SINGAPORE VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,297	45	18	+ 6,279
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,149	2	5,189	- 2,040
Tuberculosis	3	3,045	40	26	+ 3,020
Stroke	4	2,866	3	1,559	+ 1,307
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,625	1	5,292	- 2,667
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,867	26	121	+ 1,746
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,558	28	108	+ 1,450
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,387	39	28	+ 1,359
Low Birth Weight	9	1,109	41	25	+ 1,084
Lung Disease	10	992	14	383	+ 609
Violence	11	967	46	15	+ 952
Hypertension	12	920	8	732	+ 188
Birth Trauma	13	741	55	3	+ 738
Liver Disease	14	722	20	209	+ 512
Kidney Disease	15	692	6	1,028	- 337
Congenital Anomalies	16	609	31	80	+ 529
Suicide	17	522	9	650	- 129
Malnutrition	18	481	63	0	+ 481
Other Injuries	19	444	32	79	+ 365
Asthma	20	431	35	37	+ 394
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	378	36	32	+ 345
Inflammatory/Heart	22	348	19	215	+ 133
Cervical Cancer	23	285	30	85	+ 200
Breast Cancer	24	260	10	605	- 345
Maternal Conditions	25	237	53	3	+ 233
Drownings	26	236	38	29	+ 207
Meningitis	27	234	48	8	+ 226
Fires	28	234	49	7	+ 227
Skin Cancers	29	232	34	56	+ 176
Oral Cancer	30	214	15	317	- 102
Prostate Cancer	31	203	16	303	- 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	163	33	69	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	33	157	37	30	+ 126
Falls	34	134	18	218	- 84
Lung Cancers	35	126	4	1,540	- 1,414
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	117	5	1,203	- 1,086
Pertussis	37	116	62	0	+ 116
Epilepsy	38	106	42	25	+ 81
Poisonings	39	100	60	1	+ 98
Lymphomas	40	99	13	397	- 298
Liver Cancer	41	97	7	746	- 649
Parkinson's Disease	42	93	29	90	+ 4
Syphilis	43	75	65	0	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	71	43	22	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	45	70	12	405	- 335
Drug Use	46	68	44	19	+ 49
Skin Disease	47	66	25	136	- 69
Alcohol	48	60	47	10	+ 50
Leukemia	49	51	17	249	- 198
Ovary Cancer	50	50	21	204	- 154
Malaria	51	46	75	0	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	52	45	24	137	- 92
Pancreas Cancer	53	38	11	537	- 499
Bladder Cancer	54	34	27	120	- 86
Schistosomiasis	55	29	78	0	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	56	24	23	147	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	20	58	2	+ 18
Appendicitis	58	19	50	6	+ 13
Encephalitis	59	17	61	0	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	60	17	22	195	- 179
Upper Respiratory	61	14	54	3	+ 10
Tetanus	62	13	73	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	63	10	52	4	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	57	3	+ 2
Measles	65	4	72	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	1	56	3	- 2
War	67	1	59	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	51	6	- 6
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Namibia

Singapore

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.