NAMIBIA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,768	5	1,221	+ 1,547
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,647	21	176	+ 1,471
Stroke	3	1,292	4	1,333	- 41
Lung Cancers	4	1,018	35	59	+ 959
Lung Disease	5	986	10	461	+ 525
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	812	36	54	+ 758
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	500	2	1,464	- 965
Diabetes Mellitus	8	418	7	724	- 307
Prostate Cancer	9	401	31	94	+ 307
Breast Cancer	10	400	24	121	+ 279
Falls	11	340	34	62	+ 278
Skin Cancers	12	332	29	108	+ 224
Lymphomas	13	330	40	46	+ 285
Pancreas Cancer	14	295	53	18	+ 277
Suicide	15	287	17	243	+ 44
Road Traffic Accidents	16	249	6	868	- 620
Kidney Disease	17	235	15	322	- 87
Leukemia	18	212	49	24	+ 189
Parkinson's Disease	19	192	42	43	+ 148
Hypertension	20	178	12	428	- 250
Endocrine Disorders	21	176	33	73	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	22	175	45	33	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	23	170	22	162	+ 8
Liver Cancer	24	156	41	45	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	25	152	52	21	+ 131
Bladder Cancer	26	145	54	16	+ 129
Other Neoplasms	27	133	60	8	+ 125
Other Injuries	28	118	19	207	- 88
Ovary Cancer	29	112	50	23	+ 89
Congenital Anomalies	30	95	16	283	- 188
Oral Cancer	31	89	30	100	- 11
Liver Disease	32	86	14	336	- 250
Uterin Cancer	33	78	56	11	+ 67
Skin Disease	34	64	47	31	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	61	44	33	+ 28
Asthma	36	49	20	200	- 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	44	8	645	- 601
Low Birth Weight	38	43	9	516	- 473
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	38	32	76	- 38
Drug Use	40	38	46	32	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	41	33	23	133	- 100
Violence	42	31	11	450	- 419
Epilepsy	43	30	38	49	- 19
Drownings	44	30	26	110	- 80
Alcohol	45	28	48	28	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	26	57	9	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	47	24	64	2	+ 21
Hepatitis C	48	16	66	1	+ 16
Osteoarthritis	49	13	81	0	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	12	82	0	+ 12
Anemia	51	9	83	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	52	9	3	1,416	- 1,407
Fires	53	9	28	109	- 100
Birth Trauma	54	8	13	345	- 337
Malnutrition	55	8	18	224	- 216
Hepatitis B	56	8	63	4	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	57	6	1	2,928	- 2,923
Poisonings	58	5	39	46	- 41
Meningitis	59	5	27	109	- 104
Schizophrenia	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	80	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	3	58	9	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	3	25	110	- 108
Upper Respiratory	64	2	61	6	- 4
Pertussis	65	0	37	54	- 54
Encephalitis	66	0	59	8	- 8
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	6	- 6
Syphilis	70	0	43	35	- 35
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	78	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	83	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	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.