TRINIDAD/TOB. VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,472	12	196	+ 1,276
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	736	10	205	+ 531
Tuberculosis	3	712	43	22	+ 690
Stroke	4	670	3	822	- 152
Coronary Heart Disease	5	613	1	1,476	- 862
Road Traffic Accidents	6	436	15	130	+ 306
Diabetes Mellitus	7	364	2	1,275	- 911
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	324	45	18	+ 306
Low Birth Weight	9	259	23	83	+ 176
Lung Disease	10	232	16	129	+ 103
Violence	11	226	4	549	- 323
Hypertension	12	215	11	201	+ 14
Birth Trauma	13	173	40	25	+ 148
Liver Disease	14	169	14	136	+ 33
Kidney Disease	15	162	5	439	- 278
Congenital Anomalies	16	142	22	93	+ 49
Suicide	17	122	17	121	+ 1
Malnutrition	18	112	47	17	+ 96
Other Injuries	19	104	30	61	+ 43
Asthma	20	101	35	40	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	88	9	215	- 127
Inflammatory/Heart	22	81	25	72	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	23	67	21	97	- 30
Breast Cancer	24	61	7	258	- 197
Maternal Conditions	25	55	50	10	+ 45
Drownings	26	55	39	31	+ 24
Meningitis	27	55	52	9	+ 45
Fires	28	55	48	16	+ 38
Skin Cancers	29	54	57	4	+ 50
Oral Cancer	30	50	38	31	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	31	47	6	330	- 282
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	38	31	52	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	33	37	18	119	- 83
Falls	34	31	33	43	- 12
Lung Cancers	35	30	8	217	- 188
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	27	13	196	- 168
Pertussis	37	27	67	0	+ 27
Epilepsy	38	25	37	32	- 7
Poisonings	39	23	59	1	+ 22
Lymphomas	40	23	20	111	- 88
Liver Cancer	41	23	28	66	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	42	22	32	51	- 30
Syphilis	43	17	61	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	17	49	11	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	45	16	26	69	- 53
Drug Use	46	16	44	19	- 3
Skin Disease	47	16	36	39	- 23
Alcohol	48	14	42	23	- 9
Leukemia	49	12	29	62	- 50
Ovary Cancer	50	12	24	80	- 68
Malaria	51	11	72	0	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	52	11	41	24	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	53	9	19	114	- 105
Bladder Cancer	54	8	34	41	- 33
Schistosomiasis	55	7	71	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	56	6	27	68	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	5	53	8	- 3
Appendicitis	58	4	56	4	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	4	54	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	4	51	10	- 6
Upper Respiratory	61	3	64	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	60	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	58	2	- 1
Measles	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	0	+ 0
War	67	0	46	17	- 17
Chlamydia	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Namibia

Trinidad/Tob.

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.