ESTONIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,705	1	3,009	- 1,304
Stroke	2	1,083	3	1,116	- 33
Diabetes Mellitus	3	476	19	146	+ 330
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	467	6	349	+ 118
Lung Disease	5	407	13	229	+ 178
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	300	53	8	+ 292
Kidney Disease	7	264	17	176	+ 88
Suicide	8	203	16	197	+ 6
Liver Disease	9	193	7	328	- 135
Congenital Anomalies	10	179	43	25	+ 154
Hypertension	11	177	2	2,700	- 2,524
Road Traffic Accidents	12	167	35	59	+ 108
Asthma	13	167	44	24	+ 143
Low Birth Weight	14	163	55	7	+ 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	131	45	22	+ 110
Drownings	16	131	40	30	+ 101
Other Injuries	17	112	20	141	- 29
Liver Cancer	18	103	26	107	- 4
Birth Trauma	19	74	57	5	+ 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	69	36	55	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	66	12	229	- 163
Tuberculosis	22	61	47	16	+ 45
Lung Cancers	23	56	4	657	- 601
Maternal Conditions	24	53	61	1	+ 52
Falls	25	49	24	119	- 69
Breast Cancer	26	49	11	260	- 211
Cervical Cancer	27	48	32	68	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	28	44	29	82	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	29	42	14	217	- 175
Pertussis	30	38	83	0	+ 38
Malnutrition	31	38	79	0	+ 38
Leukemia	32	34	22	126	- 92
Endocrine Disorders	33	33	33	66	- 33
Prostate Cancer	34	33	8	298	- 266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	32	5	527	- 495
Meningitis	36	30	54	7	+ 23
Syphilis	37	29	62	1	+ 28
Violence	38	25	42	28	- 3
Skin Disease	39	25	41	29	- 3
Stomach Cancer	40	23	9	290	- 267
Epilepsy	41	20	37	45	- 25
Fires	42	16	38	41	- 25
Alcohol	43	15	18	148	- 133
Ovary Cancer	44	15	28	87	- 72
Lymphomas	45	12	15	213	- 201
Tetanus	46	11	81	0	+ 11
Poisonings	47	8	52	8	- 0
Uterin Cancer	48	7	34	60	- 53
Bladder Cancer	49	7	21	126	- 119
Appendicitis	50	5	59	2	+ 3
Hepatitis B	51	5	65	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	52	4	63	0	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	10	268	- 265
Oral Cancer	54	3	25	110	- 107
Other Neoplasms	55	3	23	123	- 121
Drug Use	56	2	31	75	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	46	17	- 16
Dengue	59	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	58	4	- 3
Measles	62	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	74	0	+ 0
War	64	0	64	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	39	40	- 40
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	79	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	80	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	27	99	- 99
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	6	- 6
Skin Cancers	86	0	30	79	- 79
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.