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United States
COUNTRY #1
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UNITED STATES VS NAMIBIA

Compare United States and Namibia 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.

Namibia
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
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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Namibia Population Pyramid
3,981,125
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Namibia NAMIBIA
  United States UNITED STATES   Namibia NAMIBIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
56.2
58.5
57.4
142
147
144
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
61.3
64.6
63.0
139
140
138
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
60.6
68.4
64.6
165
142
152
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Namibia NAMIBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
60.6
68.4
165
142
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
60.6
68.4
165
142
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
63.5
71.1
173
148
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
63.8
71.5
173
149
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
64.1
71.7
173
149
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
64.6
72.0
173
149
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
65.2
72.4
173
150
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
65.8
72.8
173
150
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
66.6
73.5
173
149
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
67.6
74.4
173
148
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
69.0
75.5
172
143
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
70.7
76.7
171
138
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
72.6
78.0
171
125
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
74.7
79.3
170
118
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
77.0
80.7
170
113
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
79.5
82.3
169
114
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
82.4
84.4
165
119
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
85.7
87.0
158
126
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.2
90.0
153
131
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Namibia NAMIBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
105.72
98
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
18.25
79
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
40.96
26
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
4.38
143
5. Stroke
22.27
164
117.61
46
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
1.74
57
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
14.84
120
8. Suicide
14.51
31
13.51
36
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
25.76
73
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
25.79
40
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
44.05
14
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
61.52
25
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
4.10
166
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
37.70
28
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
23.50
80
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
94.17
31
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
4.68
70
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.37
158
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
3.10
144
20. Violence
6.00
81
20.18
18
21. Falls
5.68
90
4.37
118
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
12.49
19
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
10.07
66
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.01
146
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
3.04
164
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
4.18
87
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
1.66
158
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
6.25
81
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.87
64
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.63
131
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.65
120
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.39
134
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
16.57
48
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.63
76
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
9.38
39
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
9.09
2
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
2.39
172
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
7.84
12
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
38.12
45
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
147.62
7
41. Drownings
1.19
140
4.09
43
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.04
119
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.15
116
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
9.45
32
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
2.57
36
46. Asthma
0.84
141
15.49
38
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
2.41
49
48. Fires
0.73
124
5.58
8
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
2.22
61
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
6.23
44
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
1,221
7.20
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
176
1.04
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
461
2.72
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
1,333
7.86
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
59
0.35
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
322
1.90
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
32
0.19
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
428
2.53
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
54
0.32
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
724
4.27
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
1,464
8.64
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
243
1.43
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
121
0.71
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
73
0.43
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
18
0.11
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
336
1.98
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
868
5.12
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
62
0.37
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
46
0.27
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
94
0.55
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
43
0.25
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
162
0.96
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
45
0.27
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
24
0.14
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
207
1.22
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
16
0.09
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
450
2.66
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
21
0.12
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
8
0.05
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
28
0.17
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
23
0.14
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
108
0.64
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
33
0.19
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
283
1.67
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
100
0.59
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
11
0.06
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
645
3.81
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
133
0.78
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
516
3.04
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
224
1.32
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
1
0.01
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
2,928
17.28
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
31
0.18
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
2
0.01
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
110
0.65
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
200
1.18
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
33
0.19
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
76
0.45
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
109
0.64
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
49
0.29
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
4.38
143
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
14.84
120
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
25.79
40
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
4.10
166
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.37
158
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
3.10
144
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.01
146
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
3.04
164
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
1.66
158
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.63
131
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.65
120
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
1.39
134
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
16.57
48
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
9.09
2
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
2.39
172
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
7.84
12
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.