NAMIBIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,268	1	2,928	+ 339
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,762	2	1,464	+ 298
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,388	5	1,221	+ 168
Road Traffic Accidents	4	987	6	868	+ 119
Stroke	5	838	4	1,333	- 495
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	751	8	645	+ 106
Low Birth Weight	7	660	9	516	+ 144
Birth Trauma	8	557	13	345	+ 212
Diabetes Mellitus	9	547	7	724	- 178
Malnutrition	10	392	18	224	+ 168
Congenital Anomalies	11	362	16	283	+ 79
Kidney Disease	12	362	15	322	+ 40
Suicide	13	338	17	243	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	14	331	23	133	+ 198
Malaria	15	327	51	22	+ 306
Tuberculosis	16	327	3	1,416	- 1,089
Liver Disease	17	317	14	336	- 18
Violence	18	313	11	450	- 136
Maternal Conditions	19	286	25	110	+ 176
Other Injuries	20	271	19	207	+ 64
Asthma	21	250	20	200	+ 50
Meningitis	22	217	27	109	+ 108
Lung Disease	23	190	10	461	- 271
Hypertension	24	187	12	428	- 241
Inflammatory/Heart	25	171	22	162	+ 9
Lymphomas	26	157	40	46	+ 111
Drownings	27	156	26	110	+ 47
Breast Cancer	28	137	24	121	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	29	131	52	21	+ 110
Fires	30	130	28	109	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	125	21	176	- 50
Prostate Cancer	32	103	31	94	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	33	91	45	33	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	34	90	33	73	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	90	32	76	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	89	44	33	+ 56
Poisonings	37	84	39	46	+ 38
Liver Cancer	38	83	41	45	+ 38
Epilepsy	39	83	38	49	+ 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	83	36	54	+ 28
Falls	41	76	34	62	+ 14
Pertussis	42	68	37	54	+ 14
Lung Cancers	43	47	35	59	- 12
Skin Cancers	44	43	29	108	- 65
Leukemia	45	40	49	24	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	46	37	42	43	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	47	35	53	18	+ 18
Drug Use	48	35	46	32	+ 3
Oral Cancer	49	34	30	100	- 66
Uterin Cancer	50	30	56	11	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	51	28	50	23	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	28	47	31	- 3
Schistosomiasis	53	28	55	14	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	54	20	54	16	+ 5
Syphilis	55	20	43	35	- 14
Encephalitis	56	19	59	8	+ 11
Tetanus	57	17	62	6	+ 11
Appendicitis	58	11	58	9	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	11	61	6	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	9	63	4	+ 5
Alcohol	61	8	48	28	- 20
Other Neoplasms	62	6	60	8	- 2
Measles	63	5	65	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	57	9	- 5
War	65	4	67	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	2	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	64	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	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

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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.