Namibia - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 60.21
2010 50.50
2015 46.05
2019 45.15

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 9.35
2010 9.25
2015 11.10
2019 11.81

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 30.44
2010 40.26
2015 42.85
2019 43.04

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Namibia was 17.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 26.10 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.30 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 26.10
2001 25.30
2002 24.80
2003 23.80
2004 22.10
2005 23.00
2006 22.90
2007 21.80
2008 19.80
2009 19.60
2010 19.20
2011 18.10
2012 17.60
2013 17.80
2014 19.00
2015 19.90
2016 19.20
2017 18.50
2018 17.30
2019 17.30

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Namibia was 29.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 37.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 29.60 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 37.60
2001 37.40
2002 37.50
2003 37.50
2004 37.00
2005 37.50
2006 37.10
2007 36.50
2008 34.50
2009 33.60
2010 33.30
2011 32.10
2012 30.80
2013 30.40
2014 30.60
2015 31.00
2016 30.20
2017 30.80
2018 29.90
2019 29.60

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Namibia was 22.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 31.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 22.60 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 31.30
2001 30.70
2002 30.60
2003 30.00
2004 28.90
2005 29.70
2006 29.40
2007 28.50
2008 26.60
2009 26.00
2010 25.60
2011 24.40
2012 23.50
2013 23.40
2014 24.00
2015 24.70
2016 23.90
2017 23.80
2018 22.80
2019 22.60

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 129.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 168.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 145.00

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Namibia was 1.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.70 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.70 in 2011.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.70
2001 2.60
2002 2.50
2003 2.40
2004 2.20
2005 2.30
2006 2.40
2007 2.40
2008 2.10
2009 2.00
2010 1.90
2011 1.70
2012 1.70
2013 1.80
2014 1.90
2015 2.10
2016 2.00
2017 1.90
2018 1.80
2019 1.90

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Namibia was 1.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.20 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.30 in 2011.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.20
2001 2.10
2002 2.00
2003 1.90
2004 1.70
2005 1.80
2006 1.90
2007 2.00
2008 1.70
2009 1.60
2010 1.50
2011 1.30
2012 1.30
2013 1.50
2014 1.70
2015 2.00
2016 1.80
2017 1.70
2018 1.60
2019 1.60

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Namibia was 2.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.20 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 2012.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.20
2001 3.10
2002 3.00
2003 3.00
2004 2.80
2005 2.90
2006 2.90
2007 2.90
2008 2.60
2009 2.30
2010 2.30
2011 2.10
2012 2.00
2013 2.00
2014 2.10
2015 2.30
2016 2.20
2017 2.20
2018 2.10
2019 2.10

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Namibia was 3.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.80 in 2000 and a minimum value of 3.10 in 2018.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 8.80
2001 8.50
2002 8.50
2003 7.90
2004 6.50
2005 7.50
2006 7.80
2007 7.10
2008 5.40
2009 5.50
2010 5.00
2011 3.80
2012 3.30
2013 3.50
2014 4.60
2015 5.30
2016 4.60
2017 3.90
2018 3.10
2019 3.20

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Namibia was 16.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.50 in 2000 and a minimum value of 16.70 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 30.50
2001 29.90
2002 29.60
2003 29.30
2004 27.60
2005 28.80
2006 28.40
2007 28.30
2008 23.30
2009 21.30
2010 21.30
2011 19.50
2012 17.60
2013 17.30
2014 17.70
2015 18.40
2016 17.20
2017 18.40
2018 17.00
2019 16.70

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Namibia was 9.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.30 in 2000 and a minimum value of 9.70 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 19.30
2001 18.80
2002 18.70
2003 18.20
2004 16.70
2005 17.80
2006 17.70
2007 17.30
2008 14.10
2009 13.10
2010 12.90
2011 11.40
2012 10.20
2013 10.20
2014 10.90
2015 11.60
2016 10.70
2017 10.90
2018 9.90
2019 9.70

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Namibia was 34.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.80 in 2019 and a minimum value of 21.30 in 2008.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 22.50
2001 22.80
2002 23.20
2003 22.80
2004 22.00
2005 21.90
2006 23.60
2007 21.50
2008 21.30
2009 26.80
2010 26.20
2011 23.90
2012 28.10
2013 30.30
2014 31.10
2015 32.00
2016 32.00
2017 33.30
2018 34.00
2019 34.80

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 18.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors