NAMIBIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,439	5	1,221	+ 4,219
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,455	7	724	+ 2,730
Stroke	3	3,353	4	1,333	+ 2,020
Kidney Disease	4	1,583	15	322	+ 1,261
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,457	2	1,464	- 7
Lung Disease	6	1,160	10	461	+ 699
Suicide	7	904	17	243	+ 661
Hypertension	8	763	12	428	+ 335
Liver Disease	9	667	14	336	+ 332
Lung Cancers	10	646	35	59	+ 587
Drownings	11	485	26	110	+ 375
Breast Cancer	12	478	24	121	+ 357
Asthma	13	448	20	200	+ 247
Low Birth Weight	14	421	9	516	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	386	44	33	+ 353
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	378	8	645	- 267
Other Injuries	17	375	19	207	+ 168
Congenital Anomalies	18	374	16	283	+ 91
Tuberculosis	19	352	3	1,416	- 1,064
Stomach Cancer	20	330	45	33	+ 298
Birth Trauma	21	305	13	345	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	237	36	54	+ 183
Cervical Cancer	23	234	23	133	+ 102
Liver Cancer	24	230	41	45	+ 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	186	32	76	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	183	21	176	+ 8
Falls	27	173	34	62	+ 111
Inflammatory/Heart	28	170	22	162	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	29	155	31	94	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	30	149	33	73	+ 76
Violence	31	148	11	450	- 301
Leukemia	32	141	49	24	+ 118
Parkinson's Disease	33	131	42	43	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	34	103	25	110	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	35	102	53	18	+ 85
Lymphomas	36	101	40	46	+ 55
Pertussis	37	99	37	54	+ 45
Oral Cancer	38	95	30	100	- 5
Meningitis	39	90	27	109	- 19
Syphilis	40	85	43	35	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	41	81	56	11	+ 69
Skin Disease	42	77	47	31	+ 46
Epilepsy	43	77	38	49	+ 28
Malnutrition	44	75	18	224	- 149
Ovary Cancer	45	65	50	23	+ 42
Alcohol	46	64	48	28	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	47	61	52	21	+ 40
Fires	48	57	28	109	- 52
Bladder Cancer	49	44	54	16	+ 28
Poisonings	50	29	39	46	- 18
Skin Cancers	51	26	29	108	- 82
Drug Use	52	17	46	32	- 14
Encephalitis	53	17	59	8	+ 9
Appendicitis	54	12	58	9	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	55	10	60	8	+ 3
Measles	56	10	65	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	57	8	63	4	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	58	5	6	868	- 863
Tetanus	59	5	62	6	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	57	9	- 5
Dengue	61	4	74	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	64	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	69	0	+ 1
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	6	- 6
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	2,928	- 2,928
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	55	14	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Micronesia

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.