VANUATU VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Niger NIGER VANUATU Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia 1 255 4 124 + 130
Malaria 2 205 75 0 + 205
Diarrhoeal diseases 3 194 6 80 + 114
Low Birth Weight 4 115 14 43 + 72
Stroke 5 105 2 288 - 183
Coronary Heart Disease 6 99 1 454 - 355
Birth Trauma 7 97 19 20 + 77
Road Traffic Accidents 8 72 12 45 + 27
Meningitis 9 63 36 8 + 55
Congenital Anomalies 10 52 10 48 + 5
Liver Disease 11 50 9 51 - 2
Other Injuries 12 46 17 30 + 16
Tuberculosis 13 45 22 16 + 28
Maternal Conditions 14 40 24 14 + 26
Pertussis 15 34 30 10 + 24
Kidney Disease 16 33 7 70 - 37
Diabetes Mellitus 17 32 3 127 - 95
Measles 18 29 62 0 + 29
Violence 19 27 38 7 + 20
Lung Disease 20 26 5 108 - 82
Malnutrition 21 26 31 10 + 16
Asthma 22 23 13 45 - 22
Endocrine Disorders 23 22 33 9 + 13
Drownings 24 19 16 35 - 16
Hypertension 25 16 11 47 - 31
Falls 26 16 25 13 + 3
Suicide 27 15 8 54 - 39
Fires 28 14 42 4 + 9
Breast Cancer 29 13 26 13 + 0
HIV/AIDS 30 13 72 0 + 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease 31 13 20 18 - 6
Alzheimers & Dementia 32 10 21 18 - 7
Poisonings 33 9 47 2 + 7
Inflammatory/Heart 34 9 29 11 - 2
Liver Cancer 35 9 18 27 - 18
Epilepsy 36 8 41 5 + 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers 37 6 35 8 - 2
Cervical Cancer 38 6 27 13 - 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease 39 6 15 35 - 29
Ovary Cancer 40 5 44 4 + 1
War 41 5 64 0 + 5
Tetanus 42 4 46 3 + 2
Lymphomas 43 4 45 3 + 1
Stomach Cancer 44 4 40 6 - 2
Skin Cancers 45 3 86 0 + 3
Hepatitis B 46 3 51 1 + 2
Parkinson's Disease 47 3 28 12 - 8
Leukemia 48 3 32 9 - 6
Oral Cancer 49 3 54 1 + 2
Schistosomiasis 50 3 76 0 + 3
Leishmaniasis 51 3 74 0 + 3
Skin Disease 52 3 39 7 - 4
Bladder Cancer 53 2 49 2 + 0
Pancreas Cancer 54 2 53 1 + 1
Oesophagus Cancer 55 2 82 0 + 2
Appendicitis 56 2 50 1 + 0
Prostate Cancer 57 2 34 9 - 7
Drug Use 58 2 56 0 + 1
Ascariasis 59 2 63 0 + 1
Alcohol 60 1 43 4 - 3
Encephalitis 61 1 52 1 + 0
Syphilis 62 1 37 8 - 6
Upper Respiratory 63 1 65 0 + 1
Uterin Cancer 64 1 48 2 - 1
Diphtheria 65 1 60 0 + 1
Hepatitis C 66 1 61 0 + 0
Lung Cancers 67 1 23 15 - 15
Other Neoplasms 68 0 55 1 - 0
Multiple Sclerosis 69 0 57 0 - 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 70 0 58 0 - 0
Chlamydia 71 0 66 0 + 0
Otitis Media 72 0 67 0 + 0
Dengue 73 0 59 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 74 0 69 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 75 0 70 0 - 0
Leprosy 76 0 68 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 77 0 71 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 78 0 73 0 - 0
Chagas disease 79 0 77 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 80 0 78 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 81 0 79 0 - 0
Oral conditions 82 0 80 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 83 0 85 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 84 0 84 0 - 0
Anemia 85 0 83 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 81 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VANUATU

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020