GHANA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	36,129	4	13,565	+ 22,563
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	18,067	1	16,262	+ 1,805
Tuberculosis	3	17,473	6	10,214	+ 7,258
Stroke	4	16,444	2	15,163	+ 1,282
Coronary Heart Disease	5	15,059	3	14,103	+ 957
Road Traffic Accidents	6	10,712	7	7,808	+ 2,905
Diabetes Mellitus	7	8,937	12	5,929	+ 3,007
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	7,955	9	6,538	+ 1,417
Low Birth Weight	9	6,365	8	6,662	- 296
Lung Disease	10	5,690	15	3,120	+ 2,570
Violence	11	5,548	27	1,857	+ 3,691
Hypertension	12	5,279	19	2,231	+ 3,049
Birth Trauma	13	4,251	10	6,194	- 1,943
Liver Disease	14	4,140	11	6,053	- 1,913
Kidney Disease	15	3,968	13	4,161	- 194
Congenital Anomalies	16	3,493	14	3,935	- 442
Suicide	17	2,995	21	1,993	+ 1,001
Malnutrition	18	2,758	26	1,868	+ 890
Other Injuries	19	2,550	18	2,433	+ 117
Asthma	20	2,474	23	1,979	+ 494
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	2,167	29	1,294	+ 873
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,996	28	1,615	+ 381
Cervical Cancer	23	1,638	20	2,161	- 523
Breast Cancer	24	1,494	25	1,937	- 443
Maternal Conditions	25	1,358	22	1,991	- 633
Drownings	26	1,352	36	740	+ 612
Meningitis	27	1,342	16	2,983	- 1,642
Fires	28	1,342	37	729	+ 612
Skin Cancers	29	1,329	58	214	+ 1,115
Oral Cancer	30	1,230	42	483	+ 748
Prostate Cancer	31	1,163	31	1,031	+ 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	935	48	321	+ 614
Endocrine Disorders	33	899	24	1,965	- 1,066
Falls	34	766	30	1,168	- 401
Lung Cancers	35	725	55	237	+ 488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	671	34	803	- 131
Pertussis	37	668	35	744	- 76
Epilepsy	38	607	47	329	+ 277
Poisonings	39	572	40	522	+ 50
Lymphomas	40	565	32	875	- 310
Liver Cancer	41	554	17	2,851	- 2,297
Parkinson's Disease	42	535	43	387	+ 149
Syphilis	43	429	41	483	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	408	52	256	+ 152
Stomach Cancer	45	402	33	870	- 469
Drug Use	46	391	39	630	- 239
Skin Disease	47	381	50	264	+ 117
Alcohol	48	347	54	244	+ 103
Leukemia	49	292	45	340	- 48
Ovary Cancer	50	287	38	698	- 411
Malaria	51	266	5	11,162	- 10,896
Oesophagus Cancer	52	258	49	285	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	53	216	46	334	- 118
Bladder Cancer	54	193	53	245	- 52
Schistosomiasis	55	168	51	257	- 88
Uterin Cancer	56	140	57	219	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	117	67	16	+ 100
Appendicitis	58	108	59	146	- 37
Encephalitis	59	99	44	357	- 258
Other Neoplasms	60	95	63	48	+ 47
Upper Respiratory	61	78	66	16	+ 62
Tetanus	62	74	56	220	- 146
Hepatitis B	63	55	62	101	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	64	28	61	113	- 85
Measles	65	25	60	135	- 110
Hepatitis C	66	7	65	28	- 21
War	67	6	64	29	- 23
Chlamydia	68	4	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	4	68	12	- 9
Otitis Media	70	3	72	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	71	2	69	4	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Namibia

Ghana

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.