AUSTRALIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,233	1	21,548	+ 16,685
Stroke	2	24,274	3	10,331	+ 13,943
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,678	7	4,471	+ 6,207
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,466	8	4,446	+ 6,020
Lung Disease	5	9,125	5	8,487	+ 638
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,725	40	296	+ 6,429
Kidney Disease	7	5,929	12	3,139	+ 2,790
Suicide	8	4,551	11	3,150	+ 1,401
Liver Disease	9	4,329	26	1,421	+ 2,908
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,017	33	711	+ 3,307
Hypertension	11	3,958	23	1,631	+ 2,327
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,752	29	1,245	+ 2,507
Asthma	13	3,750	36	455	+ 3,295
Low Birth Weight	14	3,646	43	248	+ 3,398
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,944	38	379	+ 2,565
Drownings	16	2,928	47	177	+ 2,751
Other Injuries	17	2,514	22	1,642	+ 872
Liver Cancer	18	2,314	20	2,036	+ 278
Birth Trauma	19	1,653	50	140	+ 1,513
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,553	42	276	+ 1,277
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,482	2	15,588	- 14,107
Tuberculosis	22	1,369	56	53	+ 1,317
Lung Cancers	23	1,264	4	8,769	- 7,505
Maternal Conditions	24	1,188	63	20	+ 1,168
Falls	25	1,107	14	3,116	- 2,008
Breast Cancer	26	1,090	10	3,405	- 2,315
Cervical Cancer	27	1,081	39	342	+ 739
Parkinson's Disease	28	978	19	2,036	- 1,058
Inflammatory/Heart	29	935	24	1,571	- 636
Pertussis	30	854	69	1	+ 853
Malnutrition	31	843	51	117	+ 726
Leukemia	32	753	18	2,126	- 1,373
Endocrine Disorders	33	739	16	2,328	- 1,590
Prostate Cancer	34	732	9	3,766	- 3,035
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	715	6	6,209	- 5,494
Meningitis	36	679	60	37	+ 642
Syphilis	37	645	67	3	+ 642
Violence	38	571	44	243	+ 327
Skin Disease	39	571	34	594	- 24
Stomach Cancer	40	515	27	1,288	- 772
Epilepsy	41	445	41	285	+ 161
Fires	42	352	55	55	+ 298
Alcohol	43	336	37	380	- 44
Ovary Cancer	44	331	31	1,003	- 672
Lymphomas	45	270	15	3,039	- 2,769
Tetanus	46	241	70	1	+ 239
Poisonings	47	185	61	35	+ 151
Uterin Cancer	48	165	35	524	- 359
Bladder Cancer	49	157	30	1,187	- 1,030
Appendicitis	50	113	62	26	+ 87
Hepatitis B	51	105	58	41	+ 63
Encephalitis	52	88	68	3	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	53	74	13	3,118	- 3,043
Oral Cancer	54	70	32	972	- 902
Other Neoplasms	55	62	28	1,252	- 1,191
Drug Use	56	37	21	1,783	- 1,746
Multiple Sclerosis	57	23	46	188	- 165
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	22	45	229	- 207
Dengue	59	16	72	0	+ 16
Diphtheria	60	15	71	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	61	13	48	173	- 160
Measles	62	9	78	0	+ 9
Ascariasis	63	7	75	0	+ 7
War	64	3	65	8	- 5
Upper Respiratory	65	3	64	17	- 14
Chlamydia	66	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	57	50	- 50
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	79	0	52	114	- 114
Oral conditions	80	0	59	40	- 40
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	25	1,494	- 1,494
Anemia	83	0	49	157	- 157
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	64	- 64
Skin Cancers	86	0	17	2,319	- 2,319
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Vanuatu

Australia

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.