JAPAN VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		JAPAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	175,966	1	163,905	+ 12,061
Stroke	2	111,722	2	121,823	- 10,101
Diabetes Mellitus	3	49,148	29	5,433	+ 43,715
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	48,168	3	107,899	- 59,730
Lung Disease	5	41,997	5	78,169	- 36,172
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	30,952	37	2,731	+ 28,221
Kidney Disease	7	27,288	9	44,779	- 17,491
Suicide	8	20,947	13	19,466	+ 1,481
Liver Disease	9	19,926	17	14,195	+ 5,730
Congenital Anomalies	10	18,490	40	2,473	+ 16,018
Hypertension	11	18,219	28	6,673	+ 11,546
Road Traffic Accidents	12	17,268	31	4,566	+ 12,702
Asthma	13	17,260	42	1,922	+ 15,338
Low Birth Weight	14	16,781	55	202	+ 16,579
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	13,550	39	2,555	+ 10,995
Drownings	16	13,477	25	8,409	+ 5,068
Other Injuries	17	11,571	12	22,068	- 10,497
Liver Cancer	18	10,652	11	29,384	- 18,733
Birth Trauma	19	7,610	61	104	+ 7,506
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	7,146	35	2,922	+ 4,225
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	6,820	7	56,937	- 50,117
Tuberculosis	22	6,303	34	3,459	+ 2,844
Lung Cancers	23	5,817	4	79,688	- 73,872
Maternal Conditions	24	5,468	64	39	+ 5,430
Falls	25	5,097	23	9,736	- 4,639
Breast Cancer	26	5,017	15	15,805	- 10,788
Cervical Cancer	27	4,974	32	3,799	+ 1,176
Parkinson's Disease	28	4,500	18	14,007	- 9,508
Inflammatory/Heart	29	4,303	27	8,232	- 3,929
Pertussis	30	3,932	71	1	+ 3,931
Malnutrition	31	3,880	43	1,910	+ 1,971
Leukemia	32	3,467	24	9,607	- 6,140
Endocrine Disorders	33	3,399	21	11,486	- 8,087
Prostate Cancer	34	3,367	19	13,515	- 10,148
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	3,290	6	57,340	- 54,050
Meningitis	36	3,126	52	308	+ 2,818
Syphilis	37	2,967	65	16	+ 2,951
Violence	38	2,627	53	266	+ 2,361
Skin Disease	39	2,626	36	2,806	- 180
Stomach Cancer	40	2,372	8	50,433	- 48,061
Epilepsy	41	2,049	45	1,558	+ 491
Fires	42	1,622	48	1,007	+ 615
Alcohol	43	1,545	51	576	+ 969
Ovary Cancer	44	1,522	30	5,061	- 3,539
Lymphomas	45	1,242	14	19,273	- 18,031
Tetanus	46	1,108	67	9	+ 1,099
Poisonings	47	853	54	255	+ 598
Uterin Cancer	48	760	33	3,461	- 2,701
Bladder Cancer	49	725	22	9,936	- 9,212
Appendicitis	50	522	58	126	+ 396
Hepatitis B	51	481	46	1,423	- 942
Encephalitis	52	404	69	5	+ 400
Pancreas Cancer	53	343	10	37,027	- 36,684
Oral Cancer	54	322	26	8,333	- 8,011
Other Neoplasms	55	284	16	15,120	- 14,836
Drug Use	56	168	50	732	- 564
Multiple Sclerosis	57	106	59	108	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	101	38	2,618	- 2,517
Dengue	59	73	83	0	+ 73
Diphtheria	60	71	74	0	+ 71
Hepatitis C	61	62	41	2,220	- 2,158
Measles	62	40	75	0	+ 40
Ascariasis	63	32	82	0	+ 32
War	64	12	66	15	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	12	57	159	- 147
Chlamydia	66	9	80	0	+ 9
Otitis Media	67	2	68	8	- 6
Leprosy	68	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	70	2	- 2
HIV/AIDS	72	0	63	48	- 48
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	56	172	- 172
Osteoarthritis	79	0	62	86	- 86
Oral conditions	80	0	60	106	- 106
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	20	12,316	- 12,316
Anemia	83	0	49	875	- 875
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	47	1,052	- 1,052
Skin Cancers	86	0	44	1,843	- 1,843
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAPAN

Vanuatu

Japan

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.