GEORGIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,119	42	89	+ 5,030
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,560	9	886	+ 1,674
Tuberculosis	3	2,476	32	153	+ 2,323
Stroke	4	2,330	2	11,969	- 9,639
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,134	1	16,014	- 13,881
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,518	13	496	+ 1,022
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,266	6	1,621	- 355
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,127	50	19	+ 1,109
Low Birth Weight	9	902	37	114	+ 787
Lung Disease	10	806	7	1,158	- 352
Violence	11	786	40	90	+ 696
Hypertension	12	748	3	4,387	- 3,639
Birth Trauma	13	602	46	39	+ 563
Liver Disease	14	587	4	1,871	- 1,284
Kidney Disease	15	562	10	826	- 264
Congenital Anomalies	16	495	28	174	+ 321
Suicide	17	424	18	367	+ 57
Malnutrition	18	391	59	5	+ 386
Other Injuries	19	361	20	346	+ 15
Asthma	20	350	35	136	+ 215
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	307	5	1,826	- 1,519
Inflammatory/Heart	22	283	21	346	- 63
Cervical Cancer	23	232	27	187	+ 45
Breast Cancer	24	212	11	613	- 401
Maternal Conditions	25	192	53	13	+ 180
Drownings	26	192	39	95	+ 97
Meningitis	27	190	47	25	+ 166
Fires	28	190	34	140	+ 50
Skin Cancers	29	188	33	149	+ 39
Oral Cancer	30	174	31	167	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	31	165	22	290	- 126
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	132	24	226	- 94
Endocrine Disorders	33	127	38	109	+ 19
Falls	34	109	16	420	- 311
Lung Cancers	35	103	8	1,152	- 1,049
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	95	14	444	- 348
Pertussis	37	95	67	0	+ 95
Epilepsy	38	86	44	51	+ 35
Poisonings	39	81	49	23	+ 58
Lymphomas	40	80	25	208	- 128
Liver Cancer	41	79	17	385	- 306
Parkinson's Disease	42	76	19	354	- 278
Syphilis	43	61	63	0	+ 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	58	15	426	- 369
Stomach Cancer	45	57	12	533	- 476
Drug Use	46	55	41	90	- 34
Skin Disease	47	54	51	17	+ 37
Alcohol	48	49	45	49	+ 0
Leukemia	49	41	30	171	- 130
Ovary Cancer	50	41	29	174	- 133
Malaria	51	38	71	0	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	52	37	43	75	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	53	31	23	227	- 197
Bladder Cancer	54	27	26	205	- 178
Schistosomiasis	55	24	73	0	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	56	20	36	115	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	17	57	8	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	15	55	10	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	14	48	24	- 10
Other Neoplasms	60	13	52	15	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	11	60	1	+ 10
Tetanus	62	10	62	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	63	8	58	7	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	54	12	- 8
Measles	65	4	68	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	0	+ 1
War	67	1	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	56	8	- 8
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Namibia

Georgia

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.