AFGHANISTAN VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	57,305	1	40,195	+ 17,110
Stroke	2	36,383	3	19,060	+ 17,323
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,005	12	5,750	+ 10,256
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	15,686	4	14,649	+ 1,037
Lung Disease	5	13,677	15	4,650	+ 9,027
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	10,080	13	5,555	+ 4,524
Kidney Disease	7	8,887	10	6,590	+ 2,296
Suicide	8	6,822	24	1,573	+ 5,249
Liver Disease	9	6,489	16	4,600	+ 1,889
Congenital Anomalies	10	6,022	14	5,001	+ 1,021
Hypertension	11	5,933	8	7,995	- 2,062
Road Traffic Accidents	12	5,623	11	6,033	- 410
Asthma	13	5,621	17	3,403	+ 2,218
Low Birth Weight	14	5,465	5	12,631	- 7,166
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	4,413	33	1,041	+ 3,372
Drownings	16	4,389	34	996	+ 3,393
Other Injuries	17	3,768	18	3,241	+ 527
Liver Cancer	18	3,469	40	657	+ 2,812
Birth Trauma	19	2,478	6	10,723	- 8,244
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	2,327	25	1,505	+ 822
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	2,221	23	1,765	+ 456
Tuberculosis	22	2,053	7	9,839	- 7,786
Lung Cancers	23	1,894	32	1,076	+ 818
Maternal Conditions	24	1,781	9	7,807	- 6,026
Falls	25	1,660	37	905	+ 755
Breast Cancer	26	1,634	22	1,822	- 188
Cervical Cancer	27	1,620	44	541	+ 1,079
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,465	41	628	+ 838
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,401	45	527	+ 875
Pertussis	30	1,280	21	2,107	- 827
Malnutrition	31	1,264	43	589	+ 674
Leukemia	32	1,129	42	610	+ 519
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,107	28	1,364	- 257
Prostate Cancer	34	1,097	55	258	+ 839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,071	39	741	+ 330
Meningitis	36	1,018	20	2,626	- 1,608
Syphilis	37	966	60	94	+ 872
Violence	38	856	19	3,217	- 2,361
Skin Disease	39	855	61	94	+ 761
Stomach Cancer	40	773	26	1,501	- 728
Epilepsy	41	667	35	993	- 325
Fires	42	528	50	348	+ 180
Alcohol	43	503	58	150	+ 353
Ovary Cancer	44	496	48	369	+ 126
Lymphomas	45	404	36	946	- 542
Tetanus	46	361	30	1,254	- 893
Poisonings	47	278	47	384	- 106
Uterin Cancer	48	247	53	289	- 41
Bladder Cancer	49	236	54	272	- 36
Appendicitis	50	170	52	298	- 128
Hepatitis B	51	157	38	863	- 707
Encephalitis	52	132	31	1,190	- 1,058
Pancreas Cancer	53	112	56	229	- 118
Oral Cancer	54	105	27	1,467	- 1,362
Other Neoplasms	55	92	63	29	+ 64
Drug Use	56	55	51	328	- 273
Multiple Sclerosis	57	35	62	84	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	33	65	25	+ 7
Dengue	59	24	72	0	+ 24
Diphtheria	60	23	67	16	+ 7
Hepatitis C	61	20	64	28	- 8
Measles	62	13	49	350	- 338
Ascariasis	63	10	66	17	- 7
War	64	4	2	25,620	- 25,616
Upper Respiratory	65	4	68	9	- 5
Chlamydia	66	3	69	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	46	464	- 464
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	75	0	57	185	- 185
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	29	1,314	- 1,314
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	59	145	- 145
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Vanuatu

Afghanistan

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.