CAMEROON VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,228	6	10,695	+ 33,533
Stroke	2	28,081	5	11,199	+ 16,881
Diabetes Mellitus	3	12,353	11	5,468	+ 6,885
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,107	1	19,694	- 7,587
Lung Disease	5	10,556	20	2,310	+ 8,246
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,780	3	11,849	- 4,069
Kidney Disease	7	6,859	13	5,140	+ 1,719
Suicide	8	5,265	19	2,333	+ 2,932
Liver Disease	9	5,008	14	4,531	+ 477
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,647	12	5,258	- 611
Hypertension	11	4,579	22	2,035	+ 2,544
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,340	9	7,810	- 3,470
Asthma	13	4,338	25	1,619	+ 2,719
Low Birth Weight	14	4,218	8	7,950	- 3,733
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,406	49	323	+ 3,083
Drownings	16	3,387	29	1,178	+ 2,209
Other Injuries	17	2,908	16	3,289	- 381
Liver Cancer	18	2,677	37	875	+ 1,802
Birth Trauma	19	1,913	7	8,243	- 6,330
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,796	40	754	+ 1,042
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,714	31	1,157	+ 558
Tuberculosis	22	1,584	10	7,414	- 5,830
Lung Cancers	23	1,462	51	301	+ 1,161
Maternal Conditions	24	1,374	17	2,615	- 1,240
Falls	25	1,281	27	1,235	+ 46
Breast Cancer	26	1,261	23	1,874	- 613
Cervical Cancer	27	1,250	26	1,582	- 332
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,131	46	449	+ 682
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,082	33	986	+ 95
Pertussis	30	988	21	2,288	- 1,299
Malnutrition	31	975	28	1,218	- 243
Leukemia	32	871	54	275	+ 597
Endocrine Disorders	33	854	18	2,474	- 1,620
Prostate Cancer	34	846	34	940	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	827	43	569	+ 258
Meningitis	36	786	15	3,441	- 2,655
Syphilis	37	746	30	1,170	- 425
Violence	38	660	24	1,666	- 1,006
Skin Disease	39	660	48	324	+ 336
Stomach Cancer	40	596	45	458	+ 139
Epilepsy	41	515	38	867	- 351
Fires	42	408	36	908	- 500
Alcohol	43	388	57	198	+ 191
Ovary Cancer	44	382	50	303	+ 80
Lymphomas	45	312	44	489	- 177
Tetanus	46	278	55	223	+ 56
Poisonings	47	214	41	666	- 451
Uterin Cancer	48	191	60	75	+ 116
Bladder Cancer	49	182	62	65	+ 118
Appendicitis	50	131	61	72	+ 59
Hepatitis B	51	121	47	336	- 215
Encephalitis	52	102	58	187	- 85
Pancreas Cancer	53	86	52	290	- 204
Oral Cancer	54	81	39	845	- 764
Other Neoplasms	55	71	63	49	+ 23
Drug Use	56	42	35	928	- 886
Multiple Sclerosis	57	27	64	41	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	25	68	26	- 0
Dengue	59	18	73	0	+ 18
Diphtheria	60	18	67	26	- 8
Hepatitis C	61	16	66	27	- 11
Measles	62	10	32	1,028	- 1,018
Ascariasis	63	8	65	30	- 22
War	64	3	42	643	- 640
Upper Respiratory	65	3	70	19	- 16
Chlamydia	66	2	72	4	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	2	13,888	- 13,888
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	20	- 20
Malaria	75	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Schistosomiasis	76	0	53	288	- 288
Chagas disease	77	0	79	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	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	59	135	- 135
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	56	204	- 204
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.