SOUTH KOREA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	74,387	1	28,043	+ 46,344
Stroke	2	47,229	3	25,596	+ 21,633
Diabetes Mellitus	3	20,776	13	6,812	+ 13,965
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	20,362	2	26,650	- 6,288
Lung Disease	5	17,754	11	8,526	+ 9,227
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	13,084	35	929	+ 12,156
Kidney Disease	7	11,536	9	10,107	+ 1,429
Suicide	8	8,855	5	14,636	- 5,781
Liver Disease	9	8,423	14	6,348	+ 2,075
Congenital Anomalies	10	7,817	41	518	+ 7,299
Hypertension	11	7,702	17	3,711	+ 3,991
Road Traffic Accidents	12	7,300	15	4,399	+ 2,901
Asthma	13	7,297	32	1,150	+ 6,146
Low Birth Weight	14	7,094	45	370	+ 6,723
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	5,728	48	224	+ 5,504
Drownings	16	5,697	42	501	+ 5,196
Other Injuries	17	4,892	18	3,634	+ 1,258
Liver Cancer	18	4,503	7	11,589	- 7,086
Birth Trauma	19	3,217	54	88	+ 3,129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	3,021	38	540	+ 2,481
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	2,883	6	12,145	- 9,262
Tuberculosis	22	2,664	24	1,950	+ 714
Lung Cancers	23	2,459	4	20,293	- 17,834
Maternal Conditions	24	2,312	61	34	+ 2,278
Falls	25	2,155	20	2,934	- 780
Breast Cancer	26	2,121	21	2,880	- 759
Cervical Cancer	27	2,103	34	1,065	+ 1,038
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,902	16	3,951	- 2,049
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,819	31	1,325	+ 494
Pertussis	30	1,662	67	6	+ 1,656
Malnutrition	31	1,640	53	88	+ 1,552
Leukemia	32	1,466	23	2,140	- 675
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,437	25	1,891	- 454
Prostate Cancer	34	1,424	22	2,316	- 892
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,391	8	10,180	- 8,790
Meningitis	36	1,321	58	51	+ 1,271
Syphilis	37	1,254	62	27	+ 1,228
Violence	38	1,111	44	386	+ 724
Skin Disease	39	1,110	36	704	+ 406
Stomach Cancer	40	1,003	10	8,625	- 7,622
Epilepsy	41	866	40	524	+ 342
Fires	42	686	47	263	+ 422
Alcohol	43	653	33	1,081	- 427
Ovary Cancer	44	643	30	1,330	- 687
Lymphomas	45	525	19	3,477	- 2,952
Tetanus	46	468	69	5	+ 464
Poisonings	47	360	52	115	+ 245
Uterin Cancer	48	321	43	420	- 99
Bladder Cancer	49	306	27	1,768	- 1,462
Appendicitis	50	221	57	54	+ 167
Hepatitis B	51	203	39	526	- 323
Encephalitis	52	171	65	19	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	53	145	12	6,994	- 6,849
Oral Cancer	54	136	29	1,457	- 1,321
Other Neoplasms	55	120	26	1,807	- 1,687
Drug Use	56	71	50	154	- 83
Multiple Sclerosis	57	45	66	11	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	43	51	150	- 107
Dengue	59	31	77	0	+ 31
Diphtheria	60	30	73	0	+ 30
Hepatitis C	61	26	49	168	- 141
Measles	62	17	83	0	+ 17
Ascariasis	63	13	74	0	+ 13
War	64	5	68	5	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	5	63	26	- 21
Chlamydia	66	4	84	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	67	1	70	5	- 4
Leprosy	68	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	55	84	- 84
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	59	49	- 49
Osteoarthritis	79	0	60	41	- 41
Oral conditions	80	0	64	21	- 21
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	28	1,733	- 1,733
Anemia	83	0	46	329	- 329
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	77	- 77
Skin Cancers	86	0	37	585	- 585
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Vanuatu

South Korea

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.