NAMIBIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,318	2	1,464	- 146
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,184	5	1,221	- 36
Stroke	3	664	4	1,333	- 669
Kidney Disease	4	622	15	322	+ 301
Liver Disease	5	548	14	336	+ 213
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	500	21	176	+ 324
Stomach Cancer	7	436	45	33	+ 404
Diabetes Mellitus	8	382	7	724	- 343
Road Traffic Accidents	9	380	6	868	- 489
Lung Cancers	10	273	35	59	+ 214
Prostate Cancer	11	272	31	94	+ 178
Violence	12	259	11	450	- 191
Other Injuries	13	247	19	207	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	227	36	54	+ 173
Lung Disease	15	217	10	461	- 245
Liver Cancer	16	213	41	45	+ 168
Tuberculosis	17	204	3	1,416	- 1,212
Lymphomas	18	194	40	46	+ 148
Congenital Anomalies	19	172	16	283	- 111
Breast Cancer	20	169	24	121	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	21	165	23	133	+ 33
Leukemia	22	159	49	24	+ 135
Pancreas Cancer	23	138	53	18	+ 121
Low Birth Weight	24	127	9	516	- 389
Falls	25	111	34	62	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	26	109	42	43	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	95	8	645	- 550
Hypertension	28	91	12	428	- 337
Malnutrition	29	87	18	224	- 137
Suicide	30	78	17	243	- 165
HIV/AIDS	31	73	1	2,928	- 2,855
Skin Cancers	32	68	29	108	- 40
Ovary Cancer	33	61	50	23	+ 38
Drug Use	34	55	46	32	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	52	32	76	- 23
Drownings	36	50	26	110	- 59
Birth Trauma	37	46	13	345	- 298
Oral Cancer	38	45	30	100	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	39	42	22	162	- 119
Endocrine Disorders	40	41	33	73	- 32
Bladder Cancer	41	40	54	16	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	42	34	52	21	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	43	30	25	110	- 80
Alcohol	44	28	48	28	- 0
Uterin Cancer	45	26	56	11	+ 15
Encephalitis	46	24	59	8	+ 16
Epilepsy	47	23	38	49	- 27
Pertussis	48	22	37	54	- 32
Fires	49	21	28	109	- 88
Asthma	50	18	20	200	- 183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	17	44	33	- 16
Syphilis	52	16	43	35	- 19
Appendicitis	53	15	58	9	+ 6
Skin Disease	54	13	47	31	- 17
Poisonings	55	11	39	46	- 36
Meningitis	56	10	27	109	- 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	9	57	9	- 0
Other Neoplasms	58	5	60	8	- 3
Chagas disease	59	4	78	0	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	62	6	- 2
Malaria	61	3	51	22	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	64	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	61	6	- 5
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Dengue	66	0	74	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Peru

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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.