NAMIBIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,382	5	1,221	+ 3,161
Liver Disease	2	1,515	14	336	+ 1,180
Stroke	3	1,105	4	1,333	- 228
Liver Cancer	4	618	41	45	+ 573
Hypertension	5	532	12	428	+ 104
Kidney Disease	6	531	15	322	+ 210
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	522	2	1,464	- 943
Diabetes Mellitus	8	482	7	724	- 242
Lung Disease	9	338	10	461	- 124
Congenital Anomalies	10	307	16	283	+ 23
Low Birth Weight	11	287	9	516	- 229
Road Traffic Accidents	12	256	6	868	- 613
Breast Cancer	13	231	24	121	+ 110
Lymphomas	14	190	40	46	+ 144
Asthma	15	179	20	200	- 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	176	21	176	+ 0
Birth Trauma	17	154	13	345	- 191
Lung Cancers	18	143	35	59	+ 84
Bladder Cancer	19	129	54	16	+ 114
Violence	20	105	11	450	- 345
Other Injuries	21	96	19	207	- 110
Leukemia	22	95	49	24	+ 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	93	8	645	- 552
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	78	36	54	+ 23
Suicide	25	76	17	243	- 167
Pancreas Cancer	26	73	53	18	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	27	63	22	162	- 99
Parkinson's Disease	28	60	42	43	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	29	60	33	73	- 13
Falls	30	51	34	62	- 11
Ovary Cancer	31	49	50	23	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	32	46	45	33	+ 14
Fires	33	40	28	109	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	34	32	76	- 42
Prostate Cancer	35	32	31	94	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	31	44	33	- 2
Drownings	37	28	26	110	- 81
Encephalitis	38	26	59	8	+ 18
Skin Cancers	39	26	29	108	- 82
Hepatitis B	40	25	63	4	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	41	24	52	21	+ 3
Pertussis	42	23	37	54	- 31
Meningitis	43	21	27	109	- 88
Maternal Conditions	44	20	25	110	- 90
Oral Cancer	45	20	30	100	- 80
Malnutrition	46	19	18	224	- 204
War	47	18	67	0	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	48	16	23	133	- 117
Tetanus	49	14	62	6	+ 8
Epilepsy	50	11	38	49	- 38
Tuberculosis	51	11	3	1,416	- 1,405
Uterin Cancer	52	11	56	11	- 1
HIV/AIDS	53	10	1	2,928	- 2,918
Schistosomiasis	54	6	55	14	- 8
Skin Disease	55	6	47	31	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	64	2	+ 3
Poisonings	57	5	39	46	- 41
Syphilis	58	4	43	35	- 31
Appendicitis	59	4	58	9	- 5
Alcohol	60	4	48	28	- 25
Other Neoplasms	61	3	60	8	- 5
Drug Use	62	3	46	32	- 29
Hepatitis C	63	2	66	1	+ 2
Measles	64	1	65	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	57	9	- 9
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	6	- 6
Dengue	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	51	22	- 22
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	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

Egypt

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.