NORWAY VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,755	61	10	+ 5,745
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,878	6	1,797	+ 1,081
Tuberculosis	3	2,783	56	15	+ 2,768
Stroke	4	2,619	4	2,475	+ 144
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,399	1	5,321	- 2,922
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,706	42	114	+ 1,592
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,424	16	560	+ 864
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,267	37	128	+ 1,139
Low Birth Weight	9	1,014	52	23	+ 991
Lung Disease	10	906	3	2,723	- 1,817
Violence	11	884	50	32	+ 852
Hypertension	12	841	28	230	+ 611
Birth Trauma	13	677	54	17	+ 660
Liver Disease	14	660	30	214	+ 446
Kidney Disease	15	632	14	611	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	16	556	34	136	+ 420
Suicide	17	477	13	633	- 156
Malnutrition	18	439	35	135	+ 304
Other Injuries	19	406	15	583	- 177
Asthma	20	394	43	85	+ 309
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	345	2	4,464	- 4,119
Inflammatory/Heart	22	318	29	221	+ 97
Cervical Cancer	23	261	39	125	+ 136
Breast Cancer	24	238	11	698	- 460
Maternal Conditions	25	216	66	1	+ 215
Drownings	26	215	45	65	+ 151
Meningitis	27	214	58	14	+ 200
Fires	28	214	48	45	+ 169
Skin Cancers	29	212	18	407	- 196
Oral Cancer	30	196	32	168	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	31	185	8	1,172	- 987
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	149	33	160	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	33	143	19	359	- 216
Falls	34	122	9	777	- 655
Lung Cancers	35	116	5	2,320	- 2,204
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	107	7	1,787	- 1,680
Pertussis	37	106	64	1	+ 105
Epilepsy	38	97	40	119	- 23
Poisonings	39	91	57	14	+ 77
Lymphomas	40	90	12	646	- 556
Liver Cancer	41	88	26	259	- 171
Parkinson's Disease	42	85	17	554	- 469
Syphilis	43	68	67	1	+ 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	65	46	61	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	45	64	22	343	- 279
Drug Use	46	62	25	264	- 201
Skin Disease	47	61	38	128	- 67
Alcohol	48	55	31	205	- 149
Leukemia	49	47	21	354	- 307
Ovary Cancer	50	46	24	309	- 263
Malaria	51	42	84	0	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	52	41	27	248	- 207
Pancreas Cancer	53	34	10	770	- 736
Bladder Cancer	54	31	20	356	- 325
Schistosomiasis	55	27	83	0	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	56	22	36	134	- 112
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	19	47	60	- 42
Appendicitis	58	17	59	12	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	16	70	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	60	15	23	324	- 309
Upper Respiratory	61	13	60	12	+ 1
Tetanus	62	12	69	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	63	9	63	3	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	41	119	- 115
Measles	65	4	72	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	55	17	- 16
War	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	49	32	- 32
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Namibia

Norway

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.