VANUATU VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		VANUATU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	441	1	454	- 14
Stroke	2	232	2	288	- 57
Road Traffic Accidents	3	204	12	45	+ 159
Diabetes Mellitus	4	81	3	127	- 46
Liver Disease	5	79	9	51	+ 27
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	66	4	124	- 58
Kidney Disease	7	62	7	70	- 8
HIV/AIDS	8	57	72	0	+ 57
Violence	9	56	38	7	+ 50
Hypertension	10	56	11	47	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	53	21	18	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	12	49	34	9	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	13	45	14	43	+ 2
Breast Cancer	14	43	26	13	+ 30
Lung Disease	15	40	5	108	- 68
Lung Cancers	16	37	23	15	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	17	31	10	48	- 17
Birth Trauma	18	27	19	20	+ 7
Other Injuries	19	26	17	30	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	25	35	8	+ 17
Liver Cancer	21	20	18	27	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	22	18	33	9	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	23	16	27	13	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	24	16	40	6	+ 10
Suicide	25	16	8	54	- 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	15	6	80	- 65
Pancreas Cancer	27	13	53	1	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	28	13	28	12	+ 2
Asthma	29	13	13	45	- 32
Falls	30	13	25	13	- 0
Oral Cancer	31	13	54	1	+ 12
Leukemia	32	12	32	9	+ 3
Lymphomas	33	11	45	3	+ 8
Malnutrition	34	11	31	10	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	35	9	29	11	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	9	20	18	- 10
Drownings	37	7	16	35	- 28
Tuberculosis	38	7	22	16	- 9
Maternal Conditions	39	6	24	14	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	40	6	82	0	+ 6
Skin Cancers	41	5	86	0	+ 5
Epilepsy	42	5	41	5	- 1
Drug Use	43	5	56	0	+ 4
Fires	44	4	42	4	- 0
Meningitis	45	4	36	8	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	4	15	35	- 31
Pertussis	47	4	30	10	- 7
Alcohol	48	4	43	4	- 0
Bladder Cancer	49	3	49	2	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	50	3	44	4	- 1
Syphilis	51	2	37	8	- 6
Appendicitis	52	2	50	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	1	39	7	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	1	58	0	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	47	2	- 1
Encephalitis	56	1	52	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	57	1	48	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	58	1	55	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	59	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	61	0	+ 0
Tetanus	61	1	46	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	57	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	0	51	1	- 1
Dengue	64	0	59	0	- 0
Malaria	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	+ 0
War	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	60	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	62	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VANUATU

Dominican Rep.

Vanuatu

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.