NEW ZEALAND VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,372	1	5,095	+ 2,277
Stroke	2	4,680	3	2,378	+ 2,302
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,059	8	769	+ 1,290
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,018	7	920	+ 1,098
Lung Disease	5	1,759	5	1,815	- 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,297	37	81	+ 1,216
Kidney Disease	7	1,143	17	432	+ 711
Suicide	8	878	15	528	+ 349
Liver Disease	9	835	32	158	+ 677
Congenital Anomalies	10	775	30	176	+ 599
Hypertension	11	763	20	327	+ 436
Road Traffic Accidents	12	723	16	458	+ 265
Asthma	13	723	36	91	+ 632
Low Birth Weight	14	703	38	78	+ 625
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	568	35	113	+ 455
Drownings	16	565	44	54	+ 510
Other Injuries	17	485	28	218	+ 267
Liver Cancer	18	446	24	288	+ 158
Birth Trauma	19	319	54	15	+ 304
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	299	39	70	+ 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	286	2	3,032	- 2,746
Tuberculosis	22	264	52	17	+ 247
Lung Cancers	23	244	4	1,873	- 1,630
Maternal Conditions	24	229	63	5	+ 224
Falls	25	214	11	627	- 413
Breast Cancer	26	210	10	737	- 527
Cervical Cancer	27	208	41	61	+ 148
Parkinson's Disease	28	189	19	353	- 165
Inflammatory/Heart	29	180	23	313	- 133
Pertussis	30	165	65	1	+ 164
Malnutrition	31	163	55	14	+ 148
Leukemia	32	145	18	391	- 246
Endocrine Disorders	33	142	21	325	- 182
Prostate Cancer	34	141	9	739	- 598
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	138	6	1,495	- 1,357
Meningitis	36	131	59	9	+ 122
Syphilis	37	124	70	0	+ 124
Violence	38	110	42	57	+ 53
Skin Disease	39	110	34	118	- 8
Stomach Cancer	40	99	22	323	- 223
Epilepsy	41	86	43	55	+ 31
Fires	42	68	53	17	+ 51
Alcohol	43	65	45	51	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	44	64	29	207	- 143
Lymphomas	45	52	13	608	- 556
Tetanus	46	46	69	0	+ 46
Poisonings	47	36	58	9	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	48	32	33	145	- 113
Bladder Cancer	49	30	26	267	- 236
Appendicitis	50	22	62	6	+ 16
Hepatitis B	51	20	56	14	+ 6
Encephalitis	52	17	66	1	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	53	14	14	543	- 528
Oral Cancer	54	13	31	164	- 150
Other Neoplasms	55	12	27	245	- 233
Drug Use	56	7	40	69	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	47	43	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	46	47	- 43
Dengue	59	3	75	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	60	3	83	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	3	48	30	- 27
Measles	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	1	76	0	+ 1
War	64	1	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	4	- 3
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	57	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	79	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	80	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	25	279	- 279
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	60	8	- 8
Skin Cancers	86	0	12	612	- 612
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Vanuatu

New Zealand

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.