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Namibia
COUNTRY #1
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NAMIBIA VS UNITED STATES

Compare Namibia and United States health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

United States
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Namibia Population Pyramid
3,981,125
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United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   United States UNITED STATES
  Namibia NAMIBIA   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
  
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
  
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
  
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
  
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
56.2
58.5
57.4
142
147
144
  
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
61.3
64.6
63.0
139
140
138
  
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
60.6
68.4
64.6
165
142
152
  
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.6
68.4
165
142
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
60.6
68.4
165
142
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
63.5
71.1
173
148
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
63.8
71.5
173
149
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
64.1
71.7
173
149
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
64.6
72.0
173
149
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
65.2
72.4
173
150
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
65.8
72.8
173
150
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
66.6
73.5
173
149
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
67.6
74.4
173
148
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
69.0
75.5
172
143
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
70.7
76.7
171
138
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
72.6
78.0
171
125
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
74.7
79.3
170
118
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
77.0
80.7
170
113
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
79.5
82.3
169
114
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
82.4
84.4
165
119
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
85.7
87.0
158
126
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.2
90.0
153
131
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
147.62
7
1.37
113
2. Stroke
117.61
46
22.27
164
3. Coronary Heart Disease
105.72
98
73.49
142
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
94.17
31
8.86
163
5. Tuberculosis
74.32
11
0.09
178
6. Diabetes Mellitus
61.52
25
10.58
144
7. Road Traffic Accidents
44.05
14
11.10
120
8. Lung Disease
40.96
26
28.49
60
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
38.12
45
1.55
114
10. Hypertension
37.70
28
10.26
133
11. Prostate Cancer
25.79
40
11.64
126
12. Kidney Disease
25.76
73
13.08
127
13. Liver Disease
23.50
80
8.98
134
14. Violence
20.18
18
6.00
81
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.25
79
33.26
8
16. Cervical Cancer
16.57
48
2.77
151
17. Asthma
15.49
38
0.84
141
18. Breast Cancer
14.84
120
15.93
105
19. Suicide
13.51
36
14.51
31
20. Inflammatory/Heart
12.49
19
5.64
73
21. Other Injuries
10.07
66
5.11
130
22. Malnutrition
9.45
32
0.90
104
23. Low Birth Weight
9.38
39
2.37
138
24. Skin Cancers
9.09
2
2.36
57
25. Oral Cancer
7.84
12
2.01
132
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.25
81
3.78
140
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.23
44
0.55
170
28. Birth Trauma
6.21
53
0.42
157
29. Fires
5.58
8
0.73
124
30. Meningitis
5.31
47
0.15
166
31. Maternal Conditions
4.80
51
0.26
129
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.68
70
8.22
28
33. Lung Cancers
4.38
143
25.54
24
34. Falls
4.37
118
5.68
90
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.18
87
4.55
68
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
166
10.28
71
37. Drownings
4.09
43
1.19
140
38. Lymphomas
3.10
144
6.36
31
39. Liver Cancer
3.04
164
4.69
110
40. Ovary Cancer
3.01
146
4.70
79
41. Skin Disease
2.57
36
0.86
115
42. Epilepsy
2.41
49
0.78
159
43. Stomach Cancer
2.39
172
2.24
173
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
61
0.55
152
45. Alcohol
1.87
64
3.50
28
46. Poisonings
1.74
51
0.46
102
47. Drug Use
1.74
57
21.28
1
48. Leukemia
1.66
158
4.43
49
49. Oesophagus Cancer
1.65
120
3.04
71
50. Uterin Cancer
1.63
131
3.11
50
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Namibia NAMIBIA   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
2,928
17.28
5,660
0.23
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,464
8.64
60,317
2.41
3. Tuberculosis
1,416
8.35
546
0.02
4. Stroke
1,333
7.86
158,520
6.33
5. Coronary Heart Disease
1,221
7.20
504,904
20.15
6. Road Traffic Accidents
868
5.12
41,694
1.66
7. Diabetes Mellitus
724
4.27
61,418
2.45
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
645
3.81
9,955
0.40
9. Low Birth Weight
516
3.04
6,924
0.28
10. Lung Disease
461
2.72
195,387
7.80
11. Violence
450
2.66
18,976
0.76
12. Hypertension
428
2.53
65,960
2.63
13. Birth Trauma
345
2.04
1,233
0.05
14. Liver Disease
336
1.98
43,402
1.73
15. Kidney Disease
322
1.90
85,861
3.43
16. Congenital Anomalies
283
1.67
11,762
0.47
17. Suicide
243
1.43
53,099
2.12
18. Malnutrition
224
1.32
6,762
0.27
19. Other Injuries
207
1.22
25,997
1.04
20. Asthma
200
1.18
3,818
0.15
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
176
1.04
287,198
11.46
22. Inflammatory/Heart
162
0.96
32,529
1.30
23. Cervical Cancer
133
0.78
6,984
0.28
24. Breast Cancer
121
0.71
48,671
1.94
25. Maternal Conditions
110
0.65
779
0.03
26. Drownings
110
0.65
4,070
0.16
27. Meningitis
109
0.64
606
0.02
28. Fires
109
0.64
3,183
0.13
29. Skin Cancers
108
0.64
14,311
0.57
30. Oral Cancer
100
0.59
11,555
0.46
31. Prostate Cancer
94
0.55
35,612
1.42
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
76
0.45
3,461
0.14
33. Endocrine Disorders
73
0.43
46,985
1.87
34. Falls
62
0.37
40,418
1.61
35. Lung Cancers
59
0.35
155,533
6.21
36. Pertussis
54
0.32
16
0.00
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
54
0.32
61,827
2.47
38. Epilepsy
49
0.29
3,162
0.13
39. Lymphomas
46
0.27
40,281
1.61
40. Poisonings
46
0.27
1,674
0.07
41. Liver Cancer
45
0.27
27,064
1.08
42. Parkinson's Disease
43
0.25
34,491
1.38
43. Syphilis
35
0.21
49
0.00
44. Stomach Cancer
33
0.19
13,077
0.52
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
33
0.19
3,646
0.15
46. Drug Use
32
0.19
74,435
2.97
47. Skin Disease
31
0.18
5,409
0.22
48. Alcohol
28
0.17
14,659
0.58
49. Leukemia
24
0.14
26,966
1.08
50. Ovary Cancer
23
0.14
14,591
0.58
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
25.79
40
11.64
126
2. Cervical Cancer
16.57
48
2.77
151
3. Breast Cancer
14.84
120
15.93
105
4. Skin Cancers
9.09
2
2.36
57
5. Oral Cancer
7.84
12
2.01
132
6. Lung Cancers
4.38
143
25.54
24
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
166
10.28
71
8. Lymphomas
3.10
144
6.36
31
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
164
4.69
110
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
146
4.70
79
11. Stomach Cancer
2.39
172
2.24
173
12. Leukemia
1.66
158
4.43
49
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.65
120
3.04
71
14. Uterin Cancer
1.63
131
3.11
50
15. Bladder Cancer
1.39
134
2.84
61
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.37
158
7.26
36
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.