COMOROS VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,286	4	349	+ 937
Stroke	2	816	3	356	+ 461
Diabetes Mellitus	3	359	9	136	+ 223
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	352	1	594	- 243
Lung Disease	5	307	17	83	+ 223
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	226	2	363	- 137
Kidney Disease	7	199	14	101	+ 98
Suicide	8	153	24	46	+ 107
Liver Disease	9	146	8	160	- 14
Congenital Anomalies	10	135	10	131	+ 4
Hypertension	11	133	12	115	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	12	126	6	226	- 100
Asthma	13	126	21	49	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	14	123	5	328	- 206
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	99	47	10	+ 89
Drownings	16	98	25	35	+ 64
Other Injuries	17	85	16	90	- 6
Liver Cancer	18	78	28	29	+ 49
Birth Trauma	19	56	7	211	- 155
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	52	34	21	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	50	23	46	+ 3
Tuberculosis	22	46	19	79	- 33
Lung Cancers	23	42	60	1	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	24	40	22	47	- 7
Falls	25	37	32	26	+ 11
Breast Cancer	26	37	33	23	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	27	36	13	104	- 68
Parkinson's Disease	28	33	44	11	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	29	31	31	26	+ 5
Pertussis	30	29	18	80	- 51
Malnutrition	31	28	15	96	- 68
Leukemia	32	25	57	3	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	33	25	36	19	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	34	25	27	33	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	24	39	19	+ 5
Meningitis	36	23	11	115	- 93
Syphilis	37	22	38	19	+ 3
Violence	38	19	20	63	- 44
Skin Disease	39	19	48	9	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	40	17	45	11	+ 6
Epilepsy	41	15	40	17	- 2
Fires	42	12	30	27	- 15
Alcohol	43	11	51	6	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	44	11	56	3	+ 8
Lymphomas	45	9	37	19	- 10
Tetanus	46	8	43	12	- 4
Poisonings	47	6	35	20	- 14
Uterin Cancer	48	6	55	3	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	5	46	10	- 5
Appendicitis	50	4	50	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	51	4	52	5	- 2
Encephalitis	52	3	54	4	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	82	0	+ 3
Oral Cancer	54	2	41	15	- 13
Other Neoplasms	55	2	59	1	+ 1
Drug Use	56	1	49	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	62	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	58	2	- 1
Dengue	59	1	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	60	1	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	62	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	63	0	- 0
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	53	4	- 4
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	29	29	- 29
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	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	79	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	26	34	- 34
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	42	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Vanuatu

Comoros

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.