ECUADOR VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,152	1	9,805	+ 16,347
Stroke	2	16,604	3	5,429	+ 11,175
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,304	5	4,321	+ 2,983
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,159	4	5,083	+ 2,076
Lung Disease	5	6,242	8	2,576	+ 3,665
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,600	34	410	+ 4,190
Kidney Disease	7	4,056	2	6,184	- 2,128
Suicide	8	3,113	14	1,326	+ 1,787
Liver Disease	9	2,961	7	3,330	- 369
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,748	13	1,335	+ 1,413
Hypertension	11	2,708	10	2,507	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,566	6	3,490	- 924
Asthma	13	2,565	53	85	+ 2,480
Low Birth Weight	14	2,494	16	1,172	+ 1,322
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,014	47	163	+ 1,851
Drownings	16	2,003	32	470	+ 1,533
Other Injuries	17	1,720	17	1,161	+ 559
Liver Cancer	18	1,583	21	954	+ 629
Birth Trauma	19	1,131	38	302	+ 829
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,062	33	417	+ 645
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,014	9	2,565	- 1,551
Tuberculosis	22	937	29	574	+ 363
Lung Cancers	23	864	20	1,075	- 210
Maternal Conditions	24	813	46	164	+ 648
Falls	25	757	18	1,114	- 357
Breast Cancer	26	746	25	825	- 80
Cervical Cancer	27	739	24	840	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	28	669	26	658	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	29	640	36	308	+ 332
Pertussis	30	584	56	79	+ 505
Malnutrition	31	577	28	578	- 2
Leukemia	32	515	23	882	- 366
Endocrine Disorders	33	505	31	507	- 2
Prostate Cancer	34	500	12	1,362	- 861
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	489	19	1,109	- 620
Meningitis	36	465	52	90	+ 375
Syphilis	37	441	54	85	+ 356
Violence	38	390	15	1,210	- 819
Skin Disease	39	390	51	103	+ 288
Stomach Cancer	40	353	11	2,089	- 1,736
Epilepsy	41	305	40	273	+ 32
Fires	42	241	43	175	+ 66
Alcohol	43	230	39	280	- 50
Ovary Cancer	44	226	35	322	- 96
Lymphomas	45	185	22	883	- 698
Tetanus	46	165	62	9	+ 156
Poisonings	47	127	58	59	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	48	113	48	129	- 16
Bladder Cancer	49	108	44	168	- 60
Appendicitis	50	78	50	110	- 33
Hepatitis B	51	72	64	3	+ 69
Encephalitis	52	60	55	82	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	53	51	30	562	- 511
Oral Cancer	54	48	45	166	- 118
Other Neoplasms	55	42	57	64	- 22
Drug Use	56	25	41	214	- 189
Multiple Sclerosis	57	16	60	18	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	15	49	124	- 109
Dengue	59	11	61	10	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	11	69	1	+ 10
Hepatitis C	61	9	67	1	+ 8
Measles	62	6	72	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	63	5	65	2	+ 3
War	64	2	66	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	2	63	8	- 7
Chlamydia	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	27	609	- 609
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	59	21	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	42	180	- 180
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	37	308	- 308
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Vanuatu

Ecuador

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.