BELIZE VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	594	1	192	+ 402
Stroke	2	377	4	127	+ 250
Diabetes Mellitus	3	166	3	141	+ 25
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	163	7	97	+ 66
Lung Disease	5	142	11	46	+ 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	104	34	9	+ 96
Kidney Disease	7	92	6	102	- 10
Suicide	8	71	16	28	+ 43
Liver Disease	9	67	9	58	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	10	62	21	23	+ 39
Hypertension	11	61	12	46	+ 16
Road Traffic Accidents	12	58	8	88	- 30
Asthma	13	58	35	8	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	14	57	25	20	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	46	41	3	+ 42
Drownings	16	45	18	24	+ 22
Other Injuries	17	39	14	36	+ 4
Liver Cancer	18	36	19	24	+ 12
Birth Trauma	19	26	32	9	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	24	38	5	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	23	13	45	- 22
Tuberculosis	22	21	33	9	+ 12
Lung Cancers	23	20	15	30	- 11
Maternal Conditions	24	18	42	2	+ 16
Falls	25	17	27	13	+ 4
Breast Cancer	26	17	23	22	- 5
Cervical Cancer	27	17	17	28	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	28	15	28	11	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	29	15	26	18	- 4
Pertussis	30	13	63	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	31	13	29	10	+ 3
Leukemia	32	12	39	4	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	33	11	22	23	- 11
Prostate Cancer	34	11	10	47	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	11	24	20	- 9
Meningitis	36	11	46	1	+ 9
Syphilis	37	10	62	0	+ 10
Violence	38	9	2	146	- 137
Skin Disease	39	9	37	5	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	40	8	20	23	- 15
Epilepsy	41	7	36	8	- 1
Fires	42	5	40	4	+ 2
Alcohol	43	5	30	10	- 4
Ovary Cancer	44	5	52	1	+ 4
Lymphomas	45	4	50	1	+ 3
Tetanus	46	4	59	0	+ 4
Poisonings	47	3	45	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	48	3	51	1	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	49	2	81	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	50	2	44	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	51	2	56	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	1	48	1	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	53	1	31	9	- 8
Oral Cancer	54	1	67	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	55	1	53	1	+ 0
Drug Use	56	1	47	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	0	54	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	0	49	1	- 1
Dengue	59	0	55	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	60	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	61	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	64	0	+ 0
War	64	0	60	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	58	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	5	119	- 119
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	57	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	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	43	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	66	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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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.