ESTONIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,247	39	40	+ 1,207
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	624	6	349	+ 275
Tuberculosis	3	603	47	16	+ 587
Stroke	4	568	3	1,116	- 548
Coronary Heart Disease	5	520	1	3,009	- 2,489
Road Traffic Accidents	6	370	35	59	+ 311
Diabetes Mellitus	7	308	19	146	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	275	53	8	+ 266
Low Birth Weight	9	220	55	7	+ 213
Lung Disease	10	196	13	229	- 32
Violence	11	191	42	28	+ 163
Hypertension	12	182	2	2,700	- 2,518
Birth Trauma	13	147	57	5	+ 142
Liver Disease	14	143	7	328	- 186
Kidney Disease	15	137	17	176	- 40
Congenital Anomalies	16	121	43	25	+ 96
Suicide	17	103	16	197	- 94
Malnutrition	18	95	79	0	+ 95
Other Injuries	19	88	20	141	- 53
Asthma	20	85	44	24	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	75	12	229	- 155
Inflammatory/Heart	22	69	14	217	- 148
Cervical Cancer	23	57	32	68	- 11
Breast Cancer	24	52	11	260	- 208
Maternal Conditions	25	47	61	1	+ 46
Drownings	26	47	40	30	+ 17
Meningitis	27	46	54	7	+ 39
Fires	28	46	38	41	+ 5
Skin Cancers	29	46	30	79	- 33
Oral Cancer	30	42	25	110	- 68
Prostate Cancer	31	40	8	298	- 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	32	36	55	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	33	31	33	66	- 35
Falls	34	26	24	119	- 92
Lung Cancers	35	25	4	657	- 632
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	23	5	527	- 504
Pertussis	37	23	83	0	+ 23
Epilepsy	38	21	37	45	- 24
Poisonings	39	20	52	8	+ 11
Lymphomas	40	20	15	213	- 193
Liver Cancer	41	19	26	107	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	42	18	29	82	- 63
Syphilis	43	15	62	1	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	14	45	22	- 7
Stomach Cancer	45	14	9	290	- 276
Drug Use	46	13	31	75	- 62
Skin Disease	47	13	41	29	- 15
Alcohol	48	12	18	148	- 136
Leukemia	49	10	22	126	- 116
Ovary Cancer	50	10	28	87	- 77
Malaria	51	9	73	0	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	52	9	27	99	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	10	268	- 261
Bladder Cancer	54	7	21	126	- 119
Schistosomiasis	55	6	72	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	5	34	60	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	46	17	- 13
Appendicitis	58	4	59	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	3	63	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	60	3	23	123	- 120
Upper Respiratory	61	3	66	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	48	16	- 15
Measles	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	58	4	- 4
War	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	60	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	49	12	- 12
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Namibia

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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.