MALAWI VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,084	7	4,929	+ 26,155
Stroke	2	19,735	5	5,939	+ 13,796
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,682	14	2,267	+ 6,415
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,509	2	7,739	+ 770
Lung Disease	5	7,419	21	1,340	+ 6,078
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,468	6	5,782	- 314
Kidney Disease	7	4,820	19	1,567	+ 3,253
Suicide	8	3,700	23	1,007	+ 2,693
Liver Disease	9	3,520	10	3,259	+ 261
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,266	13	2,509	+ 757
Hypertension	11	3,218	17	1,797	+ 1,422
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,050	4	6,221	- 3,171
Asthma	13	3,049	26	705	+ 2,344
Low Birth Weight	14	2,964	8	4,339	- 1,375
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,394	49	154	+ 2,239
Drownings	16	2,381	30	458	+ 1,923
Other Injuries	17	2,044	22	1,266	+ 778
Liver Cancer	18	1,882	38	317	+ 1,565
Birth Trauma	19	1,344	9	3,563	- 2,219
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,262	39	280	+ 983
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,205	25	782	+ 422
Tuberculosis	22	1,113	11	2,992	- 1,879
Lung Cancers	23	1,028	51	131	+ 897
Maternal Conditions	24	966	15	1,854	- 888
Falls	25	900	28	562	+ 339
Breast Cancer	26	886	27	600	+ 286
Cervical Cancer	27	879	12	2,876	- 1,998
Parkinson's Disease	28	795	46	200	+ 595
Inflammatory/Heart	29	760	35	370	+ 390
Pertussis	30	695	31	436	+ 259
Malnutrition	31	685	20	1,499	- 814
Leukemia	32	612	56	82	+ 530
Endocrine Disorders	33	600	42	257	+ 344
Prostate Cancer	34	595	40	271	+ 324
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	581	44	234	+ 347
Meningitis	36	552	18	1,792	- 1,240
Syphilis	37	524	29	480	+ 44
Violence	38	464	32	406	+ 58
Skin Disease	39	464	53	101	+ 363
Stomach Cancer	40	419	45	206	+ 213
Epilepsy	41	362	41	260	+ 102
Fires	42	287	34	380	- 93
Alcohol	43	273	52	114	+ 159
Ovary Cancer	44	269	48	158	+ 111
Lymphomas	45	219	24	839	- 619
Tetanus	46	196	47	178	+ 18
Poisonings	47	151	37	325	- 174
Uterin Cancer	48	134	62	23	+ 112
Bladder Cancer	49	128	33	388	- 260
Appendicitis	50	92	54	94	- 2
Hepatitis B	51	85	55	88	- 3
Encephalitis	52	71	58	48	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	53	61	60	38	+ 23
Oral Cancer	54	57	43	251	- 194
Other Neoplasms	55	50	63	17	+ 33
Drug Use	56	30	59	48	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	66	9	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	18	61	29	- 11
Dengue	59	13	65	9	+ 4
Diphtheria	60	13	72	2	+ 11
Hepatitis C	61	11	64	15	- 4
Measles	62	7	67	6	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	6	69	4	+ 1
War	64	2	71	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	2	57	60	- 57
Chlamydia	66	2	70	3	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	16	1,842	- 1,842
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	36	331	- 331
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Vanuatu

Malawi

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.