NAMIBIA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,218	5	1,221	- 2
Stroke	2	730	4	1,333	- 603
Road Traffic Accidents	3	431	6	868	- 437
Diabetes Mellitus	4	422	7	724	- 302
Hypertension	5	384	12	428	- 44
Kidney Disease	6	375	15	322	+ 53
Lung Cancers	7	266	35	59	+ 207
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	235	2	1,464	- 1,229
Congenital Anomalies	9	234	16	283	- 49
Low Birth Weight	10	215	9	516	- 301
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	177	21	176	+ 2
Breast Cancer	12	172	24	121	+ 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	155	36	54	+ 100
Liver Disease	14	124	14	336	- 212
Lung Disease	15	111	10	461	- 350
Leukemia	16	93	49	24	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	17	92	45	33	+ 59
Lymphomas	18	81	40	46	+ 35
Other Injuries	19	74	19	207	- 133
Birth Trauma	20	68	13	345	- 277
Violence	21	67	11	450	- 382
Pancreas Cancer	22	62	53	18	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	23	53	54	16	+ 38
Falls	24	48	34	62	- 14
Liver Cancer	25	47	41	45	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	26	45	33	73	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	27	42	42	43	- 1
Suicide	28	41	17	243	- 201
Fires	29	38	28	109	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	38	8	645	- 607
Oral Cancer	31	36	30	100	- 64
Ovary Cancer	32	35	50	23	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	33	33	31	94	- 61
Drug Use	34	29	46	32	- 3
Asthma	35	29	20	200	- 172
Drownings	36	27	26	110	- 83
Meningitis	37	20	27	109	- 89
Inflammatory/Heart	38	19	22	162	- 143
Uterin Cancer	39	19	56	11	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	17	32	76	- 59
Cervical Cancer	41	16	23	133	- 117
Oesophagus Cancer	42	16	52	21	- 5
Pertussis	43	14	37	54	- 40
Maternal Conditions	44	13	25	110	- 97
Syphilis	45	13	43	35	- 22
Epilepsy	46	12	38	49	- 37
Poisonings	47	12	39	46	- 35
Skin Disease	48	11	47	31	- 20
Skin Cancers	49	9	29	108	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	6	44	33	- 27
Malnutrition	51	4	18	224	- 220
Encephalitis	52	3	59	8	- 5
Tuberculosis	53	3	3	1,416	- 1,413
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	64	2	+ 1
Alcohol	55	3	48	28	- 25
Tetanus	56	3	62	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	57	2	60	8	- 5
Appendicitis	58	2	58	9	- 7
War	59	2	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	57	9	- 8
Schistosomiasis	62	1	55	14	- 13
HIV/AIDS	63	1	1	2,928	- 2,928
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	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.