ZAMBIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	21,725	1	17,234	+ 4,490
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,864	2	9,517	+ 1,347
Tuberculosis	3	10,507	6	5,941	+ 4,566
Stroke	4	9,888	3	7,948	+ 1,940
Coronary Heart Disease	5	9,055	10	4,432	+ 4,624
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,441	11	3,654	+ 2,788
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,374	14	2,395	+ 2,979
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,784	5	6,275	- 1,492
Low Birth Weight	9	3,828	8	4,857	- 1,029
Lung Disease	10	3,421	21	1,273	+ 2,149
Violence	11	3,336	23	1,153	+ 2,183
Hypertension	12	3,175	13	2,616	+ 558
Birth Trauma	13	2,556	7	5,062	- 2,505
Liver Disease	14	2,490	9	4,501	- 2,011
Kidney Disease	15	2,386	18	1,760	+ 625
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,101	12	3,146	- 1,045
Suicide	17	1,801	20	1,303	+ 498
Malnutrition	18	1,658	15	2,303	- 644
Other Injuries	19	1,533	19	1,729	- 195
Asthma	20	1,487	26	741	+ 747
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,303	29	590	+ 713
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,200	33	501	+ 699
Cervical Cancer	23	985	17	1,799	- 814
Breast Cancer	24	899	35	366	+ 533
Maternal Conditions	25	817	22	1,188	- 371
Drownings	26	813	27	689	+ 124
Meningitis	27	807	16	1,976	- 1,169
Fires	28	807	32	546	+ 260
Skin Cancers	29	799	54	108	+ 691
Oral Cancer	30	740	48	155	+ 585
Prostate Cancer	31	699	30	561	+ 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	562	40	246	+ 316
Endocrine Disorders	33	541	37	354	+ 187
Falls	34	461	28	596	- 136
Lung Cancers	35	436	41	226	+ 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	404	43	203	+ 201
Pertussis	37	402	25	743	- 341
Epilepsy	38	365	38	332	+ 33
Poisonings	39	344	34	456	- 113
Lymphomas	40	340	31	548	- 208
Liver Cancer	41	333	46	177	+ 157
Parkinson's Disease	42	322	47	164	+ 158
Syphilis	43	258	24	885	- 627
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	245	45	190	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	45	241	42	206	+ 35
Drug Use	46	235	53	122	+ 113
Skin Disease	47	229	52	126	+ 104
Alcohol	48	209	49	140	+ 69
Leukemia	49	176	39	261	- 85
Ovary Cancer	50	173	57	82	+ 90
Malaria	51	160	4	7,882	- 7,722
Oesophagus Cancer	52	155	36	359	- 203
Pancreas Cancer	53	130	62	42	+ 88
Bladder Cancer	54	116	50	132	- 15
Schistosomiasis	55	101	51	128	- 27
Uterin Cancer	56	84	64	30	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	70	63	30	+ 40
Appendicitis	58	65	56	84	- 19
Encephalitis	59	60	59	70	- 10
Other Neoplasms	60	57	65	20	+ 37
Upper Respiratory	61	47	60	68	- 20
Tetanus	62	45	44	190	- 145
Hepatitis B	63	33	55	104	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	64	17	67	13	+ 3
Measles	65	15	61	48	- 33
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	18	- 14
War	67	4	69	6	- 3
Chlamydia	68	2	71	3	- 1
Ascariasis	69	2	68	9	- 6
Otitis Media	70	2	70	5	- 3
Diphtheria	71	1	73	3	- 1
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	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	58	72	- 72
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Namibia

Zambia

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.