NIGER VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,625	6	8,229	+ 29,395
Stroke	2	23,888	5	8,717	+ 15,171
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,509	17	2,630	+ 7,878
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,299	1	21,093	- 10,794
Lung Disease	5	8,980	20	2,172	+ 6,808
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,618	3	16,030	- 9,412
Kidney Disease	7	5,835	16	2,732	+ 3,102
Suicide	8	4,479	27	1,227	+ 3,252
Liver Disease	9	4,260	11	4,116	+ 144
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,954	10	4,346	- 392
Hypertension	11	3,895	25	1,356	+ 2,540
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,692	8	5,946	- 2,254
Asthma	13	3,691	22	1,902	+ 1,789
Low Birth Weight	14	3,588	4	9,560	- 5,972
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,897	39	467	+ 2,430
Drownings	16	2,882	24	1,581	+ 1,301
Other Injuries	17	2,474	12	3,826	- 1,351
Liver Cancer	18	2,278	35	745	+ 1,532
Birth Trauma	19	1,627	7	8,030	- 6,403
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,528	31	1,044	+ 484
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,458	32	858	+ 600
Tuberculosis	22	1,348	13	3,703	- 2,355
Lung Cancers	23	1,244	67	42	+ 1,202
Maternal Conditions	24	1,169	14	3,317	- 2,148
Falls	25	1,090	26	1,297	- 208
Breast Cancer	26	1,073	29	1,075	- 3
Cervical Cancer	27	1,064	38	487	+ 577
Parkinson's Disease	28	962	47	275	+ 687
Inflammatory/Heart	29	920	34	769	+ 152
Pertussis	30	841	15	2,858	- 2,017
Malnutrition	31	830	21	2,170	- 1,340
Leukemia	32	741	48	258	+ 484
Endocrine Disorders	33	727	23	1,806	- 1,079
Prostate Cancer	34	720	57	128	+ 592
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	703	37	522	+ 182
Meningitis	36	668	9	5,237	- 4,569
Syphilis	37	634	62	110	+ 525
Violence	38	562	19	2,244	- 1,682
Skin Disease	39	561	52	213	+ 349
Stomach Cancer	40	507	44	300	+ 207
Epilepsy	41	438	36	676	- 238
Fires	42	347	28	1,120	- 774
Alcohol	43	330	60	120	+ 210
Ovary Cancer	44	325	40	425	- 99
Lymphomas	45	265	43	350	- 85
Tetanus	46	237	42	372	- 136
Poisonings	47	182	33	771	- 589
Uterin Cancer	48	162	64	86	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	49	155	53	161	- 6
Appendicitis	50	112	56	128	- 16
Hepatitis B	51	103	46	279	- 176
Encephalitis	52	86	61	112	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	53	73	54	138	- 65
Oral Cancer	54	69	49	242	- 173
Other Neoplasms	55	61	68	24	+ 37
Drug Use	56	36	58	126	- 90
Multiple Sclerosis	57	23	69	22	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	22	70	18	+ 4
Dengue	59	16	73	0	+ 15
Diphtheria	60	15	65	60	- 45
Hepatitis C	61	13	66	46	- 32
Measles	62	8	18	2,414	- 2,405
Ascariasis	63	7	59	125	- 118
War	64	3	41	409	- 407
Upper Respiratory	65	3	63	94	- 91
Chlamydia	66	2	71	3	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	72	1	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	30	1,048	- 1,048
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	51	237	- 237
Malaria	75	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	237	- 237
Chagas disease	77	0	79	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	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	55	132	- 132
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	45	287	- 287
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.