ETHIOPIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	123,827	17	11,471	+ 112,355
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	61,922	1	59,931	+ 1,992
Tuberculosis	3	59,886	9	21,455	+ 38,431
Stroke	4	56,362	3	39,362	+ 17,000
Coronary Heart Disease	5	51,614	4	36,530	+ 15,084
Road Traffic Accidents	6	36,715	5	31,564	+ 5,151
Diabetes Mellitus	7	30,630	10	16,258	+ 14,372
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	27,266	2	44,361	- 17,094
Low Birth Weight	9	21,817	7	28,020	- 6,204
Lung Disease	10	19,501	15	11,870	+ 7,630
Violence	11	19,016	22	8,076	+ 10,940
Hypertension	12	18,094	12	13,470	+ 4,624
Birth Trauma	13	14,569	6	31,107	- 16,538
Liver Disease	14	14,190	8	27,270	- 13,080
Kidney Disease	15	13,599	13	12,103	+ 1,496
Congenital Anomalies	16	11,973	11	15,638	- 3,665
Suicide	17	10,264	25	6,030	+ 4,233
Malnutrition	18	9,453	19	8,643	+ 810
Other Injuries	19	8,740	16	11,735	- 2,994
Asthma	20	8,478	29	4,484	+ 3,994
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	7,426	21	8,258	- 832
Inflammatory/Heart	22	6,842	39	2,168	+ 4,673
Cervical Cancer	23	5,614	27	5,019	+ 595
Breast Cancer	24	5,122	20	8,485	- 3,363
Maternal Conditions	25	4,656	18	8,887	- 4,231
Drownings	26	4,635	35	3,133	+ 1,502
Meningitis	27	4,598	14	12,019	- 7,421
Fires	28	4,598	34	3,255	+ 1,343
Skin Cancers	29	4,556	52	1,006	+ 3,550
Oral Cancer	30	4,217	48	1,477	+ 2,741
Prostate Cancer	31	3,986	50	1,244	+ 2,742
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	3,203	41	1,758	+ 1,445
Endocrine Disorders	33	3,082	45	1,623	+ 1,459
Falls	34	2,626	28	4,510	- 1,884
Lung Cancers	35	2,486	38	2,202	+ 284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	2,301	31	3,755	- 1,454
Pertussis	37	2,290	23	6,896	- 4,606
Epilepsy	38	2,080	44	1,625	+ 455
Poisonings	39	1,959	32	3,668	- 1,710
Lymphomas	40	1,938	33	3,590	- 1,652
Liver Cancer	41	1,900	42	1,730	+ 170
Parkinson's Disease	42	1,835	46	1,578	+ 257
Syphilis	43	1,470	43	1,699	- 229
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	1,398	49	1,339	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	45	1,376	47	1,519	- 142
Drug Use	46	1,340	60	513	+ 827
Skin Disease	47	1,307	53	904	+ 403
Alcohol	48	1,189	55	750	+ 439
Leukemia	49	1,001	30	4,222	- 3,221
Ovary Cancer	50	983	36	2,424	- 1,440
Malaria	51	911	26	5,626	- 4,715
Oesophagus Cancer	52	886	40	1,839	- 953
Pancreas Cancer	53	740	61	488	+ 253
Bladder Cancer	54	662	51	1,080	- 417
Schistosomiasis	55	577	54	839	- 262
Uterin Cancer	56	481	62	421	+ 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	400	65	221	+ 179
Appendicitis	58	371	58	677	- 306
Encephalitis	59	341	63	386	- 45
Other Neoplasms	60	326	66	148	+ 178
Upper Respiratory	61	269	57	709	- 440
Tetanus	62	254	37	2,203	- 1,949
Hepatitis B	63	189	56	742	- 553
Multiple Sclerosis	64	96	70	61	+ 35
Measles	65	86	24	6,324	- 6,238
Hepatitis C	66	24	69	115	- 91
War	67	21	64	281	- 260
Chlamydia	68	14	72	21	- 7
Ascariasis	69	12	68	130	- 117
Otitis Media	70	12	71	39	- 27
Diphtheria	71	8	67	146	- 138
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	20	- 20
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	59	579	- 579
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ETHIOPIA

Namibia

Ethiopia

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.