NAMIBIA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,024	5	1,221	+ 1,804
Lung Disease	2	1,750	10	461	+ 1,289
Stroke	3	1,387	4	1,333	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,334	8	645	+ 689
Tuberculosis	5	867	3	1,416	- 549
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	781	2	1,464	- 684
Diabetes Mellitus	7	540	7	724	- 184
Liver Disease	8	534	14	336	+ 199
Low Birth Weight	9	475	9	516	- 41
Falls	10	449	34	62	+ 387
Kidney Disease	11	443	15	322	+ 122
Road Traffic Accidents	12	423	6	868	- 445
Asthma	13	390	20	200	+ 190
Suicide	14	345	17	243	+ 102
Other Injuries	15	298	19	207	+ 91
Oral Cancer	16	267	30	100	+ 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	252	21	176	+ 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	251	44	33	+ 218
Hypertension	19	215	12	428	- 213
Birth Trauma	20	205	13	345	- 140
Lung Cancers	21	176	35	59	+ 117
Breast Cancer	22	165	24	121	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	23	165	16	283	- 118
Stomach Cancer	24	161	45	33	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	154	36	54	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	136	32	76	+ 60
Violence	27	103	11	450	- 347
Drownings	28	97	26	110	- 13
Encephalitis	29	96	59	8	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	30	90	23	133	- 43
HIV/AIDS	31	88	1	2,928	- 2,840
Parkinson's Disease	32	86	42	43	+ 43
Lymphomas	33	80	40	46	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	34	77	52	21	+ 56
Leukemia	35	66	49	24	+ 43
Meningitis	36	66	27	109	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	37	65	53	18	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	38	62	31	94	- 33
Liver Cancer	39	60	41	45	+ 15
Epilepsy	40	60	38	49	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	41	52	25	110	- 59
Fires	42	46	28	109	- 62
Alcohol	43	46	48	28	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	44	44	50	23	+ 20
Skin Disease	45	36	47	31	+ 5
Dengue	46	35	74	0	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	47	30	33	73	- 43
Bladder Cancer	48	28	54	16	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	49	25	22	162	- 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	24	57	9	+ 14
Measles	51	24	65	2	+ 22
Drug Use	52	23	46	32	- 8
Appendicitis	53	22	58	9	+ 14
Pertussis	54	20	37	54	- 34
Malnutrition	55	17	18	224	- 206
Hepatitis B	56	16	63	4	+ 12
Malaria	57	15	51	22	- 6
Tetanus	58	14	62	6	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	59	14	56	11	+ 2
Skin Cancers	60	10	29	108	- 98
Poisonings	61	7	39	46	- 39
Other Neoplasms	62	6	60	8	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	64	2	+ 2
Syphilis	64	4	43	35	- 31
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	2	79	0	+ 2
War	67	2	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	61	6	- 5
Chlamydia	69	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	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.