GUYANA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	829	7	256	+ 573
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	415	6	302	+ 113
Tuberculosis	3	401	16	137	+ 264
Stroke	4	378	2	1,022	- 645
Coronary Heart Disease	5	346	1	1,335	- 989
Road Traffic Accidents	6	246	11	175	+ 71
Diabetes Mellitus	7	205	3	579	- 373
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	183	27	48	+ 135
Low Birth Weight	9	146	22	89	+ 57
Lung Disease	10	131	13	174	- 43
Violence	11	127	10	194	- 66
Hypertension	12	121	4	320	- 199
Birth Trauma	13	98	24	64	+ 33
Liver Disease	14	95	9	197	- 102
Kidney Disease	15	91	8	233	- 142
Congenital Anomalies	16	80	23	69	+ 12
Suicide	17	69	5	315	- 247
Malnutrition	18	63	30	37	+ 26
Other Injuries	19	59	14	167	- 109
Asthma	20	57	36	25	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	50	38	23	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	22	46	20	92	- 46
Cervical Cancer	23	38	21	91	- 54
Breast Cancer	24	34	19	96	- 62
Maternal Conditions	25	31	35	28	+ 3
Drownings	26	31	15	145	- 114
Meningitis	27	31	44	17	+ 13
Fires	28	31	41	19	+ 11
Skin Cancers	29	31	55	5	+ 26
Oral Cancer	30	28	40	20	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	31	27	17	123	- 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	21	26	54	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	33	21	12	174	- 154
Falls	34	18	48	11	+ 6
Lung Cancers	35	17	29	38	- 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	15	25	59	- 43
Pertussis	37	15	73	0	+ 15
Epilepsy	38	14	37	24	- 10
Poisonings	39	13	65	1	+ 13
Lymphomas	40	13	32	32	- 19
Liver Cancer	41	13	34	29	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	42	12	49	9	+ 3
Syphilis	43	10	71	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	9	47	13	- 4
Stomach Cancer	45	9	31	34	- 25
Drug Use	46	9	45	16	- 7
Skin Disease	47	9	56	3	+ 6
Alcohol	48	8	57	3	+ 5
Leukemia	49	7	39	21	- 15
Ovary Cancer	50	7	43	18	- 11
Malaria	51	6	33	30	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	52	6	51	8	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	42	19	- 14
Bladder Cancer	54	4	50	8	- 3
Schistosomiasis	55	4	84	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	3	46	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	63	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	2	54	6	- 3
Encephalitis	59	2	53	7	- 5
Other Neoplasms	60	2	28	40	- 38
Upper Respiratory	61	2	66	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	2	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	1	- 1
Measles	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	- 0
War	67	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	67	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	52	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Namibia

Guyana

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.