SENEGAL VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,919	2	6,224	+ 20,695
Stroke	2	17,091	4	5,342	+ 11,749
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,519	10	2,395	+ 5,123
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,369	1	7,184	+ 185
Lung Disease	5	6,425	18	1,351	+ 5,074
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,735	3	5,343	- 608
Kidney Disease	7	4,175	12	2,210	+ 1,964
Suicide	8	3,204	24	978	+ 2,227
Liver Disease	9	3,048	13	2,147	+ 902
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,829	11	2,364	+ 464
Hypertension	11	2,787	21	1,095	+ 1,692
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,642	6	3,832	- 1,190
Asthma	13	2,640	25	936	+ 1,704
Low Birth Weight	14	2,567	7	3,636	- 1,069
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,073	46	166	+ 1,907
Drownings	16	2,062	33	494	+ 1,568
Other Injuries	17	1,770	16	1,512	+ 258
Liver Cancer	18	1,630	22	1,087	+ 542
Birth Trauma	19	1,164	8	3,448	- 2,283
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,093	35	433	+ 660
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,043	26	879	+ 165
Tuberculosis	22	964	9	2,678	- 1,714
Lung Cancers	23	890	44	180	+ 709
Maternal Conditions	24	837	14	1,669	- 832
Falls	25	780	30	622	+ 158
Breast Cancer	26	767	27	861	- 93
Cervical Cancer	27	761	17	1,405	- 644
Parkinson's Disease	28	688	41	273	+ 416
Inflammatory/Heart	29	658	36	426	+ 233
Pertussis	30	602	28	771	- 170
Malnutrition	31	594	32	494	+ 99
Leukemia	32	530	54	113	+ 418
Endocrine Disorders	33	520	23	1,041	- 521
Prostate Cancer	34	515	29	642	- 127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	503	37	384	+ 119
Meningitis	36	478	15	1,628	- 1,150
Syphilis	37	454	53	122	+ 332
Violence	38	402	19	1,247	- 845
Skin Disease	39	402	47	159	+ 242
Stomach Cancer	40	363	31	557	- 194
Epilepsy	41	313	38	330	- 17
Fires	42	248	34	448	- 200
Alcohol	43	236	59	74	+ 162
Ovary Cancer	44	233	42	220	+ 13
Lymphomas	45	190	39	315	- 125
Tetanus	46	170	58	85	+ 85
Poisonings	47	130	40	315	- 184
Uterin Cancer	48	116	56	94	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	49	111	50	155	- 44
Appendicitis	50	80	61	38	+ 41
Hepatitis B	51	74	60	70	+ 3
Encephalitis	52	62	57	85	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	53	52	48	159	- 107
Oral Cancer	54	49	43	208	- 158
Other Neoplasms	55	43	62	24	+ 19
Drug Use	56	26	52	138	- 113
Multiple Sclerosis	57	16	64	20	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	15	67	15	+ 1
Dengue	59	11	73	0	+ 11
Diphtheria	60	11	70	3	+ 8
Hepatitis C	61	9	68	11	- 1
Measles	62	6	49	158	- 152
Ascariasis	63	5	65	18	- 13
War	64	2	69	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	66	15	- 13
Chlamydia	66	1	71	2	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	20	1,186	- 1,186
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	63	21	- 21
Malaria	75	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Schistosomiasis	76	0	45	176	- 176
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	55	99	- 99
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	51	147	- 147
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Vanuatu

Senegal

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.