NAMIBIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,355	5	1,221	+ 2,134
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,589	7	724	+ 865
Lung Disease	3	1,206	10	461	+ 745
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	885	21	176	+ 709
Kidney Disease	5	875	15	322	+ 553
Stroke	6	868	4	1,333	- 465
Asthma	7	825	20	200	+ 625
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	653	2	1,464	- 812
Road Traffic Accidents	9	536	6	868	- 333
Suicide	10	380	17	243	+ 137
Oral Cancer	11	369	30	100	+ 269
Lung Cancers	12	226	35	59	+ 168
Oesophagus Cancer	13	197	52	21	+ 176
Other Injuries	14	195	19	207	- 12
Breast Cancer	15	176	24	121	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	16	168	45	33	+ 136
Liver Disease	17	166	14	336	- 169
Leukemia	18	147	49	24	+ 124
Liver Cancer	19	139	41	45	+ 94
Hypertension	20	135	12	428	- 293
Lymphomas	21	131	40	46	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	22	126	16	283	- 157
Falls	23	123	34	62	+ 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	116	36	54	+ 62
Tuberculosis	25	98	3	1,416	- 1,318
Cervical Cancer	26	97	23	133	- 36
Drownings	27	93	26	110	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	77	8	645	- 568
Low Birth Weight	29	68	9	516	- 448
Prostate Cancer	30	65	31	94	- 30
Violence	31	64	11	450	- 386
Endocrine Disorders	32	59	33	73	- 14
Anemia	33	57	83	0	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	34	55	54	16	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	35	54	22	162	- 108
Skin Disease	36	37	47	31	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	37	36	50	23	+ 13
War	38	36	67	0	+ 35
Epilepsy	39	34	38	49	- 15
Drug Use	40	33	46	32	+ 1
Fires	41	30	28	109	- 78
Uterin Cancer	42	28	56	11	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	43	27	53	18	+ 10
Birth Trauma	44	25	13	345	- 320
Parkinson's Disease	45	21	42	43	- 22
Meningitis	46	19	27	109	- 90
Dengue	47	17	74	0	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	48	12	25	110	- 98
Poisonings	49	12	39	46	- 34
Other Neoplasms	50	11	60	8	+ 3
Alcohol	51	10	48	28	- 18
Skin Cancers	52	7	29	108	- 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	44	33	- 27
Malnutrition	54	6	18	224	- 218
HIV/AIDS	55	5	1	2,928	- 2,923
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	5	32	76	- 71
Tetanus	57	4	62	6	- 2
Syphilis	58	2	43	35	- 33
Pertussis	59	2	37	54	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	57	9	- 8
Encephalitis	61	1	59	8	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	1	63	4	- 4
Leprosy	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	58	9	- 8
Schizophrenia	65	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	64	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	81	0	55	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
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

Sri Lanka

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.