GAMBIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,604	3	1,007	+ 2,597
Stroke	2	2,288	4	802	+ 1,486
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,007	15	290	+ 717
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	987	1	1,340	- 354
Lung Disease	5	860	19	206	+ 654
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	634	9	626	+ 8
Kidney Disease	7	559	16	266	+ 293
Suicide	8	429	25	113	+ 316
Liver Disease	9	408	14	323	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	10	379	11	383	- 4
Hypertension	11	373	22	172	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	12	354	6	695	- 342
Asthma	13	354	24	134	+ 219
Low Birth Weight	14	344	8	662	- 318
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	278	41	24	+ 254
Drownings	16	276	30	69	+ 207
Other Injuries	17	237	21	194	+ 43
Liver Cancer	18	218	12	377	- 159
Birth Trauma	19	156	5	754	- 598
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	146	33	56	+ 90
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	140	28	89	+ 51
Tuberculosis	22	129	10	445	- 316
Lung Cancers	23	119	38	34	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	24	112	13	345	- 233
Falls	25	104	29	83	+ 21
Breast Cancer	26	103	40	26	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	27	102	23	145	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	28	92	37	34	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	29	88	32	59	+ 29
Pertussis	30	81	27	99	- 18
Malnutrition	31	79	26	110	- 30
Leukemia	32	71	59	2	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	33	70	17	230	- 160
Prostate Cancer	34	69	43	21	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	67	52	11	+ 57
Meningitis	36	64	18	229	- 165
Syphilis	37	61	34	55	+ 6
Violence	38	54	20	195	- 141
Skin Disease	39	54	44	19	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	40	49	47	14	+ 35
Epilepsy	41	42	35	43	- 1
Fires	42	33	31	67	- 33
Alcohol	43	32	50	12	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	44	31	61	2	+ 29
Lymphomas	45	25	51	12	+ 14
Tetanus	46	23	45	18	+ 4
Poisonings	47	17	36	42	- 25
Uterin Cancer	48	16	66	1	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	49	15	56	4	+ 10
Appendicitis	50	11	55	5	+ 6
Hepatitis B	51	10	46	14	- 4
Encephalitis	52	8	48	14	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	53	6	+ 1
Oral Cancer	54	7	71	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	55	6	57	3	+ 3
Drug Use	56	3	39	28	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	58	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	62	2	+ 0
Dengue	59	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	1	+ 0
Measles	62	1	49	13	- 13
Ascariasis	63	1	63	2	- 1
War	64	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	54	5	- 5
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	68	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Vanuatu

Gambia

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.