19	206	41	45	+ 161
Other Neoplasms	20	204	60	8	+ 196
Other Injuries	21	197	19	207	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	22	193	33	73	+ 120
Falls	23	136	34	62	+ 74
Leukemia	24	132	49	24	+ 108
Congenital Anomalies	25	129	16	283	- 154
Parkinson's Disease	26	119	42	43	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	27	117	23	133	- 16
Skin Disease	28	115	47	31	+ 84
Violence	29	112	11	450	- 338
Oesophagus Cancer	30	108	52	21	+ 88
Inflammatory/Heart	31	107	22	162	- 55
Bladder Cancer	32	96	54	16	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	33	81	1	2,928	- 2,847
Skin Cancers	34	79	29	108	- 29
Ovary Cancer	35	77	50	23	+ 54
Low Birth Weight	36	66	9	516	- 450
Malnutrition	37	63	18	224	- 160
Tuberculosis	38	62	3	1,416	- 1,355
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	50	8	645	- 595
Oral Cancer	40	46	30	100	- 54
Fires	41	44	28	109	- 64
Asthma	42	44	20	200	- 156
Epilepsy	43	44	38	49	- 5
Drownings	44	43	26	110	- 67
Uterin Cancer	45	41	56	11	+ 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	34	32	76	- 42
Alcohol	47	31	48	28	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	28	57	9	+ 19
Anemia	49	27	83	0	+ 27
Drug Use	50	22	46	32	- 9
Osteoarthritis	51	20	81	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	16	44	33	- 17
Meningitis	53	14	27	109	- 94
Birth Trauma	54	13	13	345	- 331
Chagas disease	55	12	78	0	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	11	82	0	+ 11
Poisonings	57	10	39	46	- 36
Schizophrenia	58	6	86	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	59	6	58	9	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	4	63	4	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	4	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	64	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	4	25	110	- 107
War	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	43	35	- 34
Upper Respiratory	67	1	61	6	- 6
Pertussis	68	0	37	54	- 54
Tetanus	69	0	62	6	- 6
Encephalitis	70	0	59	8	- 8
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	55	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.