FIJI VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,359	2	1,481	- 122
Stroke	2	863	3	583	+ 280
Diabetes Mellitus	3	380	1	1,628	- 1,248
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	372	5	228	+ 144
Lung Disease	5	324	9	141	+ 184
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	239	12	96	+ 143
Kidney Disease	7	211	4	277	- 66
Suicide	8	162	16	80	+ 82
Liver Disease	9	154	15	82	+ 72
Congenital Anomalies	10	143	10	129	+ 13
Hypertension	11	141	7	170	- 29
Road Traffic Accidents	12	133	11	120	+ 13
Asthma	13	133	6	226	- 93
Low Birth Weight	14	130	14	86	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	105	20	62	+ 43
Drownings	16	104	21	60	+ 45
Other Injuries	17	89	17	77	+ 13
Liver Cancer	18	82	18	68	+ 14
Birth Trauma	19	59	28	36	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	55	29	34	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	53	19	63	- 10
Tuberculosis	22	49	27	39	+ 10
Lung Cancers	23	45	22	48	- 3
Maternal Conditions	24	42	49	9	+ 34
Falls	25	39	36	27	+ 13
Breast Cancer	26	39	8	162	- 124
Cervical Cancer	27	38	13	86	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	28	35	26	40	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	29	33	23	45	- 12
Pertussis	30	30	48	10	+ 21
Malnutrition	31	30	45	14	+ 16
Leukemia	32	27	30	31	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	33	26	34	28	- 1
Prostate Cancer	34	26	25	41	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	25	24	45	- 20
Meningitis	36	24	43	17	+ 7
Syphilis	37	23	47	11	+ 12
Violence	38	20	40	19	+ 1
Skin Disease	39	20	41	19	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	40	18	37	23	- 5
Epilepsy	41	16	44	16	- 0
Fires	42	13	33	28	- 15
Alcohol	43	12	57	2	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	44	12	32	29	- 17
Lymphomas	45	10	35	27	- 18
Tetanus	46	9	58	1	+ 7
Poisonings	47	7	56	2	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	48	6	39	20	- 14
Bladder Cancer	49	6	50	8	- 3
Appendicitis	50	4	54	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	51	4	59	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	52	3	51	7	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	38	21	- 18
Oral Cancer	54	2	46	13	- 10
Other Neoplasms	55	2	53	3	- 1
Drug Use	56	1	52	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	60	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	62	0	+ 0
Dengue	59	1	55	3	- 2
Diphtheria	60	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
War	64	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	64	0	- 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	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	31	30	- 30
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	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	42	18	- 18
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	61	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Vanuatu

Fiji

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.