EQU. GUINEA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,565	7	419	+ 2,146
Stroke	2	1,628	6	437	+ 1,191
Diabetes Mellitus	3	716	11	299	+ 417
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	702	2	913	- 211
Lung Disease	5	612	20	120	+ 492
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	451	9	349	+ 102
Kidney Disease	7	398	14	198	+ 199
Suicide	8	305	22	107	+ 198
Liver Disease	9	290	13	199	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	10	270	12	249	+ 20
Hypertension	11	266	16	165	+ 100
Road Traffic Accidents	12	252	8	368	- 117
Asthma	13	252	26	65	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	14	245	4	457	- 212
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	198	50	14	+ 183
Drownings	16	196	36	39	+ 157
Other Injuries	17	169	23	105	+ 64
Liver Cancer	18	155	34	43	+ 112
Birth Trauma	19	111	5	441	- 330
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	104	43	22	+ 82
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	99	29	55	+ 44
Tuberculosis	22	92	10	321	- 229
Lung Cancers	23	85	41	27	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	24	80	17	139	- 59
Falls	25	74	32	46	+ 29
Breast Cancer	26	73	24	84	- 11
Cervical Cancer	27	73	28	56	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	28	66	46	18	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	29	63	27	63	- 0
Pertussis	30	57	21	109	- 52
Malnutrition	31	57	31	48	+ 8
Leukemia	32	51	61	4	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	33	50	25	73	- 24
Prostate Cancer	34	49	35	43	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	48	40	29	+ 19
Meningitis	36	46	19	127	- 81
Syphilis	37	43	18	134	- 91
Violence	38	38	33	45	- 6
Skin Disease	39	38	51	13	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	40	35	49	16	+ 19
Epilepsy	41	30	38	32	- 2
Fires	42	24	39	30	- 7
Alcohol	43	23	53	12	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	44	22	52	13	+ 9
Lymphomas	45	18	45	19	- 1
Tetanus	46	16	42	23	- 7
Poisonings	47	12	44	21	- 9
Uterin Cancer	48	11	58	8	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	49	11	56	9	+ 2
Appendicitis	50	8	59	6	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	7	65	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	52	6	57	8	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	55	11	- 6
Oral Cancer	54	5	37	35	- 30
Other Neoplasms	55	4	63	3	+ 1
Drug Use	56	2	30	50	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	67	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	62	4	- 2
Dengue	59	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	1	64	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	1	69	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	15	181	- 180
Ascariasis	63	0	70	0	+ 0
War	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	2	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	1,838	- 1,838
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	668	- 668
Schistosomiasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	54	12	- 12
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	48	16	- 16
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Vanuatu

Equ. Guinea

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.