NAMIBIA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,762	5	1,221	+ 2,541
Stroke	2	2,585	4	1,333	+ 1,252
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,430	2	1,464	- 34
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,243	7	724	+ 518
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	842	8	645	+ 197
Lung Disease	6	805	10	461	+ 344
Malaria	7	561	51	22	+ 540
Road Traffic Accidents	8	427	6	868	- 441
Suicide	9	379	17	243	+ 136
Liver Disease	10	343	14	336	+ 7
Drownings	11	310	26	110	+ 200
Asthma	12	303	20	200	+ 102
Hypertension	13	293	12	428	- 135
Low Birth Weight	14	249	9	516	- 267
Kidney Disease	15	245	15	322	- 76
Congenital Anomalies	16	243	16	283	- 40
Other Injuries	17	231	19	207	+ 24
Liver Cancer	18	231	41	45	+ 186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	227	44	33	+ 194
Falls	20	211	34	62	+ 149
Birth Trauma	21	198	13	345	- 146
Maternal Conditions	22	177	25	110	+ 67
Tuberculosis	23	172	3	1,416	- 1,244
Dengue	24	160	74	0	+ 160
Cervical Cancer	25	160	23	133	+ 27
Breast Cancer	26	130	24	121	+ 9
Lung Cancers	27	129	35	59	+ 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	123	21	176	- 53
Syphilis	29	108	43	35	+ 73
Violence	30	101	11	450	- 349
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	89	36	54	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	86	32	76	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	33	82	50	23	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	34	81	42	43	+ 37
Leukemia	35	78	49	24	+ 55
Malnutrition	36	73	18	224	- 150
Inflammatory/Heart	37	67	22	162	- 95
Poisonings	38	59	39	46	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	39	57	33	73	- 16
Fires	40	55	28	109	- 54
Prostate Cancer	41	50	31	94	- 44
Lymphomas	42	49	40	46	+ 4
Meningitis	43	49	27	109	- 60
Stomach Cancer	44	45	45	33	+ 13
Epilepsy	45	41	38	49	- 8
Skin Disease	46	39	47	31	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	47	33	56	11	+ 22
Alcohol	48	33	48	28	+ 5
Oral Cancer	49	29	30	100	- 71
Pertussis	50	29	37	54	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	51	17	53	18	- 1
Bladder Cancer	52	16	54	16	+ 1
Hepatitis B	53	12	63	4	+ 8
Encephalitis	54	6	59	8	- 2
Appendicitis	55	6	58	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	4	60	8	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	57	4	52	21	- 17
Drug Use	58	3	46	32	- 28
Tetanus	59	2	62	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	57	9	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	64	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	2	66	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	61	6	- 6
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	29	108	- 108
Schizophrenia	70	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	1	2,928	- 2,928
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Solomon Isl.

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.