NAMIBIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,631	5	1,221	+ 1,410
Stroke	2	1,184	4	1,333	- 149
War	3	1,127	67	0	+ 1,126
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,045	2	1,464	- 420
Low Birth Weight	5	768	9	516	+ 253
Road Traffic Accidents	6	747	6	868	- 122
Birth Trauma	7	518	13	345	+ 174
Hypertension	8	462	12	428	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	381	8	645	- 263
Congenital Anomalies	10	374	16	283	+ 91
Lung Disease	11	279	10	461	- 182
Measles	12	263	65	2	+ 261
Liver Disease	13	252	14	336	- 83
Violence	14	248	11	450	- 202
Kidney Disease	15	234	15	322	- 88
Other Injuries	16	194	19	207	- 13
Asthma	17	184	20	200	- 17
Tuberculosis	18	166	3	1,416	- 1,251
Diabetes Mellitus	19	157	7	724	- 568
Malaria	20	150	51	22	+ 128
Suicide	21	148	17	243	- 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	123	21	176	- 53
Pertussis	23	108	37	54	+ 54
Falls	24	102	34	62	+ 40
Drownings	25	100	26	110	- 10
Breast Cancer	26	99	24	121	- 22
Malnutrition	27	92	18	224	- 131
Meningitis	28	89	27	109	- 20
Fires	29	86	28	109	- 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	80	36	54	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	31	79	45	33	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	32	78	25	110	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	73	32	76	- 3
Leukemia	34	68	49	24	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	35	67	52	21	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	36	64	33	73	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	62	44	33	+ 29
Drug Use	38	53	46	32	+ 22
Liver Cancer	39	53	41	45	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	40	51	22	162	- 111
Lung Cancers	41	50	35	59	- 9
Oral Cancer	42	48	30	100	- 52
Epilepsy	43	47	38	49	- 2
Poisonings	44	46	39	46	+ 0
Lymphomas	45	38	40	46	- 8
HIV/AIDS	46	35	1	2,928	- 2,894
Tetanus	47	34	62	6	+ 28
Encephalitis	48	32	59	8	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	49	32	42	43	- 12
Hepatitis B	50	26	63	4	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	51	25	53	18	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	52	16	50	23	- 7
Syphilis	53	15	43	35	- 19
Appendicitis	54	14	58	9	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	55	14	54	16	- 2
Schistosomiasis	56	11	55	14	- 3
Cervical Cancer	57	10	23	133	- 122
Skin Cancers	58	9	29	108	- 99
Alcohol	59	7	48	28	- 21
Dengue	60	6	74	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	4	47	31	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	64	2	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	63	3	31	94	- 91
Other Neoplasms	64	2	60	8	- 6
Ascariasis	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	57	9	- 8
Diphtheria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	56	11	- 11
Upper Respiratory	70	0	61	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Yemen

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.