NAMIBIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,448	2	1,464	- 16
Stroke	2	1,133	4	1,333	- 200
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,013	8	645	+ 368
Coronary Heart Disease	4	952	5	1,221	- 269
Road Traffic Accidents	5	586	6	868	- 282
Liver Disease	6	537	14	336	+ 201
Diabetes Mellitus	7	417	7	724	- 307
Hypertension	8	409	12	428	- 19
Lung Disease	9	292	10	461	- 169
Malnutrition	10	292	18	224	+ 68
Birth Trauma	11	272	13	345	- 72
Kidney Disease	12	255	15	322	- 66
Maternal Conditions	13	240	25	110	+ 130
Tuberculosis	14	240	3	1,416	- 1,176
Other Injuries	15	239	19	207	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	16	235	9	516	- 281
Malaria	17	193	51	22	+ 172
Congenital Anomalies	18	191	16	283	- 92
Meningitis	19	179	27	109	+ 70
Violence	20	170	11	450	- 280
Suicide	21	169	17	243	- 74
Asthma	22	144	20	200	- 56
Breast Cancer	23	138	24	121	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	137	21	176	- 39
HIV/AIDS	25	136	1	2,928	- 2,793
Falls	26	74	34	62	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	65	32	76	- 11
Lymphomas	28	65	40	46	+ 19
Leukemia	29	64	49	24	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	30	59	23	133	- 74
Fires	31	58	28	109	- 50
Inflammatory/Heart	32	54	22	162	- 108
Drownings	33	52	26	110	- 58
Poisonings	34	50	39	46	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	50	36	54	- 4
Pertussis	36	40	37	54	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	37	37	42	43	- 6
Epilepsy	38	36	38	49	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	39	36	52	21	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	40	35	50	23	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	34	44	33	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	42	32	55	14	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	43	31	33	73	- 41
Oral Cancer	44	31	30	100	- 68
Liver Cancer	45	31	41	45	- 14
Lung Cancers	46	27	35	59	- 32
Prostate Cancer	47	24	31	94	- 70
Stomach Cancer	48	21	45	33	- 11
Alcohol	49	20	48	28	- 8
Skin Disease	50	20	47	31	- 11
Bladder Cancer	51	19	54	16	+ 3
Tetanus	52	17	62	6	+ 11
Drug Use	53	16	46	32	- 16
Syphilis	54	15	43	35	- 19
Appendicitis	55	14	58	9	+ 5
Skin Cancers	56	13	29	108	- 95
Hepatitis B	57	12	63	4	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	9	53	18	- 9
Leishmaniasis	59	8	79	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	8	61	6	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	61	8	56	11	- 4
Encephalitis	62	7	59	8	- 1
Measles	63	6	65	2	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	57	9	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	3	60	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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

Eritrea

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.