NAMIBIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,140	5	1,221	+ 2,919
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,355	21	176	+ 2,179
Lung Disease	3	1,602	10	461	+ 1,141
Stroke	4	1,300	4	1,333	- 33
Lung Cancers	5	1,275	35	59	+ 1,216
Kidney Disease	6	704	15	322	+ 382
Drug Use	7	610	46	32	+ 579
Hypertension	8	541	12	428	+ 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	507	36	54	+ 452
Diabetes Mellitus	10	504	7	724	- 221
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	495	2	1,464	- 970
Suicide	12	435	17	243	+ 193
Breast Cancer	13	399	24	121	+ 278
Endocrine Disorders	14	385	33	73	+ 312
Pancreas Cancer	15	363	53	18	+ 346
Liver Disease	16	356	14	336	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	17	342	6	868	- 526
Falls	18	331	34	62	+ 269
Lymphomas	19	330	40	46	+ 284
Prostate Cancer	20	292	31	94	+ 198
Parkinson's Disease	21	283	42	43	+ 239
Inflammatory/Heart	22	267	22	162	+ 105
Liver Cancer	23	222	41	45	+ 177
Leukemia	24	221	49	24	+ 197
Other Injuries	25	213	19	207	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	26	161	54	16	+ 145
Violence	27	156	11	450	- 294
Oesophagus Cancer	28	146	52	21	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	29	145	60	8	+ 138
Alcohol	30	120	48	28	+ 92
Ovary Cancer	31	120	50	23	+ 96
Skin Cancers	32	117	29	108	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	33	107	45	33	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	34	96	16	283	- 187
Oral Cancer	35	95	30	100	- 5
Uterin Cancer	36	83	56	11	+ 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	82	8	645	- 563
Cervical Cancer	38	57	23	133	- 75
Low Birth Weight	39	57	9	516	- 459
Malnutrition	40	55	18	224	- 168
Hepatitis C	41	47	66	1	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	42	46	1	2,928	- 2,882
Skin Disease	43	44	47	31	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	44	41	64	2	+ 39
Drownings	45	33	26	110	- 76
Asthma	46	31	20	200	- 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	30	44	33	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	28	32	76	- 47
Fires	49	26	28	109	- 83
Epilepsy	50	26	38	49	- 23
Anemia	51	26	83	0	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	20	57	9	+ 11
Poisonings	53	14	39	46	- 33
Birth Trauma	54	10	13	345	- 334
War	55	10	67	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	56	6	25	110	- 104
Schizophrenia	57	6	86	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	6	82	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	5	63	4	+ 1
Meningitis	60	5	27	109	- 104
Osteoarthritis	61	5	81	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	62	4	3	1,416	- 1,412
Appendicitis	63	3	58	9	- 5
Oral conditions	64	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	61	6	- 4
Syphilis	66	0	43	35	- 34
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	8	- 8
Pertussis	69	0	37	54	- 54
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	72	0	55	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	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

United States

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.