MADAGASCAR VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,067	3	12,388	+ 29,678
Stroke	2	26,708	1	17,964	+ 8,744
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,749	16	3,278	+ 8,471
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	11,515	2	14,605	- 3,090
Lung Disease	5	10,040	14	3,957	+ 6,083
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,399	5	11,085	- 3,686
Kidney Disease	7	6,524	22	2,202	+ 4,322
Suicide	8	5,008	24	1,476	+ 3,532
Liver Disease	9	4,763	12	4,803	- 39
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,420	15	3,380	+ 1,040
Hypertension	11	4,355	8	6,208	- 1,853
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,128	7	7,880	- 3,752
Asthma	13	4,126	19	2,507	+ 1,619
Low Birth Weight	14	4,012	10	5,353	- 1,341
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,239	38	627	+ 2,612
Drownings	16	3,222	31	825	+ 2,397
Other Injuries	17	2,766	21	2,359	+ 407
Liver Cancer	18	2,546	30	933	+ 1,613
Birth Trauma	19	1,819	11	5,347	- 3,528
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,708	42	495	+ 1,213
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,630	26	1,120	+ 510
Tuberculosis	22	1,507	4	11,606	- 10,099
Lung Cancers	23	1,391	55	147	+ 1,243
Maternal Conditions	24	1,307	18	2,776	- 1,469
Falls	25	1,218	36	653	+ 565
Breast Cancer	26	1,199	37	629	+ 570
Cervical Cancer	27	1,189	17	3,028	- 1,839
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,076	49	266	+ 810
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,029	28	1,046	- 18
Pertussis	30	940	41	519	+ 421
Malnutrition	31	928	13	4,236	- 3,308
Leukemia	32	829	45	401	+ 428
Endocrine Disorders	33	813	44	463	+ 350
Prostate Cancer	34	805	29	996	- 191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	786	39	606	+ 181
Meningitis	36	747	20	2,391	- 1,644
Syphilis	37	709	33	680	+ 29
Violence	38	628	23	1,749	- 1,121
Skin Disease	39	628	51	187	+ 441
Stomach Cancer	40	567	47	368	+ 200
Epilepsy	41	490	46	385	+ 105
Fires	42	388	35	661	- 274
Alcohol	43	369	53	161	+ 208
Ovary Cancer	44	364	57	135	+ 229
Lymphomas	45	297	34	675	- 378
Tetanus	46	265	52	186	+ 79
Poisonings	47	204	40	571	- 367
Uterin Cancer	48	182	59	95	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	49	173	48	286	- 113
Appendicitis	50	125	56	147	- 22
Hepatitis B	51	115	58	98	+ 17
Encephalitis	52	97	60	94	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	53	82	61	80	+ 2
Oral Cancer	54	77	32	697	- 620
Other Neoplasms	55	68	65	24	+ 44
Drug Use	56	40	62	58	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	57	25	66	18	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	24	64	47	- 23
Dengue	59	18	72	0	+ 17
Diphtheria	60	17	71	3	+ 14
Hepatitis C	61	15	67	16	- 1
Measles	62	9	6	9,172	- 9,163
Ascariasis	63	8	70	5	+ 2
War	64	3	54	155	- 152
Upper Respiratory	65	3	63	49	- 46
Chlamydia	66	2	69	7	- 4
Otitis Media	67	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	25	1,341	- 1,341
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	260	- 260
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	27	1,080	- 1,080
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	43	467	- 467
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Vanuatu

Madagascar

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.