NAMIBIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,417	2	1,464	- 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,049	8	645	+ 404
Stroke	3	931	4	1,333	- 402
Coronary Heart Disease	4	864	5	1,221	- 357
Road Traffic Accidents	5	746	6	868	- 122
Birth Trauma	6	736	13	345	+ 391
Low Birth Weight	7	663	9	516	+ 147
Liver Disease	8	645	14	336	+ 309
Tuberculosis	9	507	3	1,416	- 909
Diabetes Mellitus	10	384	7	724	- 340
Congenital Anomalies	11	370	16	283	+ 87
Hypertension	12	319	12	428	- 109
Kidney Disease	13	286	15	322	- 35
Meningitis	14	284	27	109	+ 176
Lung Disease	15	281	10	461	- 180
Other Injuries	16	278	19	207	+ 71
HIV/AIDS	17	271	1	2,928	- 2,657
Maternal Conditions	18	210	25	110	+ 100
Malnutrition	19	204	18	224	- 19
Breast Cancer	20	201	24	121	+ 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	195	21	176	+ 20
Violence	22	191	11	450	- 259
Pertussis	23	163	37	54	+ 109
Measles	24	150	65	2	+ 148
Suicide	25	143	17	243	- 100
Malaria	26	133	51	22	+ 112
Cervical Cancer	27	119	23	133	- 14
Falls	28	107	34	62	+ 45
Asthma	29	106	20	200	- 94
Leukemia	30	100	49	24	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	89	36	54	+ 34
Poisonings	32	87	39	46	+ 40
Lymphomas	33	85	40	46	+ 39
Fires	34	77	28	109	- 32
Drownings	35	74	26	110	- 36
Ovary Cancer	36	57	50	23	+ 34
Tetanus	37	52	62	6	+ 46
Lung Cancers	38	52	35	59	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	39	51	22	162	- 111
Oesophagus Cancer	40	43	52	21	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	42	32	76	- 34
Liver Cancer	42	41	41	45	- 4
Syphilis	43	40	43	35	+ 5
Epilepsy	44	38	38	49	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	45	38	33	73	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	46	37	42	43	- 6
Stomach Cancer	47	36	45	33	+ 3
Oral Cancer	48	35	30	100	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	32	44	33	- 1
Prostate Cancer	50	29	31	94	- 65
Bladder Cancer	51	26	54	16	+ 10
Skin Cancers	52	24	29	108	- 84
Skin Disease	53	21	47	31	- 10
Schistosomiasis	54	20	55	14	+ 6
Alcohol	55	18	48	28	- 10
Hepatitis B	56	18	63	4	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	57	17	61	6	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	16	58	9	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	59	14	79	0	+ 14
Drug Use	60	12	46	32	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	61	12	53	18	- 6
Uterin Cancer	62	10	56	11	- 1
Encephalitis	63	9	59	8	+ 1
War	64	7	67	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	57	9	- 4
Other Neoplasms	66	3	60	8	- 4
Diphtheria	67	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	68	3	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	3	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	68	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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Ethiopia

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.