SWAZILAND VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,189	1	2,314	- 1,125
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	594	2	921	- 326
Tuberculosis	3	575	13	256	+ 319
Stroke	4	541	4	800	- 259
Coronary Heart Disease	5	495	5	755	- 259
Road Traffic Accidents	6	352	7	384	- 32
Diabetes Mellitus	7	294	3	892	- 598
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	262	6	517	- 255
Low Birth Weight	9	209	14	233	- 24
Lung Disease	10	187	12	264	- 77
Violence	11	183	16	212	- 30
Hypertension	12	174	10	292	- 118
Birth Trauma	13	140	18	166	- 27
Liver Disease	14	136	11	274	- 137
Kidney Disease	15	131	8	381	- 251
Congenital Anomalies	16	115	19	160	- 45
Suicide	17	99	9	338	- 239
Malnutrition	18	91	22	106	- 15
Other Injuries	19	84	17	190	- 106
Asthma	20	81	20	150	- 68
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	71	27	77	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	22	66	24	94	- 28
Cervical Cancer	23	54	15	215	- 161
Breast Cancer	24	49	35	37	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	25	45	21	116	- 71
Drownings	26	44	25	87	- 42
Meningitis	27	44	23	97	- 53
Fires	28	44	26	84	- 40
Skin Cancers	29	44	42	20	+ 24
Oral Cancer	30	40	51	10	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	31	38	31	45	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	31	29	51	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	33	30	28	74	- 45
Falls	34	25	32	41	- 16
Lung Cancers	35	24	46	17	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	22	43	19	+ 3
Pertussis	37	22	33	39	- 17
Epilepsy	38	20	30	46	- 26
Poisonings	39	19	34	37	- 19
Lymphomas	40	19	36	31	- 12
Liver Cancer	41	18	37	29	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	42	18	41	24	- 6
Syphilis	43	14	45	17	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	13	39	26	- 13
Stomach Cancer	45	13	53	7	+ 6
Drug Use	46	13	38	27	- 14
Skin Disease	47	13	40	25	- 13
Alcohol	48	11	48	16	- 5
Leukemia	49	10	47	16	- 7
Ovary Cancer	50	9	52	10	- 0
Malaria	51	9	67	0	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	52	9	44	18	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	56	6	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	54	6	55	6	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	55	6	49	13	- 7
Uterin Cancer	56	5	50	11	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	58	5	- 1
Appendicitis	58	4	54	7	- 3
Encephalitis	59	3	59	5	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	3	61	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	3	60	4	- 2
Tetanus	62	2	62	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	57	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	63	1	- 1
Measles	65	1	64	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	- 0
War	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	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	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Namibia

Swaziland

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.