DR CONGO VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	164,827	7	34,713	+ 130,114
Stroke	2	104,650	6	36,596	+ 68,054
Diabetes Mellitus	3	46,036	16	12,902	+ 33,134
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	45,119	1	73,546	- 28,427
Lung Disease	5	39,339	14	13,527	+ 25,812
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	28,992	5	41,301	- 12,309
Kidney Disease	7	25,561	20	9,077	+ 16,484
Suicide	8	19,621	26	5,812	+ 13,809
Liver Disease	9	18,664	13	15,044	+ 3,620
Congenital Anomalies	10	17,320	11	16,256	+ 1,064
Hypertension	11	17,065	12	15,743	+ 1,323
Road Traffic Accidents	12	16,175	10	30,256	- 14,081
Asthma	13	16,168	24	7,733	+ 8,434
Low Birth Weight	14	15,718	8	34,668	- 18,950
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	12,693	43	1,728	+ 10,965
Drownings	16	12,624	34	3,454	+ 9,170
Other Injuries	17	10,839	22	8,272	+ 2,567
Liver Cancer	18	9,977	31	3,840	+ 6,138
Birth Trauma	19	7,128	9	33,075	- 25,947
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	6,694	40	1,923	+ 4,771
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	6,388	28	4,548	+ 1,841
Tuberculosis	22	5,904	2	43,759	- 37,855
Lung Cancers	23	5,448	47	1,158	+ 4,291
Maternal Conditions	24	5,122	19	10,513	- 5,390
Falls	25	4,774	33	3,483	+ 1,291
Breast Cancer	26	4,699	35	3,416	+ 1,284
Cervical Cancer	27	4,660	27	4,823	- 163
Parkinson's Disease	28	4,215	49	1,035	+ 3,180
Inflammatory/Heart	29	4,031	29	4,045	- 14
Pertussis	30	3,683	23	7,921	- 4,238
Malnutrition	31	3,635	21	8,910	- 5,276
Leukemia	32	3,248	41	1,871	+ 1,376
Endocrine Disorders	33	3,184	25	7,380	- 4,196
Prostate Cancer	34	3,154	30	3,948	- 794
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	3,082	36	2,966	+ 115
Meningitis	36	2,928	17	11,568	- 8,640
Syphilis	37	2,779	32	3,751	- 972
Violence	38	2,461	18	11,120	- 8,660
Skin Disease	39	2,460	54	781	+ 1,679
Stomach Cancer	40	2,222	37	2,579	- 357
Epilepsy	41	1,919	44	1,727	+ 193
Fires	42	1,519	39	2,007	- 488
Alcohol	43	1,447	60	635	+ 812
Ovary Cancer	44	1,425	58	656	+ 770
Lymphomas	45	1,163	38	2,061	- 898
Tetanus	46	1,038	46	1,166	- 128
Poisonings	47	799	42	1,729	- 930
Uterin Cancer	48	712	63	352	+ 360
Bladder Cancer	49	679	65	270	+ 409
Appendicitis	50	489	56	703	- 214
Hepatitis B	51	451	61	456	- 5
Encephalitis	52	379	57	680	- 301
Pancreas Cancer	53	321	50	1,017	- 695
Oral Cancer	54	302	51	1,003	- 701
Other Neoplasms	55	266	67	88	+ 178
Drug Use	56	157	59	638	- 481
Multiple Sclerosis	57	99	71	44	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	95	66	217	- 123
Dengue	59	69	74	1	+ 68
Diphtheria	60	67	70	47	+ 20
Hepatitis C	61	58	69	69	- 10
Measles	62	37	3	42,254	- 42,217
Ascariasis	63	30	68	80	- 50
War	64	12	45	1,658	- 1,647
Upper Respiratory	65	11	62	370	- 359
Chlamydia	66	9	73	15	- 6
Otitis Media	67	1	72	38	- 37
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	15	13,286	- 13,286
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	64	347	- 347
Leishmaniasis	74	0	52	869	- 869
Malaria	75	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Schistosomiasis	76	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	53	790	- 790
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	55	765	- 765
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Vanuatu

DR Congo

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.