VIET NAM VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		VIET NAM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	118,528	1	159,032	- 40,505
Coronary Heart Disease	2	93,608	2	91,939	+ 1,669
Diabetes Mellitus	3	87,888	4	33,860	+ 54,028
Kidney Disease	4	50,157	8	25,251	+ 24,906
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	41,334	7	27,836	+ 13,498
Prostate Cancer	6	35,416	35	1,911	+ 33,504
Road Traffic Accidents	7	34,331	5	29,475	+ 4,855
Lung Disease	8	33,250	3	35,875	- 2,625
Hypertension	9	33,019	12	19,880	+ 13,139
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	29,948	6	29,307	+ 641
Violence	11	23,287	36	1,785	+ 21,502
Liver Disease	12	21,929	10	23,900	- 1,971
Inflammatory/Heart	13	19,823	24	5,357	+ 14,466
Breast Cancer	14	16,019	22	6,187	+ 9,832
Stomach Cancer	15	13,788	14	15,134	- 1,346
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	13,282	16	8,258	+ 5,024
Endocrine Disorders	17	12,696	34	2,082	+ 10,614
Lung Cancers	18	11,765	11	21,294	- 9,529
Low Birth Weight	19	10,818	19	7,132	+ 3,686
Skin Disease	20	10,170	40	1,515	+ 8,655
Other Injuries	21	9,283	23	5,539	+ 3,744
Suicide	22	9,060	18	7,249	+ 1,811
Parkinson's Disease	23	8,729	25	5,338	+ 3,391
Lymphomas	24	8,235	30	2,964	+ 5,271
Cervical Cancer	25	7,464	31	2,391	+ 5,072
Falls	26	6,625	13	15,427	- 8,801
Asthma	27	6,035	17	8,150	- 2,115
Drownings	28	5,868	26	5,097	+ 771
Alcohol	29	5,817	46	867	+ 4,950
Congenital Anomalies	30	5,094	21	7,064	- 1,970
Pancreas Cancer	31	5,072	44	929	+ 4,142
Epilepsy	32	4,479	53	583	+ 3,896
Malnutrition	33	4,143	63	120	+ 4,023
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	3,378	43	957	+ 2,421
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	2,881	29	4,390	- 1,508
Leukemia	36	2,783	28	4,899	- 2,116
Liver Cancer	37	2,543	9	24,995	- 22,451
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	2,477	38	1,708	+ 769
Fires	39	2,085	52	595	+ 1,491
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,975	33	2,265	- 290
Ovary Cancer	41	1,969	47	864	+ 1,105
Birth Trauma	42	1,947	32	2,340	- 393
Oral Cancer	43	1,936	20	7,088	- 5,152
Tuberculosis	44	1,836	15	9,446	- 7,610
Uterin Cancer	45	1,280	42	1,159	+ 122
Drug Use	46	1,206	41	1,366	- 160
Maternal Conditions	47	1,161	49	773	+ 388
Other Neoplasms	48	1,143	57	325	+ 818
Meningitis	49	920	51	624	+ 295
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	823	59	224	+ 600
Appendicitis	51	707	60	201	+ 506
Encephalitis	52	693	39	1,558	- 865
Dengue	53	371	62	127	+ 244
Multiple Sclerosis	54	280	61	135	+ 145
Poisonings	55	164	48	832	- 668
Tetanus	56	134	58	286	- 152
Syphilis	57	118	56	328	- 210
War	58	105	65	34	+ 71
Upper Respiratory	59	79	66	34	+ 46
Hepatitis B	60	37	55	379	- 342
Schistosomiasis	61	32	77	0	+ 32
Chlamydia	62	28	70	1	+ 27
Pertussis	63	19	50	705	- 686
Ascariasis	64	7	68	9	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	78	- 75
Otitis Media	66	1	71	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	1	69	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	1	54	467	- 466
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	45	896	- 896
Schizophrenia	73	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	37	1,780	- 1,780
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	67	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	27	4,993	- 4,993
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VIET NAM

Saint Lucia

Viet Nam

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.