NEPAL VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,451	2	19,677	+ 24,775
Stroke	2	28,222	4	12,909	+ 15,314
Diabetes Mellitus	3	12,415	14	2,929	+ 9,486
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,168	6	6,237	+ 5,931
Lung Disease	5	10,609	1	27,027	- 16,418
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,819	7	6,071	+ 1,748
Kidney Disease	7	6,893	10	4,284	+ 2,609
Suicide	8	5,291	16	2,571	+ 2,720
Liver Disease	9	5,033	5	6,383	- 1,350
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,671	21	1,949	+ 2,722
Hypertension	11	4,602	18	2,092	+ 2,511
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,362	9	4,654	- 292
Asthma	13	4,360	8	5,930	- 1,570
Low Birth Weight	14	4,239	11	3,822	+ 417
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,423	17	2,320	+ 1,103
Drownings	16	3,404	23	1,505	+ 1,899
Other Injuries	17	2,923	22	1,655	+ 1,269
Liver Cancer	18	2,691	46	256	+ 2,435
Birth Trauma	19	1,922	15	2,676	- 753
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,805	49	191	+ 1,614
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,723	19	2,022	- 299
Tuberculosis	22	1,592	3	16,535	- 14,942
Lung Cancers	23	1,469	12	3,586	- 2,117
Maternal Conditions	24	1,381	28	977	+ 404
Falls	25	1,288	13	3,321	- 2,034
Breast Cancer	26	1,267	27	1,038	+ 229
Cervical Cancer	27	1,257	20	1,969	- 713
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,137	33	760	+ 377
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,087	48	217	+ 870
Pertussis	30	993	40	453	+ 541
Malnutrition	31	980	31	845	+ 135
Leukemia	32	876	36	668	+ 208
Endocrine Disorders	33	859	45	257	+ 601
Prostate Cancer	34	851	58	85	+ 765
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	831	26	1,167	- 336
Meningitis	36	790	43	377	+ 412
Syphilis	37	749	54	134	+ 615
Violence	38	664	35	704	- 40
Skin Disease	39	663	67	17	+ 646
Stomach Cancer	40	599	25	1,379	- 780
Epilepsy	41	518	30	874	- 356
Fires	42	410	50	184	+ 226
Alcohol	43	390	52	168	+ 223
Ovary Cancer	44	384	37	585	- 200
Lymphomas	45	314	32	768	- 454
Tetanus	46	280	53	134	+ 146
Poisonings	47	215	39	474	- 258
Uterin Cancer	48	192	60	56	+ 136
Bladder Cancer	49	183	44	325	- 142
Appendicitis	50	132	47	220	- 89
Hepatitis B	51	122	56	117	+ 5
Encephalitis	52	102	29	882	- 780
Pancreas Cancer	53	87	41	445	- 359
Oral Cancer	54	81	24	1,389	- 1,307
Other Neoplasms	55	72	61	50	+ 22
Drug Use	56	42	57	93	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	57	27	63	38	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	26	51	173	- 147
Dengue	59	18	55	120	- 101
Diphtheria	60	18	71	1	+ 17
Hepatitis C	61	16	64	29	- 13
Measles	62	10	59	60	- 50
Ascariasis	63	8	69	4	+ 4
War	64	3	65	24	- 21
Upper Respiratory	65	3	66	24	- 21
Chlamydia	66	2	68	5	- 3
Otitis Media	67	0	70	4	- 3
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	34	737	- 737
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	62	39	- 39
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	38	491	- 491
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	42	400	- 400
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Vanuatu

Nepal

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.