NAMIBIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,087	2	1,464	- 378
Stroke	2	1,041	4	1,333	- 292
Road Traffic Accidents	3	765	6	868	- 103
Coronary Heart Disease	4	742	5	1,221	- 479
Malaria	5	679	51	22	+ 657
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	642	8	645	- 2
HIV/AIDS	7	581	1	2,928	- 2,347
Liver Disease	8	524	14	336	+ 189
Low Birth Weight	9	451	9	516	- 65
Birth Trauma	10	389	13	345	+ 44
Diabetes Mellitus	11	382	7	724	- 342
Congenital Anomalies	12	366	16	283	+ 83
Lung Disease	13	320	10	461	- 141
Hypertension	14	279	12	428	- 149
Kidney Disease	15	248	15	322	- 73
Malnutrition	16	240	18	224	+ 17
Other Injuries	17	194	19	207	- 12
Cervical Cancer	18	194	23	133	+ 61
Meningitis	19	174	27	109	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	20	161	45	33	+ 128
Maternal Conditions	21	149	25	110	+ 39
Asthma	22	148	20	200	- 53
Liver Cancer	23	145	41	45	+ 100
Suicide	24	145	17	243	- 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	135	21	176	- 40
Tuberculosis	26	129	3	1,416	- 1,288
Breast Cancer	27	123	24	121	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	122	36	54	+ 67
Violence	29	113	11	450	- 337
Lymphomas	30	93	40	46	+ 47
Falls	31	85	34	62	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	32	82	31	94	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	75	32	76	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	34	71	22	162	- 90
Leukemia	35	65	49	24	+ 42
Drownings	36	59	26	110	- 51
Oral Cancer	37	56	30	100	- 44
Fires	38	56	28	109	- 53
Lung Cancers	39	48	35	59	- 11
Poisonings	40	45	39	46	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	41	45	33	73	- 28
Pertussis	42	45	37	54	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	43	44	53	18	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	44	44	52	21	+ 23
Epilepsy	45	39	38	49	- 10
Syphilis	46	36	43	35	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	47	30	42	43	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	28	44	33	- 5
Alcohol	49	26	48	28	- 2
Skin Cancers	50	23	29	108	- 85
Schistosomiasis	51	23	55	14	+ 9
Skin Disease	52	21	47	31	- 10
Ovary Cancer	53	19	50	23	- 4
Appendicitis	54	14	58	9	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	14	63	4	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	56	12	56	11	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	12	61	6	+ 6
Tetanus	58	11	62	6	+ 5
Measles	59	11	65	2	+ 9
Drug Use	60	9	46	32	- 23
Encephalitis	61	8	59	8	- 0
Bladder Cancer	62	7	54	16	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	57	9	- 5
Other Neoplasms	64	3	60	8	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 0
War	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Rwanda

Namibia

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.