NAMIBIA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,442	5	1,221	+ 1,222
Stroke	2	1,143	4	1,333	- 189
Low Birth Weight	3	891	9	516	+ 375
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	701	2	1,464	- 763
Road Traffic Accidents	5	637	6	868	- 232
Measles	6	517	65	2	+ 515
Birth Trauma	7	474	13	345	+ 129
Hypertension	8	405	12	428	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	349	8	645	- 296
Malaria	10	312	51	22	+ 290
Congenital Anomalies	11	306	16	283	+ 23
Kidney Disease	12	283	15	322	- 39
Lung Disease	13	243	10	461	- 218
Liver Disease	14	242	14	336	- 94
Tuberculosis	15	236	3	1,416	- 1,180
Breast Cancer	16	171	24	121	+ 49
Diabetes Mellitus	17	171	7	724	- 554
Other Injuries	18	162	19	207	- 45
Asthma	19	146	20	200	- 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	144	21	176	- 32
Violence	21	138	11	450	- 312
HIV/AIDS	22	130	1	2,928	- 2,799
Maternal Conditions	23	109	25	110	- 1
Pertussis	24	105	37	54	+ 51
Leukemia	25	102	49	24	+ 78
Drownings	26	94	26	110	- 16
Suicide	27	91	17	243	- 151
Falls	28	87	34	62	+ 24
Lymphomas	29	85	40	46	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	30	81	33	73	+ 8
Fires	31	73	28	109	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	32	63	52	21	+ 42
Meningitis	33	61	27	109	- 48
Malnutrition	34	61	18	224	- 163
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	58	36	54	+ 4
Drug Use	36	58	46	32	+ 26
Liver Cancer	37	53	41	45	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	38	47	22	162	- 115
Ovary Cancer	39	44	50	23	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	43	32	76	- 33
Cervical Cancer	41	43	23	133	- 90
Poisonings	42	41	39	46	- 5
Epilepsy	43	41	38	49	- 8
Hepatitis B	44	41	63	4	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	45	39	42	43	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	38	44	33	+ 5
Syphilis	47	34	43	35	- 1
Lung Cancers	48	30	35	59	- 29
Prostate Cancer	49	29	31	94	- 65
Oral Cancer	50	27	30	100	- 72
Stomach Cancer	51	27	45	33	- 6
Leishmaniasis	52	25	79	0	+ 25
Tetanus	53	21	62	6	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	54	20	54	16	+ 5
Skin Cancers	55	20	29	108	- 88
War	56	19	67	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	57	17	59	8	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	58	15	53	18	- 2
Appendicitis	59	9	58	9	- 0
Skin Disease	60	6	47	31	- 25
Alcohol	61	5	48	28	- 23
Uterin Cancer	62	4	56	11	- 7
Schistosomiasis	63	4	55	14	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	2	60	8	- 6
Ascariasis	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	57	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	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.