COLOMBIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	70,826	1	43,066	+ 27,760
Stroke	2	44,968	3	16,573	+ 28,395
Diabetes Mellitus	3	19,782	11	5,028	+ 14,753
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	19,388	5	10,773	+ 8,614
Lung Disease	5	16,904	4	15,928	+ 976
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	12,458	38	747	+ 11,710
Kidney Disease	7	10,983	7	6,834	+ 4,150
Suicide	8	8,431	26	1,965	+ 6,466
Liver Disease	9	8,020	19	2,426	+ 5,594
Congenital Anomalies	10	7,442	16	2,963	+ 4,480
Hypertension	11	7,333	8	6,400	+ 933
Road Traffic Accidents	12	6,950	6	7,765	- 814
Asthma	13	6,947	54	191	+ 6,756
Low Birth Weight	14	6,754	23	2,095	+ 4,659
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	5,454	63	38	+ 5,416
Drownings	16	5,425	40	689	+ 4,735
Other Injuries	17	4,657	28	1,592	+ 3,065
Liver Cancer	18	4,287	24	2,065	+ 2,222
Birth Trauma	19	3,063	41	648	+ 2,415
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	2,876	39	698	+ 2,178
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	2,745	22	2,157	+ 588
Tuberculosis	22	2,537	32	1,272	+ 1,265
Lung Cancers	23	2,341	10	5,250	- 2,909
Maternal Conditions	24	2,201	46	394	+ 1,807
Falls	25	2,051	29	1,518	+ 534
Breast Cancer	26	2,019	13	3,669	- 1,650
Cervical Cancer	27	2,002	20	2,266	- 264
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,811	47	383	+ 1,428
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,732	31	1,329	+ 403
Pertussis	30	1,583	69	18	+ 1,564
Malnutrition	31	1,562	27	1,878	- 316
Leukemia	32	1,395	21	2,208	- 813
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,368	30	1,367	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	34	1,355	14	3,584	- 2,229
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,324	12	4,371	- 3,047
Meningitis	36	1,258	50	244	+ 1,014
Syphilis	37	1,194	65	30	+ 1,164
Violence	38	1,057	2	19,268	- 18,211
Skin Disease	39	1,057	34	1,102	- 45
Stomach Cancer	40	955	9	6,112	- 5,157
Epilepsy	41	825	43	597	+ 227
Fires	42	653	56	127	+ 526
Alcohol	43	622	68	23	+ 599
Ovary Cancer	44	613	33	1,122	- 510
Lymphomas	45	500	18	2,603	- 2,103
Tetanus	46	446	71	14	+ 432
Poisonings	47	343	61	61	+ 282
Uterin Cancer	48	306	45	423	- 117
Bladder Cancer	49	292	42	609	- 317
Appendicitis	50	210	52	213	- 3
Hepatitis B	51	194	62	50	+ 143
Encephalitis	52	163	64	38	+ 125
Pancreas Cancer	53	138	25	2,022	- 1,884
Oral Cancer	54	130	37	807	- 677
Other Neoplasms	55	114	15	3,205	- 3,090
Drug Use	56	68	44	492	- 424
Multiple Sclerosis	57	43	60	62	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	41	51	242	- 201
Dengue	59	29	55	133	- 104
Diphtheria	60	29	80	0	+ 28
Hepatitis C	61	25	59	65	- 40
Measles	62	16	78	0	+ 16
Ascariasis	63	13	76	5	+ 8
War	64	5	49	260	- 255
Upper Respiratory	65	5	66	27	- 22
Chlamydia	66	4	81	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	1	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	68	0	72	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	17	2,683	- 2,683
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	7	- 7
Malaria	75	0	67	26	- 26
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	53	203	- 203
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	48	333	- 333
Osteoarthritis	79	0	58	67	- 67
Oral conditions	80	0	75	7	- 7
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	36	835	- 835
Anemia	83	0	57	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	70	18	- 18
Skin Cancers	86	0	35	1,028	- 1,028
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Vanuatu

Colombia

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.