NAMIBIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,995	5	1,221	+ 1,774
Stroke	2	1,288	4	1,333	- 45
Road Traffic Accidents	3	945	6	868	+ 77
Kidney Disease	4	694	15	322	+ 373
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	470	2	1,464	- 994
Falls	6	410	34	62	+ 348
Liver Disease	7	378	14	336	+ 43
Other Injuries	8	307	19	207	+ 100
Diabetes Mellitus	9	298	7	724	- 426
Lung Disease	10	218	10	461	- 243
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	187	21	176	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	12	177	16	283	- 106
Suicide	13	157	17	243	- 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	125	36	54	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	15	111	33	73	+ 38
Inflammatory/Heart	16	103	22	162	- 59
Asthma	17	90	20	200	- 111
Low Birth Weight	18	76	9	516	- 440
Leukemia	19	71	49	24	+ 47
Breast Cancer	20	70	24	121	- 51
Liver Cancer	21	65	41	45	+ 20
Hypertension	22	64	12	428	- 364
Fires	23	63	28	109	- 45
Drownings	24	63	26	110	- 47
Parkinson's Disease	25	60	42	43	+ 16
Lung Cancers	26	59	35	59	+ 1
Tuberculosis	27	58	3	1,416	- 1,359
Lymphomas	28	55	40	46	+ 9
Epilepsy	29	53	38	49	+ 4
Violence	30	50	11	450	- 400
Pancreas Cancer	31	40	53	18	+ 23
Skin Disease	32	40	47	31	+ 9
Drug Use	33	38	46	32	+ 6
Oral Cancer	34	36	30	100	- 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	35	8	645	- 610
Stomach Cancer	36	30	45	33	- 3
Birth Trauma	37	26	13	345	- 318
Uterin Cancer	38	25	56	11	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	21	44	33	- 12
Poisonings	40	21	39	46	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	21	32	76	- 55
Ovary Cancer	42	19	50	23	- 4
Encephalitis	43	18	59	8	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	44	18	52	21	- 3
Meningitis	45	17	27	109	- 91
Bladder Cancer	46	16	54	16	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	47	15	1	2,928	- 2,914
Maternal Conditions	48	13	25	110	- 97
Cervical Cancer	49	12	23	133	- 121
Prostate Cancer	50	11	31	94	- 83
Alcohol	51	10	48	28	- 18
Malnutrition	52	6	18	224	- 217
Hepatitis B	53	4	63	4	- 0
Pertussis	54	4	37	54	- 50
Skin Cancers	55	4	29	108	- 104
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	3	60	8	- 5
Appendicitis	58	3	58	9	- 6
Syphilis	59	2	43	35	- 32
Schistosomiasis	60	2	55	14	- 12
Tetanus	61	1	62	6	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	57	9	- 9
Dengue	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	+ 0
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	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.