RWANDA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,230	7	2,826	+ 11,404
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,116	1	5,280	+ 1,836
Tuberculosis	3	6,882	26	625	+ 6,257
Stroke	4	6,477	2	5,060	+ 1,417
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,931	4	3,605	+ 2,326
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,219	3	3,718	+ 501
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,520	11	1,858	+ 1,661
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,133	6	3,121	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	9	2,507	9	2,193	+ 314
Lung Disease	10	2,241	13	1,555	+ 686
Violence	11	2,185	29	548	+ 1,637
Hypertension	12	2,079	14	1,357	+ 722
Birth Trauma	13	1,674	10	1,888	- 214
Liver Disease	14	1,631	8	2,548	- 917
Kidney Disease	15	1,563	15	1,206	+ 357
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,376	12	1,777	- 401
Suicide	17	1,179	24	704	+ 476
Malnutrition	18	1,086	16	1,168	- 82
Other Injuries	19	1,004	17	944	+ 60
Asthma	20	974	22	717	+ 257
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	853	25	657	+ 196
Inflammatory/Heart	22	786	34	347	+ 439
Cervical Cancer	23	645	18	941	- 295
Breast Cancer	24	589	27	600	- 11
Maternal Conditions	25	535	21	722	- 187
Drownings	26	533	36	285	+ 248
Meningitis	27	528	19	847	- 319
Fires	28	528	38	270	+ 259
Skin Cancers	29	524	50	113	+ 411
Oral Cancer	30	485	37	272	+ 213
Prostate Cancer	31	458	32	396	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	368	33	362	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	33	354	41	219	+ 135
Falls	34	302	31	412	- 110
Lung Cancers	35	286	39	234	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	264	28	591	- 327
Pertussis	37	263	42	218	+ 45
Epilepsy	38	239	45	191	+ 48
Poisonings	39	225	40	220	+ 5
Lymphomas	40	223	30	450	- 227
Liver Cancer	41	218	23	706	- 488
Parkinson's Disease	42	211	47	146	+ 65
Syphilis	43	169	46	173	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	161	48	136	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	45	158	20	780	- 622
Drug Use	46	154	60	45	+ 109
Skin Disease	47	150	52	103	+ 47
Alcohol	48	137	49	125	+ 11
Leukemia	49	115	35	317	- 202
Ovary Cancer	50	113	53	92	+ 21
Malaria	51	105	5	3,298	- 3,193
Oesophagus Cancer	52	102	44	213	- 111
Pancreas Cancer	53	85	43	214	- 129
Bladder Cancer	54	76	62	35	+ 41
Schistosomiasis	55	66	51	111	- 45
Uterin Cancer	56	55	56	58	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	46	63	23	+ 23
Appendicitis	58	43	54	70	- 27
Encephalitis	59	39	61	39	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	60	37	64	16	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	61	31	57	58	- 27
Tetanus	62	29	58	53	- 24
Hepatitis B	63	22	55	68	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	66	7	+ 4
Measles	65	10	59	51	- 42
Hepatitis C	66	3	65	12	- 10
War	67	2	69	3	- 0
Chlamydia	68	2	70	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	5	- 3
Otitis Media	70	1	68	4	- 2
Diphtheria	71	1	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Namibia

Rwanda

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.