NAMIBIA VS SWEDEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWEDEN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,007	5	1,221	+ 2,787
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,890	21	176	+ 2,715
Stroke	3	1,598	4	1,333	+ 265
Lung Disease	4	1,150	10	461	+ 689
Lung Cancers	5	985	35	59	+ 927
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	807	36	54	+ 753
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	704	2	1,464	- 761
Prostate Cancer	8	694	31	94	+ 600
Pancreas Cancer	9	489	53	18	+ 472
Hypertension	10	487	12	428	+ 59
Diabetes Mellitus	11	486	7	724	- 239
Kidney Disease	12	431	15	322	+ 110
Breast Cancer	13	419	24	121	+ 298
Suicide	14	392	17	243	+ 149
Other Injuries	15	364	19	207	+ 157
Lymphomas	16	359	40	46	+ 313
Falls	17	294	34	62	+ 232
Other Neoplasms	18	274	60	8	+ 267
Parkinson's Disease	19	250	42	43	+ 206
Leukemia	20	219	49	24	+ 195
Bladder Cancer	21	201	54	16	+ 186
Liver Cancer	22	199	41	45	+ 154
Liver Disease	23	192	14	336	- 144
Endocrine Disorders	24	186	33	73	+ 113
Skin Cancers	25	172	29	108	+ 64
Stomach Cancer	26	162	45	33	+ 130
Ovary Cancer	27	146	50	23	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	28	145	22	162	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	29	142	52	21	+ 122
Drug Use	30	112	46	32	+ 80
Oral Cancer	31	100	30	100	+ 1
Alcohol	32	95	48	28	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	33	91	56	11	+ 80
Road Traffic Accidents	34	83	6	868	- 785
Congenital Anomalies	35	81	16	283	- 202
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	77	8	645	- 568
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	73	32	76	- 2
Cervical Cancer	38	60	23	133	- 73
Skin Disease	39	58	47	31	+ 27
Anemia	40	46	83	0	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	41	45	64	2	+ 43
Asthma	42	42	20	200	- 159
Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	34	57	9	+ 25
Epilepsy	44	32	38	49	- 17
Malnutrition	45	31	18	224	- 193
Drownings	46	30	26	110	- 79
Violence	47	30	11	450	- 420
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	29	44	33	- 4
Fires	49	17	28	109	- 92
Schizophrenia	50	17	86	0	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	51	13	9	516	- 503
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	12	82	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	53	12	66	1	+ 11
Meningitis	54	9	27	109	- 99
Birth Trauma	55	9	13	345	- 336
Tuberculosis	56	6	3	1,416	- 1,410
Osteoarthritis	57	6	81	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	58	5	61	6	- 1
Appendicitis	59	5	58	9	- 4
Poisonings	60	5	39	46	- 42
HIV/AIDS	61	3	1	2,928	- 2,925
Hepatitis B	62	3	63	4	- 2
Oral conditions	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	25	110	- 109
War	65	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	37	54	- 54
Tetanus	68	0	62	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	69	0	55	14	- 14
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	71	0	59	8	- 8
Syphilis	72	0	43	35	- 35
Chlamydia	73	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	51	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Sweden

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.