NAMIBIA VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,510	5	1,221	+ 289
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,435	2	1,464	- 30
Stroke	3	1,378	4	1,333	+ 45
Lung Cancers	4	1,092	35	59	+ 1,034
Suicide	5	788	17	243	+ 545
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	654	21	176	+ 478
Liver Cancer	7	624	41	45	+ 579
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	548	36	54	+ 494
Kidney Disease	9	544	15	322	+ 222
Stomach Cancer	10	464	45	33	+ 432
Lung Disease	11	459	10	461	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	12	376	53	18	+ 359
Diabetes Mellitus	13	367	7	724	- 358
Liver Disease	14	342	14	336	+ 6
Road Traffic Accidents	15	237	6	868	- 631
Parkinson's Disease	16	213	42	43	+ 169
Hypertension	17	200	12	428	- 228
Other Injuries	18	196	19	207	- 11
Lymphomas	19	187	40	46	+ 141
Falls	20	158	34	62	+ 96
Breast Cancer	21	155	24	121	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	22	125	31	94	+ 30
Leukemia	23	115	49	24	+ 92
Tuberculosis	24	105	3	1,416	- 1,311
Endocrine Disorders	25	102	33	73	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	26	97	60	8	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	27	95	54	16	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	28	93	52	21	+ 72
Oral Cancer	29	78	30	100	- 21
Ovary Cancer	30	72	50	23	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	31	71	22	162	- 90
Asthma	32	62	20	200	- 139
Alcohol	33	58	48	28	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	34	57	23	133	- 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	50	8	645	- 595
Skin Disease	36	38	47	31	+ 7
Skin Cancers	37	31	29	108	- 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	29	32	76	- 47
Hepatitis B	39	28	63	4	+ 24
Epilepsy	40	28	38	49	- 21
Congenital Anomalies	41	28	16	283	- 255
Drownings	42	27	26	110	- 83
Uterin Cancer	43	23	56	11	+ 11
Violence	44	21	11	450	- 429
Low Birth Weight	45	20	9	516	- 496
Anemia	46	18	83	0	+ 18
Fires	47	14	28	109	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	12	44	33	- 21
Hepatitis C	49	9	66	1	+ 8
Drug Use	50	8	46	32	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	8	57	9	- 1
Poisonings	52	6	39	46	- 40
Malnutrition	53	5	18	224	- 219
Birth Trauma	54	5	13	345	- 340
HIV/AIDS	55	5	1	2,928	- 2,924
Schizophrenia	56	4	86	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	58	9	- 6
Meningitis	58	3	27	109	- 106
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	3	82	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	25	110	- 108
Syphilis	62	1	43	35	- 33
Upper Respiratory	63	1	61	6	- 5
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	59	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	64	2	- 2
Pertussis	67	0	37	54	- 54
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	6	- 6
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	51	22	- 21
Schistosomiasis	72	0	55	14	- 14
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	65	2	- 2
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

South Korea

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.