GUINEA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,609	10	3,020	+ 11,589
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,305	1	12,790	- 5,485
Tuberculosis	3	7,065	13	2,369	+ 4,697
Stroke	4	6,649	5	5,777	+ 872
Coronary Heart Disease	5	6,089	6	5,665	+ 424
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,332	9	3,788	+ 543
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,614	15	2,138	+ 1,476
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,217	3	6,788	- 3,571
Low Birth Weight	9	2,574	8	4,319	- 1,745
Lung Disease	10	2,301	20	1,373	+ 928
Violence	11	2,243	26	1,128	+ 1,115
Hypertension	12	2,135	21	1,348	+ 786
Birth Trauma	13	1,719	7	4,797	- 3,078
Liver Disease	14	1,674	12	2,550	- 876
Kidney Disease	15	1,604	16	1,939	- 335
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,413	14	2,181	- 768
Suicide	17	1,211	29	892	+ 319
Malnutrition	18	1,115	28	1,032	+ 83
Other Injuries	19	1,031	18	1,504	- 473
Asthma	20	1,000	22	1,179	- 179
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	876	30	579	+ 297
Inflammatory/Heart	22	807	35	439	+ 368
Cervical Cancer	23	662	19	1,491	- 829
Breast Cancer	24	604	38	345	+ 259
Maternal Conditions	25	549	17	1,793	- 1,244
Drownings	26	547	31	528	+ 18
Meningitis	27	542	11	2,633	- 2,090
Fires	28	542	36	410	+ 132
Skin Cancers	29	538	49	152	+ 385
Oral Cancer	30	498	52	122	+ 376
Prostate Cancer	31	470	32	525	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	378	34	448	- 70
Endocrine Disorders	33	364	25	1,140	- 776
Falls	34	310	33	480	- 170
Lung Cancers	35	293	50	128	+ 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	271	53	100	+ 171
Pertussis	37	270	24	1,165	- 895
Epilepsy	38	245	37	350	- 104
Poisonings	39	231	40	295	- 64
Lymphomas	40	229	48	158	+ 71
Liver Cancer	41	224	23	1,167	- 943
Parkinson's Disease	42	216	44	212	+ 4
Syphilis	43	173	39	328	- 155
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	165	42	238	- 73
Stomach Cancer	45	162	41	245	- 83
Drug Use	46	158	46	169	- 11
Skin Disease	47	154	51	127	+ 27
Alcohol	48	140	55	83	+ 57
Leukemia	49	118	67	17	+ 101
Ovary Cancer	50	116	54	93	+ 23
Malaria	51	107	2	8,180	- 8,073
Oesophagus Cancer	52	104	63	20	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	53	87	65	19	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	54	78	60	32	+ 46
Schistosomiasis	55	68	43	232	- 164
Uterin Cancer	56	57	59	38	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	47	70	13	+ 35
Appendicitis	58	44	57	41	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	40	56	81	- 40
Other Neoplasms	60	38	68	16	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	61	32	69	15	+ 17
Tetanus	62	30	45	170	- 140
Hepatitis B	63	22	47	162	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	66	18	- 6
Measles	65	10	4	6,025	- 6,015
Hepatitis C	66	3	61	22	- 20
War	67	2	64	20	- 17
Chlamydia	68	2	71	3	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	62	22	- 21
Otitis Media	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	58	40	- 39
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Namibia

Guinea

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.