NAMIBIA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,676	2	1,464	+ 3,212
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,309	8	645	+ 2,664
Measles	3	2,493	65	2	+ 2,491
Tuberculosis	4	2,210	3	1,416	+ 794
Birth Trauma	5	2,062	13	345	+ 1,717
Stroke	6	1,851	4	1,333	+ 518
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,558	5	1,221	+ 337
Low Birth Weight	8	1,346	9	516	+ 830
Meningitis	9	1,159	27	109	+ 1,050
Malnutrition	10	1,039	18	224	+ 816
Road Traffic Accidents	11	911	6	868	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	12	889	25	110	+ 779
Liver Disease	13	844	14	336	+ 508
Other Injuries	14	776	19	207	+ 569
Congenital Anomalies	15	734	16	283	+ 451
Diabetes Mellitus	16	622	7	724	- 102
Tetanus	17	570	62	6	+ 564
Hypertension	18	569	12	428	+ 141
Lung Disease	19	526	10	461	+ 65
Pertussis	20	442	37	54	+ 388
Kidney Disease	21	442	15	322	+ 120
Malaria	22	418	51	22	+ 397
Asthma	23	405	20	200	+ 204
War	24	284	67	0	+ 283
Drownings	25	274	26	110	+ 164
Breast Cancer	26	265	24	121	+ 144
Suicide	27	263	17	243	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	28	190	23	133	+ 57
Violence	29	178	11	450	- 271
Fires	30	175	28	109	+ 66
Poisonings	31	163	39	46	+ 117
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	139	21	176	- 36
HIV/AIDS	33	131	1	2,928	- 2,797
Lymphomas	34	130	40	46	+ 84
Leukemia	35	121	49	24	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	120	32	76	+ 45
Falls	37	118	34	62	+ 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	118	36	54	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	39	112	22	162	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	40	111	52	21	+ 90
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	96	44	33	+ 63
Schistosomiasis	42	94	55	14	+ 80
Epilepsy	43	90	38	49	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	44	87	33	73	+ 15
Syphilis	45	81	43	35	+ 47
Oral Cancer	46	71	30	100	- 29
Upper Respiratory	47	70	61	6	+ 64
Hepatitis B	48	68	63	4	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	49	67	45	33	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	50	64	50	23	+ 40
Leishmaniasis	51	62	79	0	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	52	61	31	94	- 33
Liver Cancer	53	55	41	45	+ 10
Lung Cancers	54	50	35	59	- 9
Appendicitis	55	40	58	9	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	56	40	42	43	- 4
Skin Cancers	57	35	29	108	- 72
Skin Disease	58	33	47	31	+ 2
Alcohol	59	33	48	28	+ 4
Diphtheria	60	32	71	0	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	61	32	54	16	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	62	23	53	18	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	20	59	8	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	64	17	56	11	+ 5
Drug Use	65	12	46	32	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	57	9	- 2
Hepatitis C	67	7	66	1	+ 7
Otitis Media	68	7	70	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	69	6	69	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	70	3	60	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	71	2	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	72	1	68	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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

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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.