NAMIBIA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,139	1	2,928	- 1,790
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,082	2	1,464	- 383
Malaria	3	904	51	22	+ 883
Tuberculosis	4	842	3	1,416	- 574
Road Traffic Accidents	5	750	6	868	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	731	8	645	+ 86
Stroke	7	702	4	1,333	- 631
Birth Trauma	8	627	13	345	+ 282
Coronary Heart Disease	9	549	5	1,221	- 671
Low Birth Weight	10	506	9	516	- 10
Congenital Anomalies	11	407	16	283	+ 124
Maternal Conditions	12	284	25	110	+ 174
Liver Disease	13	274	14	336	- 62
Cervical Cancer	14	267	23	133	+ 134
Diabetes Mellitus	15	260	7	724	- 465
Malnutrition	16	232	18	224	+ 8
Hypertension	17	216	12	428	- 211
Violence	18	196	11	450	- 254
Kidney Disease	19	189	15	322	- 133
Other Injuries	20	177	19	207	- 29
Meningitis	21	133	27	109	+ 24
Lung Disease	22	127	10	461	- 334
Pertussis	23	115	37	54	+ 61
Suicide	24	103	17	243	- 140
Oesophagus Cancer	25	93	52	21	+ 72
Syphilis	26	88	43	35	+ 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	85	21	176	- 91
Prostate Cancer	28	76	31	94	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	29	74	33	73	+ 1
Asthma	30	71	20	200	- 130
Oral Cancer	31	68	30	100	- 31
Drownings	32	68	26	110	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	65	36	54	+ 11
Falls	34	64	34	62	+ 2
Fires	35	59	28	109	- 50
Liver Cancer	36	59	41	45	+ 14
Breast Cancer	37	53	24	121	- 68
Inflammatory/Heart	38	51	22	162	- 111
Stomach Cancer	39	49	45	33	+ 17
Poisonings	40	49	39	46	+ 2
Lymphomas	41	33	40	46	- 12
Skin Cancers	42	31	29	108	- 77
Epilepsy	43	29	38	49	- 20
Bladder Cancer	44	28	54	16	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	45	21	42	43	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	19	32	76	- 57
Leukemia	47	17	49	24	- 6
Drug Use	48	17	46	32	- 15
Tetanus	49	17	62	6	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	17	44	33	- 16
Schistosomiasis	51	15	55	14	+ 2
Skin Disease	52	15	47	31	- 16
Ovary Cancer	53	14	50	23	- 9
Upper Respiratory	54	12	61	6	+ 6
Measles	55	12	65	2	+ 10
Alcohol	56	11	48	28	- 17
Uterin Cancer	57	9	56	11	- 2
Appendicitis	58	9	58	9	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	8	59	8	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	7	63	4	+ 3
Lung Cancers	61	7	35	59	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	62	7	53	18	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	57	9	- 6
Other Neoplasms	64	2	60	8	- 5
Ascariasis	65	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	66	1	+ 1
War	67	1	67	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Tanzania

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.