JAMAICA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,033	3	1,726	+ 2,307
Stroke	2	2,561	1	2,415	+ 146
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,126	2	2,077	- 951
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,104	15	393	+ 711
Lung Disease	5	963	11	452	+ 511
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	709	42	35	+ 675
Kidney Disease	7	625	6	793	- 168
Suicide	8	480	35	70	+ 410
Liver Disease	9	457	21	155	+ 302
Congenital Anomalies	10	424	23	139	+ 285
Hypertension	11	418	8	651	- 233
Road Traffic Accidents	12	396	12	444	- 48
Asthma	13	396	36	65	+ 330
Low Birth Weight	14	385	18	241	+ 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	311	44	27	+ 284
Drownings	16	309	51	10	+ 299
Other Injuries	17	265	31	91	+ 174
Liver Cancer	18	244	29	101	+ 143
Birth Trauma	19	174	37	65	+ 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	164	32	82	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	156	9	587	- 431
Tuberculosis	22	144	54	8	+ 137
Lung Cancers	23	133	10	472	- 339
Maternal Conditions	24	125	43	35	+ 91
Falls	25	117	33	82	+ 35
Breast Cancer	26	115	14	413	- 298
Cervical Cancer	27	114	16	358	- 244
Parkinson's Disease	28	103	25	132	- 29
Inflammatory/Heart	29	99	24	133	- 35
Pertussis	30	90	67	0	+ 90
Malnutrition	31	89	40	48	+ 41
Leukemia	32	79	26	129	- 49
Endocrine Disorders	33	78	20	176	- 98
Prostate Cancer	34	77	5	883	- 806
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	75	13	436	- 361
Meningitis	36	72	47	16	+ 56
Syphilis	37	68	60	1	+ 67
Violence	38	60	4	1,484	- 1,424
Skin Disease	39	60	22	145	- 85
Stomach Cancer	40	54	19	231	- 176
Epilepsy	41	47	41	46	+ 1
Fires	42	37	46	16	+ 22
Alcohol	43	35	55	7	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	44	35	30	97	- 62
Lymphomas	45	28	17	251	- 222
Tetanus	46	25	63	0	+ 25
Poisonings	47	20	57	2	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	48	17	28	106	- 89
Bladder Cancer	49	17	38	60	- 43
Appendicitis	50	12	53	9	+ 3
Hepatitis B	51	11	59	1	+ 10
Encephalitis	52	9	49	13	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	27	119	- 111
Oral Cancer	54	7	39	59	- 51
Other Neoplasms	55	6	45	19	- 12
Drug Use	56	4	48	13	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	56	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	50	11	- 9
Dengue	59	2	58	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	1	64	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
War	64	0	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	7	757	- 757
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	34	74	- 74
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	52	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Vanuatu

Jamaica

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.