NAMIBIA VS COMOROS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COMOROS		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,851	2	1,464	+ 387
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,131	8	645	+ 487
Stroke	3	1,108	4	1,333	- 225
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,086	5	1,221	- 135
Low Birth Weight	5	1,023	9	516	+ 507
Road Traffic Accidents	6	704	6	868	- 164
Birth Trauma	7	657	13	345	+ 312
Liver Disease	8	497	14	336	+ 162
Diabetes Mellitus	9	424	7	724	- 300
Congenital Anomalies	10	407	16	283	+ 124
Meningitis	11	360	27	109	+ 251
Hypertension	12	358	12	428	- 69
Cervical Cancer	13	325	23	133	+ 193
Kidney Disease	14	316	15	322	- 6
Malnutrition	15	299	18	224	+ 75
Other Injuries	16	281	19	207	+ 74
Lung Disease	17	260	10	461	- 201
Pertussis	18	249	37	54	+ 195
Tuberculosis	19	246	3	1,416	- 1,171
Violence	20	197	11	450	- 253
Asthma	21	152	20	200	- 48
Maternal Conditions	22	146	25	110	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	145	21	176	- 31
Suicide	24	143	17	243	- 100
Drownings	25	108	26	110	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	26	105	52	21	+ 84
Prostate Cancer	27	102	31	94	+ 8
Liver Cancer	28	91	41	45	+ 46
Malaria	29	90	51	22	+ 69
Fires	30	84	28	109	- 25
Inflammatory/Heart	31	82	22	162	- 80
Falls	32	82	34	62	+ 20
Breast Cancer	33	70	24	121	- 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	65	32	76	- 10
Poisonings	35	63	39	46	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	36	61	33	73	- 12
Lymphomas	37	60	40	46	+ 14
Syphilis	38	60	43	35	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	58	36	54	+ 4
Epilepsy	40	54	38	49	+ 5
Oral Cancer	41	48	30	100	- 52
Skin Cancers	42	39	29	108	- 69
Tetanus	43	37	62	6	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	44	36	42	43	- 8
Stomach Cancer	45	35	45	33	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	46	32	54	16	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	32	44	33	- 1
Skin Disease	48	29	47	31	- 2
Drug Use	49	21	46	32	- 11
Appendicitis	50	18	58	9	+ 9
Alcohol	51	18	48	28	- 10
Hepatitis B	52	16	63	4	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	53	13	61	6	+ 7
Encephalitis	54	13	59	8	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	55	10	56	11	- 2
Ovary Cancer	56	10	50	23	- 14
Leukemia	57	10	49	24	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	57	9	- 4
Other Neoplasms	59	3	60	8	- 4
Lung Cancers	60	3	35	59	- 56
Hepatitis C	61	3	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	64	2	- 0
Ascariasis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	68	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	55	14	- 14
HIV/AIDS	76	0	1	2,928	- 2,928
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	65	2	- 2
Depression	79	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	82	0	53	18	- 18
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Comoros

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.