HAITI VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,277	5	2,706	+ 9,571
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,139	3	7,064	- 924
Tuberculosis	3	5,938	22	1,007	+ 4,930
Stroke	4	5,588	2	11,779	- 6,191
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,117	1	13,208	- 8,091
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,640	13	2,115	+ 1,526
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,037	4	5,026	- 1,989
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,703	8	2,540	+ 164
Low Birth Weight	9	2,163	9	2,516	- 353
Lung Disease	10	1,933	11	2,334	- 401
Violence	11	1,885	12	2,330	- 444
Hypertension	12	1,794	7	2,632	- 838
Birth Trauma	13	1,445	14	2,100	- 656
Liver Disease	14	1,407	10	2,425	- 1,018
Kidney Disease	15	1,348	6	2,701	- 1,353
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,187	15	1,819	- 632
Suicide	17	1,018	21	1,085	- 68
Malnutrition	18	937	29	717	+ 220
Other Injuries	19	867	16	1,499	- 632
Asthma	20	841	20	1,107	- 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	736	23	955	- 219
Inflammatory/Heart	22	678	25	941	- 263
Cervical Cancer	23	557	34	573	- 16
Breast Cancer	24	508	30	705	- 197
Maternal Conditions	25	462	18	1,349	- 887
Drownings	26	460	19	1,306	- 847
Meningitis	27	456	28	780	- 324
Fires	28	456	37	470	- 14
Skin Cancers	29	452	56	56	+ 395
Oral Cancer	30	418	45	261	+ 157
Prostate Cancer	31	395	17	1,356	- 961
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	318	31	704	- 387
Endocrine Disorders	33	306	24	951	- 646
Falls	34	260	35	549	- 289
Lung Cancers	35	246	36	492	- 245
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	228	32	680	- 452
Pertussis	37	227	38	446	- 219
Epilepsy	38	206	41	409	- 202
Poisonings	39	194	50	154	+ 40
Lymphomas	40	192	47	235	- 43
Liver Cancer	41	188	33	662	- 474
Parkinson's Disease	42	182	42	329	- 148
Syphilis	43	146	46	251	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	139	27	814	- 675
Stomach Cancer	45	136	26	863	- 727
Drug Use	46	133	52	140	- 7
Skin Disease	47	130	40	425	- 295
Alcohol	48	118	39	428	- 310
Leukemia	49	99	43	300	- 201
Ovary Cancer	50	97	51	153	- 56
Malaria	51	90	59	36	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	52	88	49	155	- 67
Pancreas Cancer	53	73	44	268	- 195
Bladder Cancer	54	66	55	92	- 26
Schistosomiasis	55	57	76	0	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	56	48	57	42	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	40	58	37	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	37	48	172	- 135
Encephalitis	59	34	54	118	- 84
Other Neoplasms	60	32	60	31	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	27	63	19	+ 8
Tetanus	62	25	53	119	- 94
Hepatitis B	63	19	62	26	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	10	61	28	- 19
Measles	65	9	74	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	7	- 5
War	67	2	66	5	- 3
Chlamydia	68	1	68	5	- 3
Ascariasis	69	1	67	5	- 4
Otitis Media	70	1	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	1	69	3	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

Namibia

Haiti

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.