ERITREA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,061	4	2,154	+ 6,907
Stroke	2	5,753	2	2,564	+ 3,189
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,531	7	944	+ 1,586
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,480	1	3,277	- 796
Lung Disease	5	2,163	9	662	+ 1,501
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,594	3	2,292	- 698
Kidney Disease	7	1,405	12	578	+ 827
Suicide	8	1,079	21	382	+ 697
Liver Disease	9	1,026	6	1,215	- 189
Congenital Anomalies	10	952	18	432	+ 520
Hypertension	11	938	8	926	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	12	889	5	1,326	- 437
Asthma	13	889	22	326	+ 563
Low Birth Weight	14	864	16	531	+ 333
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	698	41	77	+ 621
Drownings	16	694	33	118	+ 576
Other Injuries	17	596	15	540	+ 56
Liver Cancer	18	548	45	69	+ 479
Birth Trauma	19	392	11	616	- 224
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	368	27	147	+ 221
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	351	24	310	+ 41
Tuberculosis	22	325	14	543	- 219
Lung Cancers	23	300	46	62	+ 238
Maternal Conditions	24	282	13	544	- 262
Falls	25	262	26	168	+ 94
Breast Cancer	26	258	23	311	- 53
Cervical Cancer	27	256	30	132	+ 124
Parkinson's Disease	28	232	37	85	+ 147
Inflammatory/Heart	29	222	32	123	+ 99
Pertussis	30	202	36	90	+ 113
Malnutrition	31	200	10	660	- 460
Leukemia	32	179	29	144	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	33	175	43	71	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	34	173	47	54	+ 119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	169	35	113	+ 56
Meningitis	36	161	19	404	- 243
Syphilis	37	153	54	35	+ 118
Violence	38	135	20	384	- 249
Skin Disease	39	135	50	45	+ 91
Stomach Cancer	40	122	48	48	+ 74
Epilepsy	41	106	38	81	+ 24
Fires	42	84	31	132	- 48
Alcohol	43	80	49	45	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	44	78	40	79	- 1
Lymphomas	45	64	28	147	- 83
Tetanus	46	57	52	37	+ 20
Poisonings	47	44	34	114	- 70
Uterin Cancer	48	39	61	18	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	49	37	51	42	- 5
Appendicitis	50	27	55	31	- 4
Hepatitis B	51	25	57	28	- 3
Encephalitis	52	21	62	16	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	53	18	58	20	- 2
Oral Cancer	54	17	44	71	- 54
Other Neoplasms	55	15	66	6	+ 9
Drug Use	56	9	53	36	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	67	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	64	12	- 7
Dengue	59	4	73	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	60	4	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	3	65	6	- 3
Measles	62	2	63	13	- 11
Ascariasis	63	2	68	2	- 0
War	64	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	60	18	- 17
Chlamydia	66	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	68	0	78	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	25	308	- 308
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	59	19	- 19
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	39	81	- 81
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	56	30	- 30
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Vanuatu

Eritrea

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.