NAMIBIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,004	5	1,221	+ 2,784
Stroke	2	2,542	4	1,333	+ 1,209
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,118	7	724	+ 394
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,096	2	1,464	- 368
Lung Disease	5	956	10	461	+ 495
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	704	8	645	+ 60
Kidney Disease	7	621	15	322	+ 299
Suicide	8	477	17	243	+ 234
Liver Disease	9	453	14	336	+ 118
Congenital Anomalies	10	421	16	283	+ 138
Hypertension	11	415	12	428	- 13
Road Traffic Accidents	12	393	6	868	- 475
Asthma	13	393	20	200	+ 192
Low Birth Weight	14	382	9	516	- 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	308	44	33	+ 275
Drownings	16	307	26	110	+ 197
Other Injuries	17	263	19	207	+ 57
Liver Cancer	18	242	41	45	+ 197
Birth Trauma	19	173	13	345	- 171
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	163	32	76	+ 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	155	21	176	- 20
Tuberculosis	22	143	3	1,416	- 1,273
Lung Cancers	23	132	35	59	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	24	124	25	110	+ 14
Falls	25	116	34	62	+ 54
Breast Cancer	26	114	24	121	- 7
Cervical Cancer	27	113	23	133	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	28	102	42	43	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	29	98	22	162	- 64
Pertussis	30	89	37	54	+ 35
Malnutrition	31	88	18	224	- 135
Leukemia	32	79	49	24	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	33	77	33	73	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	34	77	31	94	- 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	75	36	54	+ 20
Meningitis	36	71	27	109	- 38
Syphilis	37	68	43	35	+ 33
Violence	38	60	11	450	- 390
Skin Disease	39	60	47	31	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	40	54	45	33	+ 21
Epilepsy	41	47	38	49	- 3
Fires	42	37	28	109	- 72
Alcohol	43	35	48	28	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	44	35	50	23	+ 11
Lymphomas	45	28	40	46	- 18
Tetanus	46	25	62	6	+ 19
Poisonings	47	19	39	46	- 27
Uterin Cancer	48	17	56	11	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	49	16	54	16	+ 1
Appendicitis	50	12	58	9	+ 3
Hepatitis B	51	11	63	4	+ 6
Encephalitis	52	9	59	8	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	53	18	- 10
Oral Cancer	54	7	30	100	- 92
Other Neoplasms	55	6	60	8	- 1
Drug Use	56	4	46	32	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	64	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	57	9	- 7
Dengue	59	2	74	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	60	2	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	66	1	+ 1
Measles	62	1	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	63	1	69	0	+ 0
War	64	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	66	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	2,928	- 2,928
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	76	0	55	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	52	21	- 21
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	29	108	- 108
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Vanuatu

Namibia

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.