ROMANIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	18,956	47	219	+ 18,737
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,479	5	9,357	+ 122
Tuberculosis	3	9,168	28	1,015	+ 8,152
Stroke	4	8,628	2	49,707	- 41,079
Coronary Heart Disease	5	7,901	1	71,810	- 63,909
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,620	20	1,992	+ 3,628
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,689	18	2,230	+ 2,458
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,174	46	223	+ 3,951
Low Birth Weight	9	3,340	41	317	+ 3,023
Lung Disease	10	2,985	7	7,359	- 4,374
Violence	11	2,911	44	255	+ 2,656
Hypertension	12	2,770	3	11,007	- 8,237
Birth Trauma	13	2,230	57	38	+ 2,192
Liver Disease	14	2,172	6	8,920	- 6,747
Kidney Disease	15	2,082	9	5,175	- 3,093
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,833	38	367	+ 1,466
Suicide	17	1,571	21	1,886	- 315
Malnutrition	18	1,447	50	142	+ 1,305
Other Injuries	19	1,338	19	2,139	- 801
Asthma	20	1,298	45	225	+ 1,073
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,137	15	2,839	- 1,702
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,047	10	4,433	- 3,386
Cervical Cancer	23	859	22	1,870	- 1,011
Breast Cancer	24	784	11	3,851	- 3,066
Maternal Conditions	25	713	58	35	+ 677
Drownings	26	709	32	596	+ 113
Meningitis	27	704	54	76	+ 627
Fires	28	704	36	421	+ 283
Skin Cancers	29	697	29	1,003	- 306
Oral Cancer	30	646	17	2,290	- 1,644
Prostate Cancer	31	610	16	2,449	- 1,839
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	490	33	531	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	33	472	48	193	+ 279
Falls	34	402	24	1,504	- 1,102
Lung Cancers	35	381	4	10,113	- 9,733
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	352	8	6,835	- 6,483
Pertussis	37	351	69	0	+ 350
Epilepsy	38	318	42	314	+ 4
Poisonings	39	300	39	366	- 67
Lymphomas	40	297	25	1,385	- 1,088
Liver Cancer	41	291	13	3,114	- 2,823
Parkinson's Disease	42	281	31	741	- 460
Syphilis	43	225	66	1	+ 224
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	214	35	440	- 226
Stomach Cancer	45	211	12	3,457	- 3,246
Drug Use	46	205	40	346	- 141
Skin Disease	47	200	53	97	+ 103
Alcohol	48	182	37	409	- 227
Leukemia	49	153	26	1,342	- 1,189
Ovary Cancer	50	151	27	1,109	- 958
Malaria	51	139	75	0	+ 139
Oesophagus Cancer	52	136	30	755	- 619
Pancreas Cancer	53	113	14	2,935	- 2,822
Bladder Cancer	54	101	23	1,715	- 1,614
Schistosomiasis	55	88	74	0	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	56	74	34	522	- 449
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	61	85	0	+ 61
Appendicitis	58	57	60	21	+ 36
Encephalitis	59	52	62	6	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	60	50	43	289	- 239
Upper Respiratory	61	41	63	3	+ 38
Tetanus	62	39	67	1	+ 37
Hepatitis B	63	29	59	30	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	15	55	66	- 52
Measles	65	13	61	7	+ 6
Hepatitis C	66	4	52	98	- 95
War	67	3	65	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	2	68	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	64	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	49	143	- 143
Anemia	83	0	56	59	- 59
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	51	103	- 103
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Namibia

Romania

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.