VANUATU VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		VANUATU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	681	72	0	+ 681
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	459	4	124	+ 335
Stroke	3	402	2	288	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	336	6	80	+ 256
Coronary Heart Disease	5	300	1	454	- 154
Diabetes Mellitus	6	285	3	127	+ 159
Suicide	7	220	8	54	+ 166
Tuberculosis	8	173	22	16	+ 156
Lung Disease	9	157	5	108	+ 49
Kidney Disease	10	145	7	70	+ 74
Hypertension	11	141	11	47	+ 94
Low Birth Weight	12	137	14	43	+ 93
Violence	13	132	38	7	+ 125
Liver Disease	14	113	9	51	+ 62
Birth Trauma	15	102	19	20	+ 83
Road Traffic Accidents	16	97	12	45	+ 52
Asthma	17	97	13	45	+ 52
Other Injuries	18	76	17	30	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	19	56	10	48	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	20	53	27	13	+ 40
Malnutrition	21	51	31	10	+ 41
Meningitis	22	45	36	8	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	23	44	29	11	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	24	42	24	14	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	40	20	18	+ 21
Fires	26	38	42	4	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	27	34	33	9	+ 25
Drownings	28	29	16	35	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	28	21	18	+ 10
Epilepsy	30	20	41	5	+ 15
Falls	31	18	25	13	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	18	15	35	- 17
Poisonings	33	16	47	2	+ 14
Breast Cancer	34	14	26	13	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	35	12	34	9	+ 3
Lymphomas	36	11	45	3	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	37	10	82	0	+ 10
Alcohol	38	10	43	4	+ 6
Liver Cancer	39	10	18	27	- 17
Skin Disease	40	10	39	7	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	41	8	28	12	- 4
Oral Cancer	42	7	54	1	+ 7
Lung Cancers	43	7	23	15	- 8
Pertussis	44	7	30	10	- 3
Syphilis	45	7	37	8	- 0
Skin Cancers	46	7	86	0	+ 7
Tetanus	47	6	46	3	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	6	35	8	- 3
Leukemia	49	6	32	9	- 3
Drug Use	50	5	56	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	51	4	51	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	52	4	50	1	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	53	3	44	4	- 0
Uterin Cancer	54	3	48	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	55	3	65	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	58	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	57	2	52	1	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	53	1	+ 1
Measles	59	2	62	0	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	60	2	40	6	- 5
Bladder Cancer	61	1	49	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	1	55	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	57	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	60	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	59	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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

Lesotho

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.