FINLAND VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,877	59	6	+ 5,871
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,939	21	436	+ 2,503
Tuberculosis	3	2,842	46	32	+ 2,810
Stroke	4	2,675	3	4,115	- 1,440
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,450	2	9,831	- 7,381
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,743	33	215	+ 1,528
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,454	22	418	+ 1,036
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,294	52	15	+ 1,279
Low Birth Weight	9	1,035	48	26	+ 1,009
Lung Disease	10	926	8	1,289	- 364
Violence	11	902	43	64	+ 838
Hypertension	12	859	5	2,030	- 1,171
Birth Trauma	13	691	56	8	+ 684
Liver Disease	14	673	10	1,068	- 395
Kidney Disease	15	645	26	342	+ 304
Congenital Anomalies	16	568	35	192	+ 376
Suicide	17	487	15	846	- 359
Malnutrition	18	449	57	7	+ 442
Other Injuries	19	415	20	437	- 22
Asthma	20	402	40	85	+ 318
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	352	1	11,120	- 10,768
Inflammatory/Heart	22	325	17	518	- 193
Cervical Cancer	23	266	44	62	+ 204
Breast Cancer	24	243	12	948	- 705
Maternal Conditions	25	221	64	2	+ 219
Drownings	26	220	37	106	+ 114
Meningitis	27	218	55	9	+ 209
Fires	28	218	45	62	+ 157
Skin Cancers	29	216	29	297	- 81
Oral Cancer	30	200	34	207	- 7
Prostate Cancer	31	189	11	970	- 781
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	152	36	151	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	33	146	31	257	- 110
Falls	34	125	7	1,325	- 1,201
Lung Cancers	35	118	4	2,312	- 2,194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	109	6	1,433	- 1,324
Pertussis	37	109	69	0	+ 109
Epilepsy	38	99	38	104	- 5
Poisonings	39	93	49	25	+ 68
Lymphomas	40	92	14	851	- 759
Liver Cancer	41	90	16	545	- 455
Parkinson's Disease	42	87	13	853	- 766
Syphilis	43	70	67	0	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	66	50	19	+ 47
Stomach Cancer	45	65	19	447	- 381
Drug Use	46	64	30	269	- 206
Skin Disease	47	62	47	27	+ 35
Alcohol	48	56	18	464	- 408
Leukemia	49	48	24	371	- 324
Ovary Cancer	50	47	25	344	- 298
Malaria	51	43	74	0	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	52	42	27	320	- 278
Pancreas Cancer	53	35	9	1,247	- 1,212
Bladder Cancer	54	31	28	308	- 277
Schistosomiasis	55	27	77	0	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	56	23	32	225	- 202
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	19	41	83	- 64
Appendicitis	58	18	54	10	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	16	66	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	60	15	23	377	- 361
Upper Respiratory	61	13	62	2	+ 11
Tetanus	62	12	70	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	63	9	63	2	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	42	80	- 76
Measles	65	4	72	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	60	5	- 3
War	67	1	65	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	53	11	- 11
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	39	93	- 93
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Namibia

Finland

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.