DR CONGO VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	120,539	15	13,286	+ 107,253
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	60,278	1	73,546	- 13,267
Tuberculosis	3	58,296	2	43,759	+ 14,536
Stroke	4	54,865	6	36,596	+ 18,269
Coronary Heart Disease	5	50,243	7	34,713	+ 15,530
Road Traffic Accidents	6	35,740	10	30,256	+ 5,484
Diabetes Mellitus	7	29,817	16	12,902	+ 16,914
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	26,542	5	41,301	- 14,759
Low Birth Weight	9	21,237	8	34,668	- 13,431
Lung Disease	10	18,983	14	13,527	+ 5,456
Violence	11	18,511	18	11,120	+ 7,390
Hypertension	12	17,614	12	15,743	+ 1,871
Birth Trauma	13	14,183	9	33,075	- 18,893
Liver Disease	14	13,814	13	15,044	- 1,231
Kidney Disease	15	13,238	20	9,077	+ 4,161
Congenital Anomalies	16	11,655	11	16,256	- 4,601
Suicide	17	9,991	26	5,812	+ 4,179
Malnutrition	18	9,202	21	8,910	+ 291
Other Injuries	19	8,508	22	8,272	+ 236
Asthma	20	8,253	24	7,733	+ 519
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	7,229	28	4,548	+ 2,681
Inflammatory/Heart	22	6,660	29	4,045	+ 2,615
Cervical Cancer	23	5,465	27	4,823	+ 642
Breast Cancer	24	4,986	35	3,416	+ 1,570
Maternal Conditions	25	4,532	19	10,513	- 5,981
Drownings	26	4,512	34	3,454	+ 1,058
Meningitis	27	4,476	17	11,568	- 7,092
Fires	28	4,476	39	2,007	+ 2,468
Skin Cancers	29	4,435	55	765	+ 3,670
Oral Cancer	30	4,105	51	1,003	+ 3,102
Prostate Cancer	31	3,880	30	3,948	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	3,118	40	1,923	+ 1,195
Endocrine Disorders	33	3,000	25	7,380	- 4,380
Falls	34	2,557	33	3,483	- 926
Lung Cancers	35	2,420	47	1,158	+ 1,262
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	2,240	36	2,966	- 727
Pertussis	37	2,229	23	7,921	- 5,692
Epilepsy	38	2,025	44	1,727	+ 298
Poisonings	39	1,907	42	1,729	+ 178
Lymphomas	40	1,886	38	2,061	- 175
Liver Cancer	41	1,850	31	3,840	- 1,990
Parkinson's Disease	42	1,786	49	1,035	+ 751
Syphilis	43	1,431	32	3,751	- 2,320
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	1,361	43	1,728	- 366
Stomach Cancer	45	1,340	37	2,579	- 1,239
Drug Use	46	1,305	59	638	+ 666
Skin Disease	47	1,273	54	781	+ 492
Alcohol	48	1,157	60	635	+ 522
Leukemia	49	975	41	1,871	- 897
Ovary Cancer	50	957	58	656	+ 302
Malaria	51	886	4	41,813	- 40,926
Oesophagus Cancer	52	862	53	790	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	53	721	50	1,017	- 296
Bladder Cancer	54	645	65	270	+ 375
Schistosomiasis	55	562	48	1,071	- 509
Uterin Cancer	56	468	63	352	+ 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	389	66	217	+ 172
Appendicitis	58	362	56	703	- 342
Encephalitis	59	332	57	680	- 348
Other Neoplasms	60	317	67	88	+ 230
Upper Respiratory	61	262	62	370	- 108
Tetanus	62	247	46	1,166	- 919
Hepatitis B	63	184	61	456	- 272
Multiple Sclerosis	64	93	71	44	+ 50
Measles	65	84	3	42,254	- 42,170
Hepatitis C	66	23	69	69	- 46
War	67	20	45	1,658	- 1,638
Chlamydia	68	13	73	15	- 1
Ascariasis	69	12	68	80	- 68
Otitis Media	70	12	72	38	- 26
Diphtheria	71	8	70	47	- 39
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	64	347	- 347
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	52	869	- 869
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Namibia

DR Congo

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.