SOMALIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,592	7	7,233	+ 11,360
Stroke	2	11,804	6	8,595	+ 3,209
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,193	16	2,888	+ 2,305
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,089	1	21,712	- 16,622
Lung Disease	5	4,437	19	2,442	+ 1,995
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,270	2	15,363	- 12,092
Kidney Disease	7	2,883	21	2,051	+ 832
Suicide	8	2,213	27	1,219	+ 994
Liver Disease	9	2,105	13	3,917	- 1,811
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,954	15	3,410	- 1,456
Hypertension	11	1,925	18	2,643	- 718
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,825	11	4,231	- 2,407
Asthma	13	1,824	23	1,878	- 54
Low Birth Weight	14	1,773	8	6,250	- 4,477
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,432	41	446	+ 986
Drownings	16	1,424	25	1,272	+ 152
Other Injuries	17	1,223	14	3,602	- 2,379
Liver Cancer	18	1,125	53	256	+ 870
Birth Trauma	19	804	5	9,573	- 8,769
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	755	36	559	+ 196
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	721	32	647	+ 73
Tuberculosis	22	666	4	10,261	- 9,595
Lung Cancers	23	615	54	233	+ 382
Maternal Conditions	24	578	12	4,127	- 3,549
Falls	25	539	37	548	- 9
Breast Cancer	26	530	26	1,232	- 701
Cervical Cancer	27	526	28	883	- 357
Parkinson's Disease	28	475	56	184	+ 292
Inflammatory/Heart	29	455	39	521	- 66
Pertussis	30	415	20	2,054	- 1,639
Malnutrition	31	410	10	4,825	- 4,415
Leukemia	32	366	35	562	- 195
Endocrine Disorders	33	359	44	406	- 47
Prostate Cancer	34	356	52	285	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	348	38	546	- 199
Meningitis	36	330	9	5,381	- 5,051
Syphilis	37	313	45	378	- 64
Violence	38	278	29	828	- 551
Skin Disease	39	277	58	151	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	40	251	49	310	- 59
Epilepsy	41	216	43	419	- 202
Fires	42	171	30	810	- 639
Alcohol	43	163	59	151	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	44	161	50	295	- 134
Lymphomas	45	131	34	605	- 473
Tetanus	46	117	17	2,648	- 2,531
Poisonings	47	90	31	758	- 668
Uterin Cancer	48	80	64	78	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	77	61	149	- 73
Appendicitis	50	55	55	188	- 133
Hepatitis B	51	51	48	315	- 264
Encephalitis	52	43	63	91	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	53	36	62	108	- 71
Oral Cancer	54	34	46	328	- 294
Other Neoplasms	55	30	70	12	+ 18
Drug Use	56	18	65	54	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	71	8	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	66	35	- 24
Dengue	59	8	73	1	+ 7
Diphtheria	60	8	60	150	- 142
Hepatitis C	61	7	67	34	- 28
Measles	62	4	3	11,576	- 11,571
Ascariasis	63	3	69	30	- 26
War	64	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Upper Respiratory	65	1	47	326	- 324
Chlamydia	66	1	72	5	- 4
Otitis Media	67	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	33	610	- 610
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	51	290	- 290
Malaria	75	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	77	0	79	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	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	40	516	- 516
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	57	164	- 164
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Vanuatu

Somalia

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.