NAMIBIA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,493	5	1,221	+ 1,272
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,847	7	724	+ 1,122
Kidney Disease	3	957	15	322	+ 635
Stroke	4	853	4	1,333	- 480
Violence	5	696	11	450	+ 246
Liver Disease	6	640	14	336	+ 304
Lung Disease	7	625	10	461	+ 163
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	532	2	1,464	- 932
Hypertension	9	382	12	428	- 46
Road Traffic Accidents	10	350	6	868	- 519
Other Injuries	11	261	19	207	+ 54
Endocrine Disorders	12	243	33	73	+ 170
Congenital Anomalies	13	224	16	283	- 59
Malnutrition	14	162	18	224	- 62
Prostate Cancer	15	161	31	94	+ 66
Breast Cancer	16	158	24	121	+ 37
Lung Cancers	17	158	35	59	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	18	154	9	516	- 362
Stomach Cancer	19	149	45	33	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	147	36	54	+ 93
Liver Cancer	21	146	41	45	+ 101
Suicide	22	145	17	243	- 98
Other Neoplasms	23	133	60	8	+ 125
Lymphomas	24	106	40	46	+ 61
Leukemia	25	104	49	24	+ 80
Cervical Cancer	26	103	23	133	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	27	97	53	18	+ 79
HIV/AIDS	28	89	1	2,928	- 2,840
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	75	8	645	- 570
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	74	21	176	- 102
Skin Disease	31	65	47	31	+ 34
Alcohol	32	63	48	28	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	59	32	76	- 17
Ovary Cancer	34	57	50	23	+ 34
Falls	35	56	34	62	- 6
Birth Trauma	36	55	13	345	- 290
Anemia	37	47	83	0	+ 47
Tuberculosis	38	42	3	1,416	- 1,375
Epilepsy	39	41	38	49	- 8
Skin Cancers	40	41	29	108	- 67
Inflammatory/Heart	41	40	22	162	- 122
Drownings	42	39	26	110	- 71
Parkinson's Disease	43	34	42	43	- 10
Drug Use	44	32	46	32	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	30	57	9	+ 21
Oral Cancer	46	29	30	100	- 71
Asthma	47	29	20	200	- 172
Bladder Cancer	48	27	54	16	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	49	27	52	21	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	50	19	56	11	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	19	82	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	18	44	33	- 15
Appendicitis	53	17	58	9	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	54	16	25	110	- 94
Hepatitis C	55	13	66	1	+ 13
Fires	56	13	28	109	- 96
Poisonings	57	11	39	46	- 35
Meningitis	58	8	27	109	- 101
Osteoarthritis	59	7	81	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	64	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	5	63	4	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	3	59	8	- 5
Schizophrenia	63	3	86	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	61	6	- 4
Oral conditions	65	3	80	0	+ 3
War	66	2	67	0	+ 2
Dengue	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	70	0	37	54	- 54
Tetanus	71	0	62	6	- 6
Ascariasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	73	0	43	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	84	0	51	22	- 22
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.