FINLAND VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,036	2	9,831	- 1,795
Stroke	2	5,102	3	4,115	+ 987
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,244	22	418	+ 1,827
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,200	21	436	+ 1,764
Lung Disease	5	1,918	8	1,289	+ 629
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,414	52	15	+ 1,398
Kidney Disease	7	1,246	26	342	+ 904
Suicide	8	957	15	846	+ 110
Liver Disease	9	910	10	1,068	- 158
Congenital Anomalies	10	844	35	192	+ 652
Hypertension	11	832	5	2,030	- 1,198
Road Traffic Accidents	12	789	33	215	+ 574
Asthma	13	788	40	85	+ 704
Low Birth Weight	14	766	48	26	+ 740
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	619	50	19	+ 600
Drownings	16	615	37	106	+ 510
Other Injuries	17	528	20	437	+ 92
Liver Cancer	18	486	16	545	- 59
Birth Trauma	19	348	56	8	+ 340
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	326	36	151	+ 175
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	311	1	11,120	- 10,809
Tuberculosis	22	288	46	32	+ 256
Lung Cancers	23	266	4	2,312	- 2,046
Maternal Conditions	24	250	64	2	+ 248
Falls	25	233	7	1,325	- 1,092
Breast Cancer	26	229	12	948	- 719
Cervical Cancer	27	227	44	62	+ 165
Parkinson's Disease	28	206	13	853	- 647
Inflammatory/Heart	29	197	17	518	- 322
Pertussis	30	180	69	0	+ 180
Malnutrition	31	177	57	7	+ 171
Leukemia	32	158	24	371	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	33	155	31	257	- 101
Prostate Cancer	34	154	11	970	- 816
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	150	6	1,433	- 1,283
Meningitis	36	143	55	9	+ 133
Syphilis	37	135	67	0	+ 135
Violence	38	120	43	64	+ 56
Skin Disease	39	120	47	27	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	40	108	19	447	- 338
Epilepsy	41	94	38	104	- 11
Fires	42	74	45	62	+ 12
Alcohol	43	71	18	464	- 394
Ovary Cancer	44	69	25	344	- 275
Lymphomas	45	57	14	851	- 794
Tetanus	46	51	70	0	+ 51
Poisonings	47	39	49	25	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	48	35	32	225	- 190
Bladder Cancer	49	33	28	308	- 275
Appendicitis	50	24	54	10	+ 14
Hepatitis B	51	22	63	2	+ 20
Encephalitis	52	18	66	0	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	53	16	9	1,247	- 1,231
Oral Cancer	54	15	34	207	- 192
Other Neoplasms	55	13	23	377	- 364
Drug Use	56	8	30	269	- 261
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	42	80	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	41	83	- 78
Dengue	59	3	82	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	60	3	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	3	60	5	- 2
Measles	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	1	81	0	+ 1
War	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	2	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	59	6	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	79	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	27	320	- 320
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	39	93	- 93
Skin Cancers	86	0	29	297	- 297
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Vanuatu

Finland

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.