NAMIBIA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	2,435	10	461	+ 1,974
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,773	5	1,221	+ 552
Tuberculosis	3	1,490	3	1,416	+ 73
Stroke	4	1,163	4	1,333	- 170
Liver Disease	5	575	14	336	+ 239
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	562	2	1,464	- 903
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	547	8	645	- 98
Asthma	8	534	20	200	+ 334
Road Traffic Accidents	9	419	6	868	- 449
Kidney Disease	10	386	15	322	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	11	344	9	516	- 172
Lung Cancers	12	323	35	59	+ 264
Falls	13	299	34	62	+ 237
Diabetes Mellitus	14	264	7	724	- 461
Birth Trauma	15	241	13	345	- 104
Suicide	16	232	17	243	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	209	44	33	+ 176
Hypertension	18	188	12	428	- 239
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	182	21	176	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	20	177	23	133	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	21	176	16	283	- 108
Other Injuries	22	149	19	207	- 58
Drownings	23	136	26	110	+ 26
Oral Cancer	24	125	30	100	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	25	124	45	33	+ 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	105	36	54	+ 51
Breast Cancer	27	94	24	121	- 28
Maternal Conditions	28	88	25	110	- 22
Encephalitis	29	79	59	8	+ 71
Epilepsy	30	79	38	49	+ 30
Malnutrition	31	76	18	224	- 147
Lymphomas	32	69	40	46	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	33	68	42	43	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	34	66	1	2,928	- 2,862
Violence	35	63	11	450	- 386
Leukemia	36	60	49	24	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	37	53	50	23	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	38	44	52	21	+ 23
Poisonings	39	43	39	46	- 4
Pertussis	40	41	37	54	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	41	40	53	18	+ 23
Skin Cancers	42	36	29	108	- 72
Meningitis	43	34	27	109	- 75
Bladder Cancer	44	29	54	16	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	45	23	33	73	- 50
Liver Cancer	46	23	41	45	- 22
Appendicitis	47	20	58	9	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	48	20	22	162	- 142
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	17	32	76	- 59
Fires	50	17	28	109	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	16	57	9	+ 6
Alcohol	52	15	48	28	- 13
Tetanus	53	12	62	6	+ 6
Syphilis	54	12	43	35	- 23
Dengue	55	11	74	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	56	11	63	4	+ 6
Drug Use	57	8	46	32	- 23
Prostate Cancer	58	8	31	94	- 87
Measles	59	5	65	2	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	60	5	56	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	61	4	60	8	- 3
Leishmaniasis	62	4	79	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 2
War	65	2	67	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	61	6	- 4
Skin Disease	67	2	47	31	- 29
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	73	0	55	14	- 14
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.