NICARAGUA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,537	1	5,843	+ 3,693
Stroke	2	6,055	3	2,225	+ 3,830
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,664	4	2,068	+ 596
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,610	7	1,152	+ 1,459
Lung Disease	5	2,276	5	1,570	+ 707
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,677	36	122	+ 1,555
Kidney Disease	7	1,479	2	3,533	- 2,054
Suicide	8	1,135	19	285	+ 851
Liver Disease	9	1,080	6	1,203	- 123
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,002	11	571	+ 431
Hypertension	11	987	9	1,103	- 116
Road Traffic Accidents	12	936	8	1,109	- 173
Asthma	13	935	38	105	+ 830
Low Birth Weight	14	909	13	490	+ 420
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	734	54	20	+ 714
Drownings	16	730	32	157	+ 574
Other Injuries	17	627	17	358	+ 270
Liver Cancer	18	577	12	509	+ 69
Birth Trauma	19	412	25	198	+ 214
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	387	40	85	+ 302
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	370	33	149	+ 221
Tuberculosis	22	342	37	115	+ 227
Lung Cancers	23	315	23	274	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	24	296	39	88	+ 208
Falls	25	276	22	276	+ 0
Breast Cancer	26	272	20	283	- 11
Cervical Cancer	27	270	16	374	- 105
Parkinson's Disease	28	244	42	67	+ 177
Inflammatory/Heart	29	233	34	139	+ 94
Pertussis	30	213	67	3	+ 210
Malnutrition	31	210	30	163	+ 47
Leukemia	32	188	24	227	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	33	184	28	164	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	34	182	15	386	- 203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	178	18	315	- 137
Meningitis	36	169	51	29	+ 140
Syphilis	37	161	60	9	+ 151
Violence	38	142	10	619	- 476
Skin Disease	39	142	31	162	- 19
Stomach Cancer	40	129	14	478	- 349
Epilepsy	41	111	41	74	+ 37
Fires	42	88	57	16	+ 72
Alcohol	43	84	21	279	- 195
Ovary Cancer	44	82	44	61	+ 21
Lymphomas	45	67	29	164	- 96
Tetanus	46	60	79	0	+ 60
Poisonings	47	46	55	18	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	48	41	48	39	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	39	52	28	+ 11
Appendicitis	50	28	49	32	- 3
Hepatitis B	51	26	62	5	+ 21
Encephalitis	52	22	58	10	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	53	19	27	178	- 159
Oral Cancer	54	17	43	64	- 47
Other Neoplasms	55	15	26	192	- 177
Drug Use	56	9	46	50	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	61	7	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	50	31	- 25
Dengue	59	4	64	4	- 0
Diphtheria	60	4	77	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	61	3	68	1	+ 2
Measles	62	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	69	1	+ 1
War	64	1	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	72	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	1	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	69	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	35	139	- 139
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	79	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	80	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	47	42	- 42
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	66	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	86	0	45	59	- 59
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Vanuatu

Nicaragua

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.