TANZANIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	70,465	1	27,402	+ 43,063
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	35,237	2	26,028	+ 9,209
Tuberculosis	3	34,078	4	20,269	+ 13,809
Stroke	4	32,073	7	16,894	+ 15,179
Coronary Heart Disease	5	29,371	9	13,215	+ 16,157
Road Traffic Accidents	6	20,893	5	18,054	+ 2,839
Diabetes Mellitus	7	17,430	15	6,247	+ 11,183
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	15,516	6	17,587	- 2,071
Low Birth Weight	9	12,415	10	12,173	+ 242
Lung Disease	10	11,097	22	3,051	+ 8,046
Violence	11	10,821	18	4,713	+ 6,108
Hypertension	12	10,297	17	5,209	+ 5,088
Birth Trauma	13	8,291	8	15,086	- 6,795
Liver Disease	14	8,075	13	6,586	+ 1,489
Kidney Disease	15	7,739	19	4,547	+ 3,192
Congenital Anomalies	16	6,813	11	9,791	- 2,977
Suicide	17	5,841	24	2,474	+ 3,366
Malnutrition	18	5,379	16	5,574	- 195
Other Injuries	19	4,974	20	4,270	+ 704
Asthma	20	4,824	30	1,700	+ 3,124
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	4,226	27	2,048	+ 2,178
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,893	38	1,227	+ 2,666
Cervical Cancer	23	3,195	14	6,424	- 3,229
Breast Cancer	24	2,915	37	1,285	+ 1,630
Maternal Conditions	25	2,649	12	6,835	- 4,186
Drownings	26	2,637	32	1,642	+ 996
Meningitis	27	2,617	21	3,188	- 572
Fires	28	2,616	35	1,424	+ 1,192
Skin Cancers	29	2,593	42	744	+ 1,848
Oral Cancer	30	2,400	31	1,646	+ 754
Prostate Cancer	31	2,268	28	1,819	+ 449
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	1,823	46	462	+ 1,361
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,754	29	1,778	- 24
Falls	34	1,495	34	1,533	- 39
Lung Cancers	35	1,415	61	159	+ 1,256
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	1,309	33	1,567	- 258
Pertussis	37	1,303	23	2,774	- 1,471
Epilepsy	38	1,183	43	707	+ 477
Poisonings	39	1,115	40	1,170	- 55
Lymphomas	40	1,103	41	805	+ 297
Liver Cancer	41	1,081	36	1,413	- 332
Parkinson's Disease	42	1,044	45	513	+ 531
Syphilis	43	837	26	2,115	- 1,278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	796	50	401	+ 395
Stomach Cancer	45	783	39	1,190	- 407
Drug Use	46	763	48	404	+ 359
Skin Disease	47	744	52	359	+ 384
Alcohol	48	676	56	270	+ 406
Leukemia	49	570	47	416	+ 154
Ovary Cancer	50	560	53	337	+ 223
Malaria	51	518	3	21,758	- 21,240
Oesophagus Cancer	52	504	25	2,247	- 1,743
Pancreas Cancer	53	421	62	158	+ 264
Bladder Cancer	54	377	44	667	- 290
Schistosomiasis	55	328	51	371	- 42
Uterin Cancer	56	274	57	218	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	228	63	81	+ 146
Appendicitis	58	211	58	218	- 6
Encephalitis	59	194	59	199	- 4
Other Neoplasms	60	185	64	58	+ 128
Upper Respiratory	61	153	54	299	- 146
Tetanus	62	144	49	402	- 257
Hepatitis B	63	108	60	168	- 61
Multiple Sclerosis	64	55	68	27	+ 28
Measles	65	49	55	295	- 246
Hepatitis C	66	13	66	40	- 26
War	67	12	67	30	- 18
Chlamydia	68	8	71	9	- 1
Ascariasis	69	7	65	56	- 49
Otitis Media	70	7	69	17	- 10
Diphtheria	71	5	70	11	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Namibia

Tanzania

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.