MAURITIUS VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,369	13	141	+ 1,228
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	685	7	346	+ 338
Tuberculosis	3	662	45	17	+ 645
Stroke	4	623	3	985	- 362
Coronary Heart Disease	5	571	2	1,805	- 1,234
Road Traffic Accidents	6	406	11	155	+ 251
Diabetes Mellitus	7	339	1	1,873	- 1,535
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	301	42	23	+ 279
Low Birth Weight	9	241	35	37	+ 204
Lung Disease	10	216	5	646	- 431
Violence	11	210	41	30	+ 181
Hypertension	12	200	6	592	- 392
Birth Trauma	13	161	36	37	+ 125
Liver Disease	14	157	12	145	+ 11
Kidney Disease	15	150	4	724	- 574
Congenital Anomalies	16	132	25	57	+ 76
Suicide	17	113	14	120	- 7
Malnutrition	18	104	54	4	+ 101
Other Injuries	19	97	21	66	+ 31
Asthma	20	94	17	107	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	82	34	42	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	22	76	16	108	- 32
Cervical Cancer	23	62	30	49	+ 13
Breast Cancer	24	57	8	232	- 176
Maternal Conditions	25	51	48	11	+ 41
Drownings	26	51	33	43	+ 8
Meningitis	27	51	57	2	+ 49
Fires	28	51	50	10	+ 40
Skin Cancers	29	50	53	5	+ 46
Oral Cancer	30	47	23	63	- 17
Prostate Cancer	31	44	15	115	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	35	43	22	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	33	34	19	101	- 67
Falls	34	29	26	57	- 28
Lung Cancers	35	27	9	182	- 155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	25	10	182	- 157
Pertussis	37	25	66	0	+ 25
Epilepsy	38	23	38	35	- 12
Poisonings	39	22	49	11	+ 11
Lymphomas	40	21	24	57	- 35
Liver Cancer	41	21	27	56	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	42	20	47	12	+ 9
Syphilis	43	16	67	0	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	15	56	3	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	45	15	18	104	- 89
Drug Use	46	15	46	16	- 1
Skin Disease	47	14	22	64	- 50
Alcohol	48	13	29	53	- 40
Leukemia	49	11	31	48	- 37
Ovary Cancer	50	11	32	46	- 35
Malaria	51	10	70	0	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	52	10	37	35	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	28	55	- 46
Bladder Cancer	54	7	44	21	- 13
Schistosomiasis	55	6	69	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	5	40	32	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	60	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	4	59	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	4	61	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	60	4	20	77	- 73
Upper Respiratory	61	3	63	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Measles	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	51	9	- 9
War	67	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	55	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	58	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Namibia

Mauritius

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.