SOUTH AFRICA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	86,329	3	32,739	+ 53,590
Stroke	2	54,811	4	30,693	+ 24,117
Diabetes Mellitus	3	24,112	5	30,188	- 6,076
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	23,631	2	39,341	- 15,710
Lung Disease	5	20,604	13	11,895	+ 8,709
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	15,185	8	15,843	- 658
Kidney Disease	7	13,388	9	15,302	- 1,914
Suicide	8	10,277	10	13,774	- 3,497
Liver Disease	9	9,776	14	9,013	+ 762
Congenital Anomalies	10	9,071	25	4,351	+ 4,721
Hypertension	11	8,938	12	12,789	- 3,851
Road Traffic Accidents	12	8,472	11	13,014	- 4,542
Asthma	13	8,468	18	5,966	+ 2,502
Low Birth Weight	14	8,233	16	6,250	+ 1,982
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	6,648	47	1,015	+ 5,633
Drownings	16	6,612	32	2,403	+ 4,209
Other Injuries	17	5,677	17	6,014	- 337
Liver Cancer	18	5,226	33	2,383	+ 2,842
Birth Trauma	19	3,733	30	3,004	+ 730
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	3,506	36	1,894	+ 1,612
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	3,346	22	4,676	- 1,330
Tuberculosis	22	3,092	6	21,965	- 18,873
Lung Cancers	23	2,854	15	7,705	- 4,852
Maternal Conditions	24	2,683	38	1,700	+ 983
Falls	25	2,501	42	1,399	+ 1,101
Breast Cancer	26	2,461	23	4,533	- 2,072
Cervical Cancer	27	2,440	20	5,555	- 3,115
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,208	46	1,077	+ 1,131
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,111	21	5,408	- 3,297
Pertussis	30	1,929	43	1,142	+ 787
Malnutrition	31	1,904	34	2,381	- 477
Leukemia	32	1,701	40	1,464	+ 237
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,668	19	5,890	- 4,222
Prostate Cancer	34	1,652	24	4,374	- 2,722
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,614	28	3,587	- 1,973
Meningitis	36	1,533	26	3,660	- 2,127
Syphilis	37	1,456	44	1,130	+ 326
Violence	38	1,289	7	21,000	- 19,711
Skin Disease	39	1,288	45	1,101	+ 187
Stomach Cancer	40	1,164	39	1,535	- 371
Epilepsy	41	1,005	37	1,870	- 865
Fires	42	796	27	3,618	- 2,822
Alcohol	43	758	49	987	- 229
Ovary Cancer	44	747	51	951	- 204
Lymphomas	45	609	31	2,818	- 2,209
Tetanus	46	544	65	38	+ 506
Poisonings	47	418	50	975	- 557
Uterin Cancer	48	373	54	512	- 140
Bladder Cancer	49	356	52	829	- 474
Appendicitis	50	256	56	274	- 18
Hepatitis B	51	236	61	139	+ 97
Encephalitis	52	198	59	234	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	53	168	35	2,007	- 1,839
Oral Cancer	54	158	41	1,406	- 1,248
Other Neoplasms	55	139	58	267	- 128
Drug Use	56	82	53	770	- 687
Multiple Sclerosis	57	52	62	113	- 61
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	50	55	376	- 326
Dengue	59	36	73	0	+ 36
Diphtheria	60	35	69	16	+ 19
Hepatitis C	61	30	70	8	+ 23
Measles	62	19	57	270	- 251
Ascariasis	63	16	71	3	+ 13
War	64	6	64	66	- 59
Upper Respiratory	65	6	60	223	- 217
Chlamydia	66	5	68	18	- 14
Otitis Media	67	1	67	19	- 18
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	71,996	- 71,996
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	63	83	- 83
Schistosomiasis	76	0	66	35	- 35
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	29	3,486	- 3,486
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	48	993	- 993
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Vanuatu

South Africa

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.