JAMAICA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,949	7	757	+ 2,192
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,475	15	393	+ 1,082
Tuberculosis	3	1,426	54	8	+ 1,419
Stroke	4	1,342	1	2,415	- 1,072
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,229	3	1,726	- 497
Road Traffic Accidents	6	875	12	444	+ 430
Diabetes Mellitus	7	730	2	2,077	- 1,347
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	649	42	35	+ 615
Low Birth Weight	9	520	18	241	+ 279
Lung Disease	10	464	11	452	+ 13
Violence	11	453	4	1,484	- 1,031
Hypertension	12	431	8	651	- 220
Birth Trauma	13	347	37	65	+ 282
Liver Disease	14	338	21	155	+ 183
Kidney Disease	15	324	6	793	- 469
Congenital Anomalies	16	285	23	139	+ 146
Suicide	17	244	35	70	+ 174
Malnutrition	18	225	40	48	+ 177
Other Injuries	19	208	31	91	+ 117
Asthma	20	202	36	65	+ 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	177	9	587	- 410
Inflammatory/Heart	22	163	24	133	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	23	134	16	358	- 224
Breast Cancer	24	122	14	413	- 291
Maternal Conditions	25	111	43	35	+ 76
Drownings	26	110	51	10	+ 100
Meningitis	27	110	47	16	+ 94
Fires	28	110	46	16	+ 94
Skin Cancers	29	109	52	10	+ 98
Oral Cancer	30	100	39	59	+ 42
Prostate Cancer	31	95	5	883	- 788
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	76	32	82	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	33	73	20	176	- 103
Falls	34	63	33	82	- 19
Lung Cancers	35	59	10	472	- 413
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	55	13	436	- 382
Pertussis	37	55	67	0	+ 55
Epilepsy	38	50	41	46	+ 4
Poisonings	39	47	57	2	+ 44
Lymphomas	40	46	17	251	- 205
Liver Cancer	41	45	29	101	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	42	44	25	132	- 89
Syphilis	43	35	60	1	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	33	44	27	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	45	33	19	231	- 198
Drug Use	46	32	48	13	+ 19
Skin Disease	47	31	22	145	- 114
Alcohol	48	28	55	7	+ 21
Leukemia	49	24	26	129	- 105
Ovary Cancer	50	23	30	97	- 74
Malaria	51	22	72	0	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	52	21	34	74	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	53	18	27	119	- 101
Bladder Cancer	54	16	38	60	- 44
Schistosomiasis	55	14	74	0	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	56	11	28	106	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	10	50	11	- 2
Appendicitis	58	9	53	9	- 0
Encephalitis	59	8	49	13	- 5
Other Neoplasms	60	8	45	19	- 11
Upper Respiratory	61	6	65	0	+ 6
Tetanus	62	6	63	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	56	3	- 1
Measles	65	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.