NAMIBIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,216	4	1,333	+ 2,883
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,437	5	1,221	+ 1,217
Lung Disease	3	951	10	461	+ 490
Diabetes Mellitus	4	898	7	724	+ 173
Road Traffic Accidents	5	781	6	868	- 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	777	21	176	+ 601
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	738	2	1,464	- 726
Kidney Disease	8	669	15	322	+ 348
Liver Cancer	9	663	41	45	+ 618
Liver Disease	10	634	14	336	+ 298
Lung Cancers	11	565	35	59	+ 506
Hypertension	12	527	12	428	+ 99
Falls	13	409	34	62	+ 347
Stomach Cancer	14	401	45	33	+ 369
Tuberculosis	15	250	3	1,416	- 1,166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	219	36	54	+ 165
Asthma	17	216	20	200	+ 16
Suicide	18	192	17	243	- 51
Low Birth Weight	19	189	9	516	- 327
Oral Cancer	20	188	30	100	+ 88
Congenital Anomalies	21	187	16	283	- 96
Breast Cancer	22	164	24	121	+ 43
Other Injuries	23	147	19	207	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	24	142	22	162	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	25	142	42	43	+ 98
Drownings	26	135	26	110	+ 26
HIV/AIDS	27	132	1	2,928	- 2,796
Leukemia	28	130	49	24	+ 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	116	8	645	- 528
Lymphomas	30	79	40	46	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	31	63	23	133	- 69
Birth Trauma	32	62	13	345	- 283
Oesophagus Cancer	33	60	52	21	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	34	55	33	73	- 18
Prostate Cancer	35	51	31	94	- 44
Violence	36	47	11	450	- 402
Measles	37	47	65	2	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	45	44	33	+ 12
Encephalitis	39	41	59	8	+ 33
Skin Disease	40	40	47	31	+ 9
Drug Use	41	36	46	32	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	42	31	56	11	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	25	32	76	- 50
Pancreas Cancer	44	25	53	18	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	45	24	54	16	+ 8
Alcohol	46	23	48	28	- 5
Ovary Cancer	47	23	50	23	- 0
Poisonings	48	22	39	46	- 24
Maternal Conditions	49	20	25	110	- 90
Pertussis	50	19	37	54	- 35
Meningitis	51	17	27	109	- 92
Fires	52	16	28	109	- 93
Epilepsy	53	15	38	49	- 34
Skin Cancers	54	12	29	108	- 95
Hepatitis B	55	10	63	4	+ 6
Syphilis	56	9	43	35	- 26
Other Neoplasms	57	9	60	8	+ 1
Tetanus	58	8	62	6	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	57	9	- 4
Appendicitis	60	5	58	9	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	64	2	+ 1
Dengue	62	3	74	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	63	3	18	224	- 220
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	1	+ 2
War	65	1	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	6	- 5
Malaria	67	0	51	22	- 21
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.