BOTSWANA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,500	3	1,632	+ 1,868
Stroke	2	2,222	4	1,588	+ 634
Diabetes Mellitus	3	978	5	1,273	- 295
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	958	2	1,674	- 715
Lung Disease	5	835	10	482	+ 354
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	616	8	527	+ 89
Kidney Disease	7	543	9	506	+ 36
Suicide	8	417	15	370	+ 47
Liver Disease	9	396	12	459	- 62
Congenital Anomalies	10	368	16	287	+ 81
Hypertension	11	362	11	471	- 108
Road Traffic Accidents	12	343	7	608	- 265
Asthma	13	343	18	232	+ 111
Low Birth Weight	14	334	13	447	- 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	270	43	37	+ 232
Drownings	16	268	30	83	+ 186
Other Injuries	17	230	19	216	+ 14
Liver Cancer	18	212	35	57	+ 155
Birth Trauma	19	151	17	261	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	142	29	90	+ 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	136	23	164	- 28
Tuberculosis	22	125	6	649	- 523
Lung Cancers	23	116	39	45	+ 70
Maternal Conditions	24	109	24	118	- 9
Falls	25	101	34	62	+ 40
Breast Cancer	26	100	33	68	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	27	99	22	164	- 65
Parkinson's Disease	28	90	38	47	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	29	86	20	177	- 91
Pertussis	30	78	40	45	+ 34
Malnutrition	31	77	21	171	- 94
Leukemia	32	69	51	13	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	33	68	27	103	- 35
Prostate Cancer	34	67	41	45	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	65	47	28	+ 38
Meningitis	36	62	25	108	- 46
Syphilis	37	59	44	36	+ 23
Violence	38	52	14	389	- 337
Skin Disease	39	52	46	30	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	40	47	53	10	+ 37
Epilepsy	41	41	36	56	- 15
Fires	42	32	26	108	- 76
Alcohol	43	31	45	31	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	44	30	49	19	+ 11
Lymphomas	45	25	31	77	- 52
Tetanus	46	22	61	6	+ 16
Poisonings	47	17	42	42	- 25
Uterin Cancer	48	15	56	9	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	49	14	60	6	+ 8
Appendicitis	50	10	57	8	+ 3
Hepatitis B	51	10	62	6	+ 4
Encephalitis	52	8	59	7	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	50	16	- 9
Oral Cancer	54	6	32	70	- 64
Other Neoplasms	55	6	55	9	- 4
Drug Use	56	3	48	26	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	52	11	- 9
Dengue	59	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	66	1	+ 1
Measles	62	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	1	67	0	+ 0
War	64	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	66	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	28	103	- 103
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	37	52	- 52
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Vanuatu

Botswana

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.