NAMIBIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,073	1	2,928	- 855
Tuberculosis	2	1,279	3	1,416	- 138
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,184	2	1,464	- 280
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,147	5	1,221	- 74
Stroke	5	1,042	4	1,333	- 291
Malaria	6	909	51	22	+ 887
Road Traffic Accidents	7	735	6	868	- 133
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	600	8	645	- 45
Low Birth Weight	9	590	9	516	+ 74
Diabetes Mellitus	10	483	7	724	- 242
Birth Trauma	11	459	13	345	+ 114
Hypertension	12	429	12	428	+ 1
Liver Disease	13	428	14	336	+ 92
Congenital Anomalies	14	335	16	283	+ 52
Kidney Disease	15	282	15	322	- 40
Maternal Conditions	16	266	25	110	+ 155
Lung Disease	17	249	10	461	- 213
Violence	18	248	11	450	- 202
Suicide	19	160	17	243	- 82
Other Injuries	20	153	19	207	- 54
Pertussis	21	151	37	54	+ 97
Meningitis	22	138	27	109	+ 29
Asthma	23	134	20	200	- 67
Malnutrition	24	125	18	224	- 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	106	21	176	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	26	101	22	162	- 61
Endocrine Disorders	27	96	33	73	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	28	91	31	94	- 3
Cervical Cancer	29	90	23	133	- 43
Liver Cancer	30	78	41	45	+ 33
Measles	31	73	65	2	+ 71
Breast Cancer	32	73	24	121	- 48
Falls	33	68	34	62	+ 6
Syphilis	34	49	43	35	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	48	32	76	- 27
Drownings	36	48	26	110	- 62
Fires	37	42	28	109	- 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	41	36	54	- 14
Stomach Cancer	39	40	45	33	+ 8
Epilepsy	40	35	38	49	- 14
Poisonings	41	32	39	46	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	42	32	42	43	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	31	44	33	- 2
Drug Use	44	30	46	32	- 2
Lymphomas	45	28	40	46	- 18
Leukemia	46	26	49	24	+ 3
Lung Cancers	47	25	35	59	- 34
Ovary Cancer	48	23	50	23	- 1
Alcohol	49	21	48	28	- 7
Skin Disease	50	21	47	31	- 10
Schistosomiasis	51	21	55	14	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	52	19	53	18	+ 2
Skin Cancers	53	17	29	108	- 91
Oral Cancer	54	15	30	100	- 85
Tetanus	55	11	62	6	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	9	59	8	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	57	9	52	21	- 12
Appendicitis	58	8	58	9	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	7	57	9	- 3
Uterin Cancer	60	7	56	11	- 5
Bladder Cancer	61	7	54	16	- 9
Hepatitis B	62	7	63	4	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	3	60	8	- 4
Upper Respiratory	64	3	61	6	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	64	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
War	72	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	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.