PORTUGAL VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,579	1	12,878	+ 1,701
Stroke	2	9,256	2	12,339	- 3,083
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,072	8	3,601	+ 470
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,991	4	6,851	- 2,861
Lung Disease	5	3,479	7	4,286	- 807
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,564	36	231	+ 2,334
Kidney Disease	7	2,261	9	2,803	- 543
Suicide	8	1,735	19	1,172	+ 564
Liver Disease	9	1,651	22	1,126	+ 525
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,532	40	196	+ 1,336
Hypertension	11	1,509	14	1,880	- 370
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,431	27	838	+ 592
Asthma	13	1,430	43	146	+ 1,284
Low Birth Weight	14	1,390	52	79	+ 1,311
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,123	41	169	+ 954
Drownings	16	1,117	51	79	+ 1,037
Other Injuries	17	959	13	1,937	- 978
Liver Cancer	18	882	18	1,270	- 388
Birth Trauma	19	630	60	24	+ 607
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	592	37	229	+ 364
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	565	3	7,191	- 6,626
Tuberculosis	22	522	38	213	+ 309
Lung Cancers	23	482	5	4,406	- 3,924
Maternal Conditions	24	453	63	7	+ 446
Falls	25	422	23	1,033	- 610
Breast Cancer	26	416	12	1,997	- 1,581
Cervical Cancer	27	412	34	329	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	28	373	21	1,139	- 767
Inflammatory/Heart	29	357	26	909	- 552
Pertussis	30	326	72	0	+ 326
Malnutrition	31	321	53	79	+ 243
Leukemia	32	287	24	1,015	- 728
Endocrine Disorders	33	282	17	1,547	- 1,265
Prostate Cancer	34	279	11	2,124	- 1,845
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	273	6	4,389	- 4,117
Meningitis	36	259	56	43	+ 216
Syphilis	37	246	64	3	+ 243
Violence	38	218	48	96	+ 121
Skin Disease	39	218	39	202	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	40	197	10	2,532	- 2,336
Epilepsy	41	170	31	415	- 245
Fires	42	134	46	108	+ 26
Alcohol	43	128	45	111	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	44	126	33	397	- 271
Lymphomas	45	103	16	1,608	- 1,505
Tetanus	46	92	73	0	+ 92
Poisonings	47	71	57	29	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	48	63	32	406	- 343
Bladder Cancer	49	60	20	1,171	- 1,111
Appendicitis	50	43	61	21	+ 22
Hepatitis B	51	40	59	26	+ 14
Encephalitis	52	34	67	1	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	53	28	15	1,669	- 1,641
Oral Cancer	54	27	25	912	- 885
Other Neoplasms	55	23	28	652	- 629
Drug Use	56	14	44	128	- 114
Multiple Sclerosis	57	9	54	56	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	8	47	99	- 91
Dengue	59	6	84	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	60	6	74	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	61	5	49	87	- 82
Measles	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	3	83	0	+ 3
War	64	1	69	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	15	- 14
Chlamydia	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	35	320	- 320
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	68	1	- 1
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	79	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	80	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	29	623	- 623
Anemia	83	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	55	49	- 49
Skin Cancers	86	0	30	523	- 523
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Vanuatu

Portugal

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.