SOLOMON ISL. VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,038	1	975	+ 63
Stroke	2	659	2	670	- 11
Diabetes Mellitus	3	290	4	322	- 32
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	284	3	371	- 87
Lung Disease	5	248	6	209	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	183	5	218	- 36
Kidney Disease	7	161	15	64	+ 97
Suicide	8	124	9	98	+ 25
Liver Disease	9	118	10	89	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	10	109	16	63	+ 46
Hypertension	11	107	13	76	+ 31
Road Traffic Accidents	12	102	8	111	- 9
Asthma	13	102	12	78	+ 23
Low Birth Weight	14	99	14	65	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	80	19	59	+ 21
Drownings	16	80	11	80	- 1
Other Injuries	17	68	17	60	+ 8
Liver Cancer	18	63	18	60	+ 3
Birth Trauma	19	45	21	51	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	42	32	22	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	40	28	32	+ 8
Tuberculosis	22	37	23	45	- 8
Lung Cancers	23	34	27	33	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	24	32	22	46	- 14
Falls	25	30	20	55	- 25
Breast Cancer	26	30	26	34	- 4
Cervical Cancer	27	29	25	41	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	28	27	34	21	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	29	25	37	17	+ 8
Pertussis	30	23	50	7	+ 16
Malnutrition	31	23	36	19	+ 4
Leukemia	32	20	35	20	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	33	20	39	15	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	34	20	41	13	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	19	31	23	- 4
Meningitis	36	18	43	13	+ 6
Syphilis	37	18	29	28	- 10
Violence	38	15	30	26	- 11
Skin Disease	39	15	46	10	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	40	14	44	12	+ 2
Epilepsy	41	12	45	11	+ 1
Fires	42	10	40	14	- 5
Alcohol	43	9	48	9	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	44	9	33	21	- 12
Lymphomas	45	7	42	13	- 6
Tetanus	46	7	59	1	+ 6
Poisonings	47	5	38	15	- 10
Uterin Cancer	48	4	47	9	- 4
Bladder Cancer	49	4	52	4	+ 0
Appendicitis	50	3	55	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	3	53	3	- 0
Encephalitis	52	2	54	2	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	51	4	- 2
Oral Cancer	54	2	49	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	55	2	56	1	+ 1
Drug Use	56	1	58	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	61	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	60	0	+ 0
Dengue	59	0	24	41	- 41
Diphtheria	60	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	0	63	0	+ 0
War	64	0	65	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	146	- 146
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	73	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	57	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	70	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	69	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Vanuatu

Solomon Isl.

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.