IRELAND VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,466	57	9	+ 5,458
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,734	6	1,298	+ 1,435
Tuberculosis	3	2,644	50	23	+ 2,621
Stroke	4	2,488	5	1,770	+ 718
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,279	1	4,762	- 2,483
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,621	33	153	+ 1,468
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,352	16	414	+ 939
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,204	45	53	+ 1,151
Low Birth Weight	9	963	44	56	+ 907
Lung Disease	10	861	4	1,915	- 1,055
Violence	11	839	47	38	+ 801
Hypertension	12	799	29	175	+ 624
Birth Trauma	13	643	56	10	+ 633
Liver Disease	14	626	19	279	+ 347
Kidney Disease	15	600	10	566	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	16	529	32	153	+ 376
Suicide	17	453	14	470	- 17
Malnutrition	18	417	63	2	+ 416
Other Injuries	19	386	30	171	+ 215
Asthma	20	374	41	58	+ 316
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	328	2	3,209	- 2,881
Inflammatory/Heart	22	302	26	240	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	23	248	35	103	+ 145
Breast Cancer	24	226	8	760	- 534
Maternal Conditions	25	206	61	3	+ 202
Drownings	26	205	43	57	+ 147
Meningitis	27	203	58	7	+ 196
Fires	28	203	48	30	+ 173
Skin Cancers	29	201	23	252	- 51
Oral Cancer	30	186	28	183	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	31	176	9	585	- 409
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	141	38	67	+ 75
Endocrine Disorders	33	136	24	249	- 113
Falls	34	116	25	247	- 131
Lung Cancers	35	110	3	1,916	- 1,806
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	102	7	1,095	- 994
Pertussis	37	101	67	0	+ 101
Epilepsy	38	92	36	85	+ 7
Poisonings	39	86	53	14	+ 72
Lymphomas	40	86	13	513	- 427
Liver Cancer	41	84	18	318	- 234
Parkinson's Disease	42	81	12	530	- 449
Syphilis	43	65	68	0	+ 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	62	46	50	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	45	61	17	357	- 296
Drug Use	46	59	31	167	- 108
Skin Disease	47	58	42	58	+ 0
Alcohol	48	52	39	64	- 12
Leukemia	49	44	20	274	- 230
Ovary Cancer	50	43	21	273	- 229
Malaria	51	40	75	0	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	52	39	15	419	- 379
Pancreas Cancer	53	33	11	530	- 498
Bladder Cancer	54	29	22	256	- 227
Schistosomiasis	55	25	72	0	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	56	21	34	126	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	18	40	59	- 41
Appendicitis	58	16	60	3	+ 13
Encephalitis	59	15	66	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	60	14	27	218	- 204
Upper Respiratory	61	12	64	1	+ 11
Tetanus	62	11	81	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	63	8	59	6	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	37	83	- 79
Measles	65	4	83	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	52	19	- 18
War	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	54	14	- 14
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Namibia

Ireland

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.