EQU. GUINEA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,876	1	1,838	+ 37
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	938	2	913	+ 25
Tuberculosis	3	907	10	321	+ 586
Stroke	4	854	6	437	+ 417
Coronary Heart Disease	5	782	7	419	+ 363
Road Traffic Accidents	6	556	8	368	+ 188
Diabetes Mellitus	7	464	11	299	+ 165
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	413	9	349	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	9	330	4	457	- 126
Lung Disease	10	295	20	120	+ 175
Violence	11	288	33	45	+ 243
Hypertension	12	274	16	165	+ 109
Birth Trauma	13	221	5	441	- 220
Liver Disease	14	215	13	199	+ 16
Kidney Disease	15	206	14	198	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	16	181	12	249	- 68
Suicide	17	155	22	107	+ 48
Malnutrition	18	143	31	48	+ 95
Other Injuries	19	132	23	105	+ 27
Asthma	20	128	26	65	+ 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	112	29	55	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	22	104	27	63	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	23	85	28	56	+ 29
Breast Cancer	24	78	24	84	- 7
Maternal Conditions	25	71	17	139	- 68
Drownings	26	70	36	39	+ 31
Meningitis	27	70	19	127	- 57
Fires	28	70	39	30	+ 39
Skin Cancers	29	69	48	16	+ 53
Oral Cancer	30	64	37	35	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	31	60	35	43	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	49	43	22	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	33	47	25	73	- 26
Falls	34	40	32	46	- 6
Lung Cancers	35	38	41	27	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	35	40	29	+ 6
Pertussis	37	35	21	109	- 74
Epilepsy	38	32	38	32	- 1
Poisonings	39	30	44	21	+ 9
Lymphomas	40	29	45	19	+ 10
Liver Cancer	41	29	34	43	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	42	28	46	18	+ 10
Syphilis	43	22	18	134	- 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	21	50	14	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	45	21	49	16	+ 5
Drug Use	46	20	30	50	- 30
Skin Disease	47	20	51	13	+ 7
Alcohol	48	18	53	12	+ 6
Leukemia	49	15	61	4	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	50	15	52	13	+ 2
Malaria	51	14	3	668	- 654
Oesophagus Cancer	52	13	54	12	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	11	55	11	- 0
Bladder Cancer	54	10	56	9	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	55	9	60	4	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	7	58	8	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	6	62	4	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	6	59	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	5	57	8	- 3
Other Neoplasms	60	5	63	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	4	66	2	+ 2
Tetanus	62	4	42	23	- 19
Hepatitis B	63	3	65	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	67	1	+ 0
Measles	65	1	15	181	- 180
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Namibia

Equ. Guinea

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.