NIGERIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	338,140	7	61,374	+ 276,767
Stroke	2	214,687	8	57,744	+ 156,943
Diabetes Mellitus	3	94,443	18	22,497	+ 71,946
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	92,561	1	207,281	- 114,720
Lung Disease	5	80,703	22	12,569	+ 68,134
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	59,477	2	144,724	- 85,247
Kidney Disease	7	52,438	20	18,189	+ 34,248
Suicide	8	40,252	30	7,019	+ 33,234
Liver Disease	9	38,290	13	38,326	- 36
Congenital Anomalies	10	35,531	9	49,696	- 14,165
Hypertension	11	35,010	24	10,692	+ 24,318
Road Traffic Accidents	12	33,183	12	41,693	- 8,511
Asthma	13	33,168	27	8,192	+ 24,976
Low Birth Weight	14	32,246	6	95,959	- 63,713
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	26,039	52	1,946	+ 24,093
Drownings	16	25,898	32	6,584	+ 19,314
Other Injuries	17	22,236	17	22,696	- 460
Liver Cancer	18	20,468	39	5,289	+ 15,180
Birth Trauma	19	14,624	5	100,186	- 85,562
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	13,733	37	5,846	+ 7,887
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	13,105	31	6,786	+ 6,319
Tuberculosis	22	12,112	3	127,335	- 115,224
Lung Cancers	23	11,177	57	1,295	+ 9,882
Maternal Conditions	24	10,508	15	23,540	- 13,032
Falls	25	9,794	28	7,528	+ 2,266
Breast Cancer	26	9,640	23	11,884	- 2,244
Cervical Cancer	27	9,559	25	10,574	- 1,015
Parkinson's Disease	28	8,647	46	2,473	+ 6,174
Inflammatory/Heart	29	8,269	42	4,826	+ 3,442
Pertussis	30	7,556	16	23,282	- 15,726
Malnutrition	31	7,457	36	5,896	+ 1,561
Leukemia	32	6,662	47	2,257	+ 4,405
Endocrine Disorders	33	6,532	21	15,799	- 9,267
Prostate Cancer	34	6,471	35	5,914	+ 557
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	6,322	43	4,152	+ 2,170
Meningitis	36	6,006	11	43,651	- 37,645
Syphilis	37	5,701	38	5,449	+ 252
Violence	38	5,048	19	18,407	- 13,359
Skin Disease	39	5,046	56	1,468	+ 3,578
Stomach Cancer	40	4,558	50	2,129	+ 2,430
Epilepsy	41	3,938	41	5,001	- 1,064
Fires	42	3,117	29	7,132	- 4,014
Alcohol	43	2,969	58	1,031	+ 1,938
Ovary Cancer	44	2,924	49	2,133	+ 792
Lymphomas	45	2,386	40	5,202	- 2,816
Tetanus	46	2,129	26	8,355	- 6,226
Poisonings	47	1,639	33	6,570	- 4,932
Uterin Cancer	48	1,460	62	679	+ 781
Bladder Cancer	49	1,393	63	670	+ 723
Appendicitis	50	1,003	60	760	+ 243
Hepatitis B	51	925	55	1,488	- 564
Encephalitis	52	777	59	937	- 159
Pancreas Cancer	53	659	51	1,975	- 1,316
Oral Cancer	54	619	48	2,238	- 1,620
Other Neoplasms	55	545	66	290	+ 255
Drug Use	56	323	34	6,273	- 5,950
Multiple Sclerosis	57	204	68	179	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	194	69	165	+ 30
Dengue	59	141	73	2	+ 139
Diphtheria	60	137	44	3,800	- 3,663
Hepatitis C	61	119	65	304	- 185
Measles	62	76	14	29,439	- 29,363
Ascariasis	63	61	61	685	- 624
War	64	24	45	3,245	- 3,221
Upper Respiratory	65	23	67	259	- 236
Chlamydia	66	18	71	14	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	3	72	3	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	10	44,124	- 44,124
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	23	- 23
Malaria	75	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	1,508	- 1,508
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	64	560	- 560
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	53	1,933	- 1,933
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Vanuatu

Nigeria

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.