BELGIUM VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,107	1	15,281	+ 1,827
Stroke	2	10,862	3	7,408	+ 3,454
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,778	20	1,269	+ 3,509
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,683	6	5,677	- 994
Lung Disease	5	4,083	5	6,438	- 2,355
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,009	33	418	+ 2,591
Kidney Disease	7	2,653	8	2,952	- 299
Suicide	8	2,036	10	2,111	- 75
Liver Disease	9	1,937	17	1,433	+ 504
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,798	40	282	+ 1,516
Hypertension	11	1,771	27	740	+ 1,032
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,679	29	666	+ 1,013
Asthma	13	1,678	46	128	+ 1,550
Low Birth Weight	14	1,631	50	70	+ 1,562
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,317	37	293	+ 1,025
Drownings	16	1,310	47	79	+ 1,232
Other Injuries	17	1,125	11	2,006	- 881
Liver Cancer	18	1,036	24	976	+ 60
Birth Trauma	19	740	53	47	+ 693
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	695	42	213	+ 482
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	663	2	9,416	- 8,753
Tuberculosis	22	613	54	46	+ 567
Lung Cancers	23	565	4	6,777	- 6,211
Maternal Conditions	24	532	64	6	+ 526
Falls	25	496	15	1,756	- 1,260
Breast Cancer	26	488	9	2,587	- 2,099
Cervical Cancer	27	484	41	243	+ 241
Parkinson's Disease	28	437	19	1,378	- 940
Inflammatory/Heart	29	418	23	1,060	- 642
Pertussis	30	382	68	1	+ 381
Malnutrition	31	377	38	291	+ 87
Leukemia	32	337	21	1,199	- 862
Endocrine Disorders	33	330	18	1,432	- 1,101
Prostate Cancer	34	327	13	1,824	- 1,497
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	320	7	3,329	- 3,009
Meningitis	36	304	58	28	+ 275
Syphilis	37	288	70	0	+ 288
Violence	38	255	44	149	+ 106
Skin Disease	39	255	35	380	- 124
Stomach Cancer	40	231	26	863	- 632
Epilepsy	41	199	36	348	- 149
Fires	42	158	48	75	+ 83
Alcohol	43	150	32	500	- 349
Ovary Cancer	44	148	30	653	- 505
Lymphomas	45	121	16	1,552	- 1,432
Tetanus	46	108	78	0	+ 108
Poisonings	47	83	55	41	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	48	74	34	384	- 310
Bladder Cancer	49	70	22	1,078	- 1,008
Appendicitis	50	51	62	17	+ 34
Hepatitis B	51	47	63	17	+ 30
Encephalitis	52	39	66	1	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	53	33	14	1,809	- 1,776
Oral Cancer	54	31	28	675	- 643
Other Neoplasms	55	28	12	1,828	- 1,800
Drug Use	56	16	39	287	- 271
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	45	147	- 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	49	73	- 63
Dengue	59	7	83	0	+ 7
Diphtheria	60	7	69	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	61	6	52	53	- 47
Measles	62	4	79	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	63	3	82	0	+ 3
War	64	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	59	22	- 21
Chlamydia	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	57	36	- 36
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	79	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	80	0	61	19	- 19
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	25	898	- 898
Anemia	83	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	40	- 40
Skin Cancers	86	0	31	522	- 522
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Vanuatu

Belgium

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.