NEW ZEALAND VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,391	57	10	+ 5,381
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,696	7	920	+ 1,776
Tuberculosis	3	2,607	52	17	+ 2,590
Stroke	4	2,454	3	2,378	+ 76
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,247	1	5,095	- 2,848
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,598	16	458	+ 1,140
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,333	8	769	+ 565
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,187	37	81	+ 1,106
Low Birth Weight	9	950	38	78	+ 871
Lung Disease	10	849	5	1,815	- 966
Violence	11	828	42	57	+ 771
Hypertension	12	788	20	327	+ 461
Birth Trauma	13	634	54	15	+ 620
Liver Disease	14	618	32	158	+ 460
Kidney Disease	15	592	17	432	+ 160
Congenital Anomalies	16	521	30	176	+ 346
Suicide	17	447	15	528	- 82
Malnutrition	18	412	55	14	+ 397
Other Injuries	19	381	28	218	+ 162
Asthma	20	369	36	91	+ 278
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	323	2	3,032	- 2,708
Inflammatory/Heart	22	298	23	313	- 15
Cervical Cancer	23	244	41	61	+ 184
Breast Cancer	24	223	10	737	- 514
Maternal Conditions	25	203	63	5	+ 198
Drownings	26	202	44	54	+ 147
Meningitis	27	200	59	9	+ 191
Fires	28	200	53	17	+ 183
Skin Cancers	29	198	12	612	- 413
Oral Cancer	30	184	31	164	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	31	174	9	739	- 565
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	139	39	70	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	33	134	21	325	- 190
Falls	34	114	11	627	- 512
Lung Cancers	35	108	4	1,873	- 1,765
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	100	6	1,495	- 1,395
Pertussis	37	100	65	1	+ 99
Epilepsy	38	91	43	55	+ 36
Poisonings	39	85	58	9	+ 76
Lymphomas	40	84	13	608	- 524
Liver Cancer	41	83	24	288	- 205
Parkinson's Disease	42	80	19	353	- 273
Syphilis	43	64	70	0	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	61	35	113	- 52
Stomach Cancer	45	60	22	323	- 263
Drug Use	46	58	40	69	- 11
Skin Disease	47	57	34	118	- 61
Alcohol	48	52	45	51	+ 0
Leukemia	49	44	18	391	- 347
Ovary Cancer	50	43	29	207	- 164
Malaria	51	40	78	0	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	52	39	25	279	- 240
Pancreas Cancer	53	32	14	543	- 511
Bladder Cancer	54	29	26	267	- 238
Schistosomiasis	55	25	77	0	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	56	21	33	145	- 124
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	17	46	47	- 30
Appendicitis	58	16	62	6	+ 10
Encephalitis	59	15	66	1	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	60	14	27	245	- 231
Upper Respiratory	61	12	64	4	+ 8
Tetanus	62	11	69	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	63	8	56	14	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	47	43	- 39
Measles	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	48	30	- 29
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	50	22	- 22
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Namibia

New Zealand

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.