GUATEMALA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,074	1	9,825	+ 16,249
Stroke	2	16,554	6	4,849	+ 11,706
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,282	3	6,932	+ 350
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,137	2	9,245	- 2,108
Lung Disease	5	6,223	13	1,901	+ 4,321
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,586	9	2,617	+ 1,969
Kidney Disease	7	4,043	4	6,277	- 2,233
Suicide	8	3,104	22	1,039	+ 2,064
Liver Disease	9	2,952	5	5,684	- 2,732
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,740	18	1,517	+ 1,223
Hypertension	11	2,700	26	679	+ 2,020
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,559	8	4,026	- 1,468
Asthma	13	2,558	36	335	+ 2,223
Low Birth Weight	14	2,486	16	1,658	+ 828
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,008	54	62	+ 1,946
Drownings	16	1,997	32	463	+ 1,534
Other Injuries	17	1,715	10	2,466	- 751
Liver Cancer	18	1,578	15	1,765	- 187
Birth Trauma	19	1,128	19	1,466	- 338
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,059	23	1,029	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,011	12	1,957	- 946
Tuberculosis	22	934	37	301	+ 633
Lung Cancers	23	862	35	391	+ 471
Maternal Conditions	24	810	30	468	+ 342
Falls	25	755	20	1,371	- 616
Breast Cancer	26	743	28	495	+ 248
Cervical Cancer	27	737	25	808	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	28	667	34	393	+ 274
Inflammatory/Heart	29	638	44	225	+ 412
Pertussis	30	583	53	70	+ 513
Malnutrition	31	575	11	1,981	- 1,406
Leukemia	32	514	27	601	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	33	504	29	486	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	34	499	24	846	- 347
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	487	31	464	+ 23
Meningitis	36	463	41	271	+ 192
Syphilis	37	440	64	3	+ 437
Violence	38	389	7	4,411	- 4,021
Skin Disease	39	389	42	232	+ 157
Stomach Cancer	40	351	17	1,570	- 1,219
Epilepsy	41	304	33	463	- 159
Fires	42	240	45	207	+ 33
Alcohol	43	229	14	1,799	- 1,570
Ovary Cancer	44	225	50	133	+ 93
Lymphomas	45	184	43	229	- 45
Tetanus	46	164	62	10	+ 154
Poisonings	47	126	39	275	- 149
Uterin Cancer	48	113	59	27	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	49	107	55	57	+ 50
Appendicitis	50	77	47	164	- 86
Hepatitis B	51	71	65	2	+ 69
Encephalitis	52	60	51	104	- 44
Pancreas Cancer	53	51	38	282	- 231
Oral Cancer	54	48	49	142	- 94
Other Neoplasms	55	42	56	42	+ 0
Drug Use	56	25	40	272	- 247
Multiple Sclerosis	57	16	60	21	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	15	52	82	- 67
Dengue	59	11	58	33	- 22
Diphtheria	60	11	71	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	61	9	66	2	+ 7
Measles	62	6	72	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	63	5	63	7	- 2
War	64	2	68	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	2	57	34	- 32
Chlamydia	66	1	67	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	21	1,173	- 1,173
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	19	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	48	144	- 144
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	46	195	- 195
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Vanuatu

Guatemala

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.