SOMALIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,597	33	610	+ 12,987
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,799	1	21,712	- 14,912
Tuberculosis	3	6,576	4	10,261	- 3,686
Stroke	4	6,189	6	8,595	- 2,407
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,667	7	7,233	- 1,565
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,031	11	4,231	- 200
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,363	16	2,888	+ 475
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,994	2	15,363	- 12,369
Low Birth Weight	9	2,396	8	6,250	- 3,855
Lung Disease	10	2,141	19	2,442	- 301
Violence	11	2,088	29	828	+ 1,260
Hypertension	12	1,987	18	2,643	- 657
Birth Trauma	13	1,600	5	9,573	- 7,974
Liver Disease	14	1,558	13	3,917	- 2,359
Kidney Disease	15	1,493	21	2,051	- 558
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,315	15	3,410	- 2,095
Suicide	17	1,127	27	1,219	- 92
Malnutrition	18	1,038	10	4,825	- 3,787
Other Injuries	19	960	14	3,602	- 2,642
Asthma	20	931	23	1,878	- 947
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	815	32	647	+ 168
Inflammatory/Heart	22	751	39	521	+ 230
Cervical Cancer	23	616	28	883	- 266
Breast Cancer	24	562	26	1,232	- 669
Maternal Conditions	25	511	12	4,127	- 3,615
Drownings	26	509	25	1,272	- 763
Meningitis	27	505	9	5,381	- 4,876
Fires	28	505	30	810	- 306
Skin Cancers	29	500	57	164	+ 337
Oral Cancer	30	463	46	328	+ 135
Prostate Cancer	31	438	52	285	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	352	36	559	- 207
Endocrine Disorders	33	338	44	406	- 68
Falls	34	288	37	548	- 259
Lung Cancers	35	273	54	233	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	253	38	546	- 294
Pertussis	37	251	20	2,054	- 1,803
Epilepsy	38	228	43	419	- 190
Poisonings	39	215	31	758	- 543
Lymphomas	40	213	34	605	- 392
Liver Cancer	41	209	53	256	- 47
Parkinson's Disease	42	201	56	184	+ 18
Syphilis	43	161	45	378	- 216
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	154	41	446	- 292
Stomach Cancer	45	151	49	310	- 159
Drug Use	46	147	65	54	+ 93
Skin Disease	47	144	58	151	- 8
Alcohol	48	131	59	151	- 21
Leukemia	49	110	35	562	- 452
Ovary Cancer	50	108	50	295	- 187
Malaria	51	100	22	1,942	- 1,842
Oesophagus Cancer	52	97	40	516	- 419
Pancreas Cancer	53	81	62	108	- 26
Bladder Cancer	54	73	61	149	- 77
Schistosomiasis	55	63	42	435	- 372
Uterin Cancer	56	53	64	78	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	44	66	35	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	41	55	188	- 147
Encephalitis	59	37	63	91	- 53
Other Neoplasms	60	36	70	12	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	61	30	47	326	- 296
Tetanus	62	28	17	2,648	- 2,620
Hepatitis B	63	21	48	315	- 294
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	71	8	+ 3
Measles	65	9	3	11,576	- 11,566
Hepatitis C	66	3	67	34	- 32
War	67	2	24	1,318	- 1,316
Chlamydia	68	2	72	5	- 3
Ascariasis	69	1	69	30	- 28
Otitis Media	70	1	68	32	- 30
Diphtheria	71	1	60	150	- 149
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	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	51	290	- 290
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Namibia

Somalia

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.