ITALY VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	87,075	1	97,116	- 10,041
Stroke	2	55,284	2	62,633	- 7,349
Diabetes Mellitus	3	24,320	8	19,836	+ 4,484
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	23,835	9	16,339	+ 7,497
Lung Disease	5	20,782	5	32,382	- 11,601
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	15,316	36	1,622	+ 13,694
Kidney Disease	7	13,503	11	12,726	+ 777
Suicide	8	10,365	26	4,042	+ 6,323
Liver Disease	9	9,860	23	5,559	+ 4,301
Congenital Anomalies	10	9,150	37	1,443	+ 7,707
Hypertension	11	9,015	6	29,931	- 20,916
Road Traffic Accidents	12	8,545	30	3,221	+ 5,324
Asthma	13	8,541	47	494	+ 8,047
Low Birth Weight	14	8,304	51	357	+ 7,946
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	6,705	32	2,216	+ 4,489
Drownings	16	6,669	52	344	+ 6,325
Other Injuries	17	5,726	12	12,112	- 6,386
Liver Cancer	18	5,271	17	9,620	- 4,349
Birth Trauma	19	3,766	59	140	+ 3,626
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	3,536	43	690	+ 2,846
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	3,375	3	41,445	- 38,070
Tuberculosis	22	3,119	53	336	+ 2,783
Lung Cancers	23	2,878	4	34,152	- 31,274
Maternal Conditions	24	2,706	67	6	+ 2,700
Falls	25	2,522	25	4,222	- 1,700
Breast Cancer	26	2,482	10	13,868	- 11,386
Cervical Cancer	27	2,462	40	1,154	+ 1,308
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,227	19	8,428	- 6,201
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,129	24	5,531	- 3,402
Pertussis	30	1,946	73	1	+ 1,945
Malnutrition	31	1,920	41	775	+ 1,145
Leukemia	32	1,716	21	6,728	- 5,013
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,682	18	8,431	- 6,749
Prostate Cancer	34	1,666	20	8,409	- 6,743
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,628	7	21,254	- 19,626
Meningitis	36	1,547	60	128	+ 1,419
Syphilis	37	1,468	69	4	+ 1,464
Violence	38	1,300	50	409	+ 891
Skin Disease	39	1,299	38	1,440	- 140
Stomach Cancer	40	1,174	14	10,252	- 9,079
Epilepsy	41	1,014	39	1,337	- 323
Fires	42	803	56	271	+ 532
Alcohol	43	765	55	277	+ 488
Ovary Cancer	44	753	28	3,282	- 2,528
Lymphomas	45	614	16	9,670	- 9,056
Tetanus	46	548	63	22	+ 527
Poisonings	47	422	58	154	+ 268
Uterin Cancer	48	376	33	2,198	- 1,822
Bladder Cancer	49	359	22	6,711	- 6,352
Appendicitis	50	258	61	49	+ 210
Hepatitis B	51	238	54	334	- 96
Encephalitis	52	200	68	5	+ 196
Pancreas Cancer	53	170	13	12,095	- 11,925
Oral Cancer	54	159	27	3,343	- 3,184
Other Neoplasms	55	140	15	9,984	- 9,844
Drug Use	56	83	45	654	- 571
Multiple Sclerosis	57	53	44	677	- 624
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	50	42	701	- 651
Dengue	59	36	81	0	+ 36
Diphtheria	60	35	76	0	+ 35
Hepatitis C	61	31	31	2,451	- 2,420
Measles	62	20	71	1	+ 18
Ascariasis	63	16	80	0	+ 16
War	64	6	66	6	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	6	64	20	- 14
Chlamydia	66	5	84	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	67	1	65	16	- 15
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	46	520	- 520
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	57	241	- 241
Osteoarthritis	79	0	48	481	- 481
Oral conditions	80	0	62	47	- 47
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	34	2,045	- 2,045
Anemia	83	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	49	424	- 424
Skin Cancers	86	0	29	3,239	- 3,239
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Vanuatu

Italy

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.