UGANDA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	51,476	1	21,188	+ 30,288
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	25,742	2	18,865	+ 6,877
Tuberculosis	3	24,895	10	7,255	+ 17,641
Stroke	4	23,430	6	11,181	+ 12,249
Coronary Heart Disease	5	21,457	9	8,784	+ 12,672
Road Traffic Accidents	6	15,263	4	13,012	+ 2,251
Diabetes Mellitus	7	12,733	14	4,794	+ 7,939
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	11,335	5	12,103	- 768
Low Birth Weight	9	9,069	8	9,673	- 604
Lung Disease	10	8,107	22	3,051	+ 5,056
Violence	11	7,905	12	6,175	+ 1,730
Hypertension	12	7,522	21	3,120	+ 4,402
Birth Trauma	13	6,057	7	10,405	- 4,348
Liver Disease	14	5,899	13	5,122	+ 777
Kidney Disease	15	5,653	19	3,168	+ 2,485
Congenital Anomalies	16	4,977	11	6,641	- 1,663
Suicide	17	4,267	24	2,033	+ 2,234
Malnutrition	18	3,930	18	3,317	+ 613
Other Injuries	19	3,633	20	3,130	+ 504
Asthma	20	3,524	27	1,745	+ 1,779
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	3,087	30	1,286	+ 1,801
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,844	37	859	+ 1,985
Cervical Cancer	23	2,334	15	4,378	- 2,044
Breast Cancer	24	2,129	32	1,128	+ 1,001
Maternal Conditions	25	1,935	17	3,641	- 1,706
Drownings	26	1,927	31	1,238	+ 689
Meningitis	27	1,911	16	3,718	- 1,806
Fires	28	1,911	36	872	+ 1,039
Skin Cancers	29	1,894	49	349	+ 1,545
Oral Cancer	30	1,753	40	731	+ 1,022
Prostate Cancer	31	1,657	34	950	+ 707
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	1,332	41	687	+ 645
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,281	38	761	+ 520
Falls	34	1,092	33	1,127	- 35
Lung Cancers	35	1,033	46	441	+ 593
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	956	35	919	+ 38
Pertussis	37	952	25	1,909	- 957
Epilepsy	38	865	43	599	+ 266
Poisonings	39	814	39	745	+ 69
Lymphomas	40	805	26	1,762	- 956
Liver Cancer	41	790	29	1,522	- 732
Parkinson's Disease	42	763	48	351	+ 411
Syphilis	43	611	23	2,235	- 1,624
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	581	50	348	+ 234
Stomach Cancer	45	572	45	515	+ 57
Drug Use	46	557	57	233	+ 324
Skin Disease	47	543	55	242	+ 301
Alcohol	48	494	54	256	+ 238
Leukemia	49	416	42	599	- 183
Ovary Cancer	50	409	44	519	- 110
Malaria	51	379	3	13,576	- 13,197
Oesophagus Cancer	52	368	28	1,674	- 1,306
Pancreas Cancer	53	308	47	358	- 50
Bladder Cancer	54	275	59	181	+ 95
Schistosomiasis	55	240	52	286	- 46
Uterin Cancer	56	200	56	234	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	166	64	55	+ 111
Appendicitis	58	154	58	211	- 57
Encephalitis	59	142	62	122	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	60	136	66	37	+ 98
Upper Respiratory	61	112	60	144	- 32
Tetanus	62	105	53	271	- 165
Hepatitis B	63	79	61	123	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	64	40	69	16	+ 24
Measles	65	36	51	343	- 308
Hepatitis C	66	10	67	30	- 21
War	67	9	63	88	- 79
Chlamydia	68	6	73	6	- 0
Ascariasis	69	5	70	16	- 11
Otitis Media	70	5	71	11	- 6
Diphtheria	71	3	72	11	- 8
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	50	- 50
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	68	28	- 28
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Namibia

Uganda

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.