SOLOMON ISL. VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	759	80	0	+ 759
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	380	3	371	+ 9
Tuberculosis	3	367	23	45	+ 322
Stroke	4	346	2	670	- 324
Coronary Heart Disease	5	316	1	975	- 659
Road Traffic Accidents	6	225	8	111	+ 114
Diabetes Mellitus	7	188	4	322	- 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	167	5	218	- 51
Low Birth Weight	9	134	14	65	+ 69
Lung Disease	10	120	6	209	- 89
Violence	11	117	30	26	+ 90
Hypertension	12	111	13	76	+ 35
Birth Trauma	13	89	21	51	+ 38
Liver Disease	14	87	10	89	- 2
Kidney Disease	15	83	15	64	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	16	73	16	63	+ 10
Suicide	17	63	9	98	- 35
Malnutrition	18	58	36	19	+ 39
Other Injuries	19	54	17	60	- 6
Asthma	20	52	12	78	- 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	46	28	32	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	22	42	37	17	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	23	34	25	41	- 7
Breast Cancer	24	31	26	34	- 2
Maternal Conditions	25	29	22	46	- 17
Drownings	26	28	11	80	- 52
Meningitis	27	28	43	13	+ 16
Fires	28	28	40	14	+ 14
Skin Cancers	29	28	69	0	+ 28
Oral Cancer	30	26	49	8	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	31	24	41	13	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	20	32	22	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	33	19	39	15	+ 4
Falls	34	16	20	55	- 39
Lung Cancers	35	15	27	33	- 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	14	31	23	- 9
Pertussis	37	14	50	7	+ 7
Epilepsy	38	13	45	11	+ 2
Poisonings	39	12	38	15	- 3
Lymphomas	40	12	42	13	- 1
Liver Cancer	41	12	18	60	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	42	11	34	21	- 10
Syphilis	43	9	29	28	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	9	19	59	- 50
Stomach Cancer	45	8	44	12	- 3
Drug Use	46	8	58	1	+ 7
Skin Disease	47	8	46	10	- 2
Alcohol	48	7	48	9	- 1
Leukemia	49	6	35	20	- 14
Ovary Cancer	50	6	33	21	- 15
Malaria	51	6	7	146	- 140
Oesophagus Cancer	52	5	57	1	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	51	4	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	54	4	52	4	- 0
Schistosomiasis	55	4	77	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	3	47	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	2	60	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	2	55	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	2	54	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	60	2	56	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	59	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	53	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	0	+ 0
Measles	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	0	- 0
War	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	24	41	- 41
Trichuriasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Namibia

Solomon Isl.

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.