GHANA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,403	3	14,103	+ 35,300
Stroke	2	31,366	2	15,163	+ 16,203
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,798	12	5,929	+ 7,869
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,523	1	16,262	- 2,739
Lung Disease	5	11,791	15	3,120	+ 8,671
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,690	9	6,538	+ 2,152
Kidney Disease	7	7,661	13	4,161	+ 3,500
Suicide	8	5,881	21	1,993	+ 3,888
Liver Disease	9	5,594	11	6,053	- 459
Congenital Anomalies	10	5,191	14	3,935	+ 1,256
Hypertension	11	5,115	19	2,231	+ 2,884
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,848	7	7,808	- 2,960
Asthma	13	4,846	23	1,979	+ 2,867
Low Birth Weight	14	4,711	8	6,662	- 1,951
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,804	52	256	+ 3,549
Drownings	16	3,784	36	740	+ 3,043
Other Injuries	17	3,249	18	2,433	+ 816
Liver Cancer	18	2,990	17	2,851	+ 139
Birth Trauma	19	2,137	10	6,194	- 4,057
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	2,006	48	321	+ 1,686
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,915	29	1,294	+ 621
Tuberculosis	22	1,770	6	10,214	- 8,445
Lung Cancers	23	1,633	55	237	+ 1,396
Maternal Conditions	24	1,535	22	1,991	- 456
Falls	25	1,431	30	1,168	+ 263
Breast Cancer	26	1,408	25	1,937	- 529
Cervical Cancer	27	1,397	20	2,161	- 764
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,263	43	387	+ 877
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,208	28	1,615	- 407
Pertussis	30	1,104	35	744	+ 359
Malnutrition	31	1,089	26	1,868	- 779
Leukemia	32	973	45	340	+ 633
Endocrine Disorders	33	954	24	1,965	- 1,011
Prostate Cancer	34	945	31	1,031	- 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	924	34	803	+ 121
Meningitis	36	878	16	2,983	- 2,106
Syphilis	37	833	41	483	+ 350
Violence	38	738	27	1,857	- 1,120
Skin Disease	39	737	50	264	+ 473
Stomach Cancer	40	666	33	870	- 204
Epilepsy	41	575	47	329	+ 246
Fires	42	455	37	729	- 274
Alcohol	43	434	54	244	+ 190
Ovary Cancer	44	427	38	698	- 271
Lymphomas	45	349	32	875	- 526
Tetanus	46	311	56	220	+ 91
Poisonings	47	239	40	522	- 282
Uterin Cancer	48	213	57	219	- 6
Bladder Cancer	49	204	53	245	- 42
Appendicitis	50	147	59	146	+ 1
Hepatitis B	51	135	62	101	+ 34
Encephalitis	52	114	44	357	- 244
Pancreas Cancer	53	96	46	334	- 238
Oral Cancer	54	90	42	483	- 392
Other Neoplasms	55	80	63	48	+ 32
Drug Use	56	47	39	630	- 583
Multiple Sclerosis	57	30	61	113	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	28	67	16	+ 12
Dengue	59	21	71	0	+ 20
Diphtheria	60	20	69	4	+ 16
Hepatitis C	61	17	65	28	- 10
Measles	62	11	60	135	- 124
Ascariasis	63	9	68	12	- 3
War	64	3	64	29	- 26
Upper Respiratory	65	3	66	16	- 13
Chlamydia	66	3	70	3	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	73	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	4	13,565	- 13,565
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	257	- 257
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	49	285	- 285
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	58	214	- 214
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Vanuatu

Ghana

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.