DOMINICAN REP. VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,297	8	1,931	+ 9,366
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,649	6	2,254	+ 3,395
Tuberculosis	3	5,464	38	242	+ 5,222
Stroke	4	5,142	2	7,882	- 2,740
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,709	1	14,986	- 10,277
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,350	3	6,937	- 3,587
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,794	4	2,762	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,488	26	504	+ 1,983
Low Birth Weight	9	1,990	13	1,532	+ 458
Lung Disease	10	1,779	15	1,360	+ 419
Violence	11	1,735	9	1,917	- 182
Hypertension	12	1,651	10	1,894	- 243
Birth Trauma	13	1,329	18	915	+ 415
Liver Disease	14	1,295	5	2,680	- 1,386
Kidney Disease	15	1,241	7	2,121	- 880
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,092	17	1,038	+ 54
Suicide	17	936	25	530	+ 407
Malnutrition	18	862	34	372	+ 491
Other Injuries	19	797	19	890	- 93
Asthma	20	773	29	441	+ 333
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	677	11	1,808	- 1,130
Inflammatory/Heart	22	624	35	312	+ 313
Cervical Cancer	23	512	23	560	- 48
Breast Cancer	24	467	14	1,460	- 993
Maternal Conditions	25	425	39	202	+ 222
Drownings	26	423	37	248	+ 175
Meningitis	27	419	45	134	+ 286
Fires	28	419	44	139	+ 280
Skin Cancers	29	416	41	172	+ 244
Oral Cancer	30	385	31	434	- 49
Prostate Cancer	31	364	12	1,655	- 1,291
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	292	36	295	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	33	281	22	602	- 321
Falls	34	240	30	435	- 195
Lung Cancers	35	227	16	1,244	- 1,017
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	210	20	851	- 641
Pertussis	37	209	47	121	+ 88
Epilepsy	38	190	42	158	+ 31
Poisonings	39	179	55	47	+ 132
Lymphomas	40	177	33	374	- 197
Liver Cancer	41	173	21	664	- 491
Parkinson's Disease	42	167	28	446	- 279
Syphilis	43	134	51	70	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	128	46	123	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	45	126	24	547	- 422
Drug Use	46	122	43	156	- 34
Skin Disease	47	119	53	50	+ 69
Alcohol	48	108	48	120	- 12
Leukemia	49	91	32	409	- 317
Ovary Cancer	50	90	50	89	+ 1
Malaria	51	83	65	4	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	52	81	40	200	- 120
Pancreas Cancer	53	68	27	456	- 388
Bladder Cancer	54	60	49	92	- 32
Schistosomiasis	55	53	59	22	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	56	44	57	43	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	36	54	48	- 12
Appendicitis	58	34	52	67	- 33
Encephalitis	59	31	56	44	- 13
Other Neoplasms	60	30	58	35	- 6
Upper Respiratory	61	25	68	1	+ 24
Tetanus	62	23	61	17	+ 6
Hepatitis B	63	17	63	11	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	9	62	13	- 4
Measles	65	8	79	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	66	2	60	17	- 15
War	67	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	66	2	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	69	1	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Namibia

Dominican Rep.

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.