FIJI VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	994	31	30	+ 964
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	497	5	228	+ 269
Tuberculosis	3	481	27	39	+ 442
Stroke	4	452	3	583	- 130
Coronary Heart Disease	5	414	2	1,481	- 1,067
Road Traffic Accidents	6	295	11	120	+ 174
Diabetes Mellitus	7	246	1	1,628	- 1,382
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	219	12	96	+ 123
Low Birth Weight	9	175	14	86	+ 89
Lung Disease	10	157	9	141	+ 16
Violence	11	153	40	19	+ 133
Hypertension	12	145	7	170	- 25
Birth Trauma	13	117	28	36	+ 81
Liver Disease	14	114	15	82	+ 32
Kidney Disease	15	109	4	277	- 168
Congenital Anomalies	16	96	10	129	- 33
Suicide	17	82	16	80	+ 3
Malnutrition	18	76	45	14	+ 62
Other Injuries	19	70	17	77	- 7
Asthma	20	68	6	226	- 158
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	60	19	63	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	22	55	23	45	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	23	45	13	86	- 41
Breast Cancer	24	41	8	162	- 121
Maternal Conditions	25	37	49	9	+ 29
Drownings	26	37	21	60	- 22
Meningitis	27	37	43	17	+ 20
Fires	28	37	33	28	+ 9
Skin Cancers	29	37	61	1	+ 36
Oral Cancer	30	34	46	13	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	31	32	25	41	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	26	29	34	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	33	25	34	28	- 3
Falls	34	21	36	27	- 6
Lung Cancers	35	20	22	48	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	18	24	45	- 27
Pertussis	37	18	48	10	+ 9
Epilepsy	38	17	44	16	+ 0
Poisonings	39	16	56	2	+ 13
Lymphomas	40	16	35	27	- 12
Liver Cancer	41	15	18	68	- 53
Parkinson's Disease	42	15	26	40	- 26
Syphilis	43	12	47	11	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	11	20	62	- 51
Stomach Cancer	45	11	37	23	- 12
Drug Use	46	11	52	4	+ 7
Skin Disease	47	10	41	19	- 9
Alcohol	48	10	57	2	+ 8
Leukemia	49	8	30	31	- 23
Ovary Cancer	50	8	32	29	- 21
Malaria	51	7	75	0	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	52	7	42	18	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	38	21	- 15
Bladder Cancer	54	5	50	8	- 3
Schistosomiasis	55	5	74	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	56	4	39	20	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	62	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	3	54	3	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	3	51	7	- 5
Other Neoplasms	60	3	53	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	58	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	60	1	- 0
Measles	65	1	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	+ 0
War	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Namibia

Fiji

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.