SINGAPORE VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,610	1	5,292	+ 3,319
Stroke	2	5,467	3	1,559	+ 3,908
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,405	28	108	+ 2,297
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,357	2	5,189	- 2,832
Lung Disease	5	2,055	14	383	+ 1,672
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,515	39	28	+ 1,487
Kidney Disease	7	1,335	6	1,028	+ 307
Suicide	8	1,025	9	650	+ 375
Liver Disease	9	975	20	209	+ 766
Congenital Anomalies	10	905	31	80	+ 825
Hypertension	11	891	8	732	+ 160
Road Traffic Accidents	12	845	26	121	+ 724
Asthma	13	845	35	37	+ 808
Low Birth Weight	14	821	41	25	+ 796
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	663	43	22	+ 641
Drownings	16	659	38	29	+ 630
Other Injuries	17	566	32	79	+ 487
Liver Cancer	18	521	7	746	- 224
Birth Trauma	19	372	55	3	+ 369
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	350	33	69	+ 280
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	334	36	32	+ 301
Tuberculosis	22	308	40	26	+ 283
Lung Cancers	23	285	4	1,540	- 1,256
Maternal Conditions	24	268	53	3	+ 264
Falls	25	249	18	218	+ 32
Breast Cancer	26	245	10	605	- 360
Cervical Cancer	27	243	30	85	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	28	220	29	90	+ 130
Inflammatory/Heart	29	211	19	215	- 5
Pertussis	30	192	62	0	+ 192
Malnutrition	31	190	63	0	+ 190
Leukemia	32	170	17	249	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	33	166	37	30	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	34	165	16	303	- 138
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	161	5	1,203	- 1,042
Meningitis	36	153	48	8	+ 145
Syphilis	37	145	65	0	+ 145
Violence	38	129	46	15	+ 114
Skin Disease	39	128	25	136	- 7
Stomach Cancer	40	116	12	405	- 289
Epilepsy	41	100	42	25	+ 75
Fires	42	79	49	7	+ 72
Alcohol	43	76	47	10	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	44	74	21	204	- 129
Lymphomas	45	61	13	397	- 336
Tetanus	46	54	73	0	+ 54
Poisonings	47	42	60	1	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	48	37	23	147	- 110
Bladder Cancer	49	35	27	120	- 85
Appendicitis	50	26	50	6	+ 20
Hepatitis B	51	24	52	4	+ 19
Encephalitis	52	20	61	0	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	53	17	11	537	- 520
Oral Cancer	54	16	15	317	- 301
Other Neoplasms	55	14	22	195	- 181
Drug Use	56	8	44	19	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	57	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	58	2	+ 3
Dengue	59	4	66	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	60	3	64	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	3	56	3	+ 0
Measles	62	2	72	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	67	0	+ 2
War	64	1	59	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	54	3	- 3
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	45	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	24	137	- 137
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	34	56	- 56
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Vanuatu

Singapore

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.