NAMIBIA VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED KINGDOM		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	4,019	21	176	+ 3,843
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,938	5	1,221	+ 1,717
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,660	2	1,464	+ 196
Stroke	4	1,541	4	1,333	+ 208
Lung Cancers	5	1,463	35	59	+ 1,404
Lung Disease	6	1,347	10	461	+ 886
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	755	36	54	+ 701
Prostate Cancer	8	544	31	94	+ 450
Breast Cancer	9	521	24	121	+ 400
Lymphomas	10	383	40	46	+ 337
Pancreas Cancer	11	368	53	18	+ 351
Oesophagus Cancer	12	357	52	21	+ 336
Parkinson's Disease	13	351	42	43	+ 308
Liver Disease	14	314	14	336	- 22
Falls	15	312	34	62	+ 250
Bladder Cancer	16	251	54	16	+ 236
Diabetes Mellitus	17	239	7	724	- 485
Kidney Disease	18	224	15	322	- 98
Other Injuries	19	224	19	207	+ 17
Suicide	20	218	17	243	- 25
Liver Cancer	21	214	41	45	+ 170
Leukemia	22	213	49	24	+ 190
Hypertension	23	213	12	428	- 215
Stomach Cancer	24	205	45	33	+ 172
Ovary Cancer	25	165	50	23	+ 141
Other Neoplasms	26	163	60	8	+ 156
Skin Cancers	27	153	29	108	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	28	135	33	73	+ 62
Inflammatory/Heart	29	128	22	162	- 34
Oral Cancer	30	127	30	100	+ 28
Drug Use	31	116	46	32	+ 84
Uterin Cancer	32	96	56	11	+ 85
Road Traffic Accidents	33	89	6	868	- 779
Skin Disease	34	87	47	31	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	35	87	16	283	- 196
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	86	32	76	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	37	76	64	2	+ 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	65	8	645	- 579
Alcohol	39	64	48	28	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	40	54	9	516	- 462
Asthma	41	53	20	200	- 147
Epilepsy	42	49	38	49	- 0
Cervical Cancer	43	45	23	133	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	42	57	9	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	36	44	33	+ 3
Violence	46	36	11	450	- 414
Tuberculosis	47	14	3	1,416	- 1,402
Fires	48	14	28	109	- 95
Drownings	49	12	26	110	- 97
Anemia	50	11	83	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	51	11	66	1	+ 10
Meningitis	52	10	27	109	- 99
Poisonings	53	9	39	46	- 37
Birth Trauma	54	8	13	345	- 337
HIV/AIDS	55	8	1	2,928	- 2,921
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	82	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	57	7	81	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	58	5	18	224	- 219
Appendicitis	59	4	58	9	- 4
Schizophrenia	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	43	35	- 33
Upper Respiratory	63	2	61	6	- 4
Maternal Conditions	64	2	25	110	- 108
Hepatitis B	65	2	63	4	- 3
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 0
War	67	0	67	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	8	- 8
Pertussis	69	0	37	54	- 54
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	62	6	- 6
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	55	14	- 14
Chlamydia	79	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

United Kingdom

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.