NAMIBIA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,414	5	1,221	+ 1,193
Violence	2	1,627	11	450	+ 1,177
Stroke	3	1,089	4	1,333	- 244
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,003	7	724	+ 278
Road Traffic Accidents	5	998	6	868	+ 130
HIV/AIDS	6	672	1	2,928	- 2,256
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	645	2	1,464	- 820
Kidney Disease	8	532	15	322	+ 211
Hypertension	9	466	12	428	+ 38
Lung Disease	10	462	10	461	+ 1
Lung Cancers	11	350	35	59	+ 291
Low Birth Weight	12	277	9	516	- 239
Prostate Cancer	13	256	31	94	+ 161
Congenital Anomalies	14	255	16	283	- 28
Breast Cancer	15	230	24	121	+ 109
Liver Disease	16	210	14	336	- 126
Stomach Cancer	17	195	45	33	+ 163
Other Neoplasms	18	194	60	8	+ 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	183	36	54	+ 128
Cervical Cancer	20	178	23	133	+ 45
Other Injuries	21	152	19	207	- 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	122	8	645	- 523
Lymphomas	23	112	40	46	+ 66
Birth Trauma	24	98	13	345	- 247
Pancreas Cancer	25	97	53	18	+ 80
Liver Cancer	26	92	41	45	+ 47
Leukemia	27	90	49	24	+ 67
Falls	28	78	34	62	+ 16
Chagas disease	29	74	78	0	+ 74
Endocrine Disorders	30	68	33	73	- 5
Tuberculosis	31	67	3	1,416	- 1,349
Malnutrition	32	56	18	224	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	33	54	22	162	- 108
Suicide	34	52	17	243	- 190
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	51	21	176	- 124
Ovary Cancer	36	50	50	23	+ 27
Skin Cancers	37	50	29	108	- 58
Oral Cancer	38	49	30	100	- 51
Maternal Conditions	39	38	25	110	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	37	32	76	- 38
Epilepsy	41	37	38	49	- 12
Malaria	42	36	51	22	+ 15
Drownings	43	35	26	110	- 75
Oesophagus Cancer	44	33	52	21	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	45	33	54	16	+ 17
Asthma	46	28	20	200	- 173
Uterin Cancer	47	28	56	11	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	48	23	42	43	- 21
Meningitis	49	22	27	109	- 86
Drug Use	50	20	46	32	- 11
War	51	17	67	0	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	16	57	9	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	14	82	0	+ 14
Fires	54	13	28	109	- 96
Anemia	55	11	83	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	56	9	58	9	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	7	44	33	- 26
Poisonings	58	6	39	46	- 40
Dengue	59	6	74	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	64	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	61	3	59	8	- 5
Alcohol	62	3	48	28	- 25
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	4	- 2
Pertussis	64	2	37	54	- 52
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	66	2	47	31	- 29
Syphilis	67	1	43	35	- 33
Tetanus	68	1	62	6	- 5
Schizophrenia	69	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	61	6	- 6
Otitis Media	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Venezuela

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.