URUGUAY VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,578	28	195	+ 3,383
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,789	6	1,370	+ 419
Tuberculosis	3	1,730	41	81	+ 1,650
Stroke	4	1,628	2	2,850	- 1,221
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,491	1	4,265	- 2,773
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,061	16	512	+ 549
Diabetes Mellitus	7	885	11	747	+ 138
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	788	35	134	+ 654
Low Birth Weight	9	630	42	73	+ 557
Lung Disease	10	563	4	1,706	- 1,143
Violence	11	549	23	295	+ 254
Hypertension	12	523	15	648	- 125
Birth Trauma	13	421	53	22	+ 399
Liver Disease	14	410	27	206	+ 204
Kidney Disease	15	393	8	1,040	- 647
Congenital Anomalies	16	346	30	170	+ 176
Suicide	17	297	12	735	- 439
Malnutrition	18	273	43	73	+ 200
Other Injuries	19	253	10	774	- 521
Asthma	20	245	37	127	+ 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	215	3	1,899	- 1,684
Inflammatory/Heart	22	198	22	314	- 117
Cervical Cancer	23	162	29	172	- 10
Breast Cancer	24	148	9	848	- 700
Maternal Conditions	25	135	60	9	+ 126
Drownings	26	134	45	65	+ 69
Meningitis	27	133	58	10	+ 123
Fires	28	133	48	54	+ 78
Skin Cancers	29	132	33	149	- 17
Oral Cancer	30	122	31	167	- 45
Prostate Cancer	31	115	13	707	- 592
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	93	46	57	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	33	89	17	487	- 398
Falls	34	76	47	55	+ 21
Lung Cancers	35	72	5	1,463	- 1,391
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	66	7	1,245	- 1,178
Pertussis	37	66	72	0	+ 66
Epilepsy	38	60	40	86	- 26
Poisonings	39	57	55	17	+ 40
Lymphomas	40	56	20	457	- 401
Liver Cancer	41	55	34	147	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	42	53	21	320	- 267
Syphilis	43	42	66	3	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	40	50	39	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	45	40	18	480	- 440
Drug Use	46	39	49	41	- 2
Skin Disease	47	38	36	130	- 92
Alcohol	48	34	39	104	- 70
Leukemia	49	29	25	280	- 251
Ovary Cancer	50	28	32	160	- 132
Malaria	51	26	79	0	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	52	26	24	286	- 261
Pancreas Cancer	53	21	14	656	- 634
Bladder Cancer	54	19	26	276	- 257
Schistosomiasis	55	17	77	0	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	56	14	38	115	- 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	12	51	35	- 23
Appendicitis	58	11	59	9	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	10	64	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	60	9	19	464	- 454
Upper Respiratory	61	8	62	5	+ 3
Tetanus	62	7	71	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	5	63	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	56	13	- 10
Measles	65	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	3	- 3
War	67	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	57	12	- 12
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Namibia

Uruguay

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.