NAMIBIA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,591	5	1,221	+ 1,370
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,180	21	176	+ 2,004
Stroke	3	1,491	4	1,333	+ 158
Lung Cancers	4	1,462	35	59	+ 1,403
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	896	36	54	+ 842
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	811	2	1,464	- 654
Lung Disease	7	748	10	461	+ 286
Breast Cancer	8	637	24	121	+ 516
Other Injuries	9	620	19	207	+ 413
Pancreas Cancer	10	507	53	18	+ 489
Kidney Disease	11	471	15	322	+ 149
Diabetes Mellitus	12	447	7	724	- 277
Prostate Cancer	13	446	31	94	+ 352
Lymphomas	14	413	40	46	+ 367
Liver Cancer	15	393	41	45	+ 348
Suicide	16	367	17	243	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	17	360	60	8	+ 352
Falls	18	340	34	62	+ 278
Endocrine Disorders	19	332	33	73	+ 259
Parkinson's Disease	20	310	42	43	+ 267
Leukemia	21	306	49	24	+ 282
Liver Disease	22	303	14	336	- 33
Hypertension	23	292	12	428	- 136
Bladder Cancer	24	269	54	16	+ 254
Inflammatory/Heart	25	249	22	162	+ 87
Stomach Cancer	26	227	45	33	+ 194
Oral Cancer	27	192	30	100	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	28	192	52	21	+ 171
Malnutrition	29	173	18	224	- 51
Ovary Cancer	30	163	50	23	+ 139
Road Traffic Accidents	31	137	6	868	- 731
Skin Cancers	32	133	29	108	+ 26
Alcohol	33	131	48	28	+ 103
Uterin Cancer	34	112	56	11	+ 100
Congenital Anomalies	35	83	16	283	- 201
Drug Use	36	77	46	32	+ 45
Epilepsy	37	76	38	49	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	74	8	645	- 571
Skin Disease	39	66	47	31	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	40	65	23	133	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	57	44	33	+ 24
Asthma	42	43	20	200	- 158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	40	32	76	- 35
Anemia	44	40	83	0	+ 40
Drownings	45	36	26	110	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	46	31	64	2	+ 29
Low Birth Weight	47	27	9	516	- 489
Schizophrenia	48	27	86	0	+ 27
Violence	49	22	11	450	- 428
Tuberculosis	50	18	3	1,416	- 1,398
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	17	57	9	+ 8
Hepatitis C	52	17	66	1	+ 17
Fires	53	17	28	109	- 92
HIV/AIDS	54	15	1	2,928	- 2,914
Birth Trauma	55	13	13	345	- 332
Osteoarthritis	56	10	81	0	+ 10
Poisonings	57	9	39	46	- 37
Meningitis	58	7	27	109	- 102
Hepatitis B	59	6	63	4	+ 1
Oral conditions	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	4	58	9	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	61	6	- 4
Maternal Conditions	64	2	25	110	- 108
Otitis Media	65	1	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	8	- 8
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	43	35	- 35
Pertussis	69	0	37	54	- 54
Tetanus	70	0	62	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	71	0	55	14	- 14
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	65	2	- 2
Chlamydia	78	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	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.