NAMIBIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,340	1	2,928	+ 411
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,825	2	1,464	+ 360
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,519	5	1,221	+ 298
Stroke	4	1,424	4	1,333	+ 91
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,400	7	724	+ 676
Tuberculosis	6	1,019	3	1,416	- 397
Violence	7	974	11	450	+ 524
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	735	8	645	+ 90
Kidney Disease	9	710	15	322	+ 388
Suicide	10	639	17	243	+ 396
Road Traffic Accidents	11	604	6	868	- 265
Hypertension	12	593	12	428	+ 165
Lung Disease	13	552	10	461	+ 91
Liver Disease	14	418	14	336	+ 82
Lung Cancers	15	357	35	59	+ 299
Low Birth Weight	16	290	9	516	- 226
Other Injuries	17	279	19	207	+ 72
Asthma	18	277	20	200	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	19	273	33	73	+ 200
Cervical Cancer	20	258	23	133	+ 125
Inflammatory/Heart	21	251	22	162	+ 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	217	21	176	+ 41
Breast Cancer	23	210	24	121	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	24	203	31	94	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	25	202	16	283	- 81
Meningitis	26	170	27	109	+ 61
Fires	27	168	28	109	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	166	36	54	+ 112
Oesophagus Cancer	29	162	52	21	+ 141
Birth Trauma	30	139	13	345	- 205
Lymphomas	31	131	40	46	+ 85
Drownings	32	111	26	110	+ 2
Liver Cancer	33	111	41	45	+ 66
Malnutrition	34	110	18	224	- 113
Pancreas Cancer	35	93	53	18	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	88	32	76	+ 12
Epilepsy	37	87	38	49	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	38	79	25	110	- 31
Stomach Cancer	39	71	45	33	+ 39
Leukemia	40	68	49	24	+ 44
Oral Cancer	41	65	30	100	- 35
Falls	42	65	34	62	+ 3
Pertussis	43	53	37	54	- 1
Syphilis	44	52	43	35	+ 18
Skin Disease	45	51	47	31	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	46	50	42	43	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	47	44	33	+ 14
Skin Cancers	48	46	29	108	- 62
Alcohol	49	46	48	28	+ 18
Poisonings	50	45	39	46	- 1
Ovary Cancer	51	44	50	23	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	52	38	54	16	+ 23
Drug Use	53	36	46	32	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	24	56	11	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	17	57	9	+ 8
Appendicitis	56	13	58	9	+ 4
Measles	57	13	65	2	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	58	12	60	8	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	11	59	8	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	10	61	6	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	6	63	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	64	2	+ 3
Malaria	63	4	51	22	- 18
War	64	3	67	0	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	62	6	- 4
Schistosomiasis	66	2	55	14	- 12
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

South Africa

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.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.