MALTA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	671	1	876	- 205
Stroke	2	426	2	291	+ 134
Diabetes Mellitus	3	187	6	163	+ 25
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	184	3	213	- 29
Lung Disease	5	160	8	127	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	118	55	1	+ 117
Kidney Disease	7	104	11	79	+ 25
Suicide	8	80	22	27	+ 53
Liver Disease	9	76	24	23	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	10	70	32	17	+ 53
Hypertension	11	69	20	33	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	12	66	31	18	+ 48
Asthma	13	66	36	8	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	14	64	35	11	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	52	49	2	+ 49
Drownings	16	51	48	2	+ 49
Other Injuries	17	44	33	16	+ 28
Liver Cancer	18	41	18	34	+ 7
Birth Trauma	19	29	44	3	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	27	37	7	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	26	4	207	- 181
Tuberculosis	22	24	52	2	+ 22
Lung Cancers	23	22	5	197	- 175
Maternal Conditions	24	21	64	0	+ 21
Falls	25	19	14	52	- 32
Breast Cancer	26	19	10	85	- 66
Cervical Cancer	27	19	39	4	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	28	17	16	50	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	29	16	27	22	- 6
Pertussis	30	15	72	0	+ 15
Malnutrition	31	15	60	0	+ 14
Leukemia	32	13	21	28	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	33	13	30	19	- 6
Prostate Cancer	34	13	13	53	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	13	7	147	- 135
Meningitis	36	12	56	1	+ 11
Syphilis	37	11	81	0	+ 11
Violence	38	10	40	4	+ 6
Skin Disease	39	10	25	23	- 13
Stomach Cancer	40	9	15	50	- 41
Epilepsy	41	8	43	3	+ 4
Fires	42	6	62	0	+ 6
Alcohol	43	6	47	3	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	44	6	17	34	- 28
Lymphomas	45	5	12	53	- 48
Tetanus	46	4	74	0	+ 4
Poisonings	47	3	58	1	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	48	3	28	21	- 18
Bladder Cancer	49	3	19	33	- 30
Appendicitis	50	2	63	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	2	61	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	2	65	0	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	1	9	90	- 89
Oral Cancer	54	1	23	25	- 24
Other Neoplasms	55	1	26	22	- 21
Drug Use	56	1	38	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	0	45	3	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	0	51	2	- 2
Dengue	59	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	60	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	53	1	- 1
Measles	62	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	79	0	+ 0
War	64	0	54	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	59	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	41	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	79	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	29	20	- 20
Anemia	83	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	57	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	86	0	34	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.