VANUATU VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare
Tajikistan TAJIKISTAN VANUATU Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 439 1 454 - 15
Stroke 2 189 2 288 - 100
Influenza and Pneumonia 3 95 4 124 - 29
Liver Disease 4 63 9 51 + 12
Hypertension 5 53 11 47 + 6
Diabetes Mellitus 6 49 3 127 - 77
Low Birth Weight 7 48 14 43 + 4
Road Traffic Accidents 8 45 12 45 + 0
Birth Trauma 9 39 19 20 + 19
Lung Disease 10 36 5 108 - 72
Congenital Anomalies 11 33 10 48 - 15
Stomach Cancer 12 23 40 6 + 17
Diarrhoeal diseases 13 22 6 80 - 57
Tuberculosis 14 22 22 16 + 6
Drownings 15 18 16 35 - 17
Oesophagus Cancer 16 17 82 0 + 17
Alzheimers & Dementia 17 16 21 18 - 2
Epilepsy 18 13 41 5 + 8
Kidney Disease 19 12 7 70 - 58
Suicide 20 12 8 54 - 42
Falls 21 11 25 13 - 2
Meningitis 22 10 36 8 + 2
Fires 23 10 42 4 + 6
Lung Cancers 24 9 23 15 - 6
HIV/AIDS 25 9 72 0 + 9
Pertussis 26 9 30 10 - 1
Other Injuries 27 9 17 30 - 21
Asthma 28 8 13 45 - 36
Parkinson's Disease 29 8 28 12 - 4
Liver Cancer 30 7 18 27 - 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease 31 7 15 35 - 28
Lymphomas 32 7 45 3 + 4
Breast Cancer 33 7 26 13 - 6
Endocrine Disorders 34 6 33 9 - 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers 35 6 35 8 - 2
Violence 36 5 38 7 - 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease 37 5 20 18 - 14
Alcohol 38 4 43 4 - 0
Cervical Cancer 39 3 27 13 - 9
Uterin Cancer 40 3 48 2 + 1
Oral Cancer 41 3 54 1 + 2
Leukemia 42 3 32 9 - 6
Pancreas Cancer 43 3 53 1 + 2
Inflammatory/Heart 44 2 29 11 - 9
Maternal Conditions 45 2 24 14 - 12
Ovary Cancer 46 2 44 4 - 2
Upper Respiratory 47 2 65 0 + 2
Bladder Cancer 48 2 49 2 - 0
Hepatitis B 49 1 51 1 - 0
Poisonings 50 1 47 2 - 1
Skin Cancers 51 1 86 0 + 1
Prostate Cancer 52 1 34 9 - 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis 53 1 58 0 + 1
Encephalitis 54 1 52 1 - 0
Drug Use 55 1 56 0 + 0
Syphilis 56 1 37 8 - 7
Tetanus 57 1 46 3 - 2
Appendicitis 58 1 50 1 - 1
Skin Disease 59 0 39 7 - 6
Hepatitis C 60 0 61 0 + 0
Other Neoplasms 61 0 55 1 - 1
Multiple Sclerosis 62 0 57 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 63 0 74 0 + 0
Malnutrition 64 0 31 10 - 10
Chlamydia 65 0 66 0 + 0
War 66 0 64 0 + 0
Diphtheria 67 0 60 0 - 0
Ascariasis 68 0 63 0 - 0
Dengue 69 0 59 0 - 0
Otitis Media 70 0 67 0 - 0
Measles 71 0 62 0 - 0
Leprosy 72 0 68 0 - 0
Chagas disease 73 0 77 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 74 0 73 0 - 0
Malaria 75 0 75 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 76 0 76 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 77 0 70 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 69 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 71 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 80 0 85 0 - 0
Depression 81 0 81 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 83 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 83 0 84 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

Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Vanuatu

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.

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