SRI LANKA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,397	1	26,304	+ 5,093
Stroke	2	19,934	6	6,805	+ 13,129
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,769	2	12,460	- 3,691
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,595	8	5,117	+ 3,478
Lung Disease	5	7,493	3	9,456	- 1,963
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,523	28	605	+ 4,918
Kidney Disease	7	4,869	5	6,858	- 1,989
Suicide	8	3,738	10	2,977	+ 760
Liver Disease	9	3,555	17	1,303	+ 2,252
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,299	22	989	+ 2,310
Hypertension	11	3,251	20	1,055	+ 2,195
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,081	9	4,200	- 1,119
Asthma	13	3,080	7	6,471	- 3,391
Low Birth Weight	14	2,994	29	536	+ 2,458
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,418	53	49	+ 2,368
Drownings	16	2,405	27	731	+ 1,674
Other Injuries	17	2,065	14	1,529	+ 535
Liver Cancer	18	1,901	19	1,090	+ 810
Birth Trauma	19	1,358	44	193	+ 1,165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,275	56	38	+ 1,237
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,217	4	6,939	- 5,722
Tuberculosis	22	1,125	25	769	+ 355
Lung Cancers	23	1,038	12	1,775	- 737
Maternal Conditions	24	976	48	96	+ 880
Falls	25	909	23	964	- 55
Breast Cancer	26	895	15	1,383	- 488
Cervical Cancer	27	888	26	762	+ 125
Parkinson's Disease	28	803	45	168	+ 635
Inflammatory/Heart	29	768	35	425	+ 343
Pertussis	30	702	59	15	+ 687
Malnutrition	31	692	54	43	+ 649
Leukemia	32	619	18	1,155	- 536
Endocrine Disorders	33	607	32	462	+ 144
Prostate Cancer	34	601	30	507	+ 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	587	24	911	- 324
Meningitis	36	558	46	146	+ 412
Syphilis	37	529	58	15	+ 515
Violence	38	469	31	499	- 30
Skin Disease	39	469	36	293	+ 176
Stomach Cancer	40	423	16	1,321	- 898
Epilepsy	41	366	39	269	+ 96
Fires	42	289	41	239	+ 51
Alcohol	43	276	51	82	+ 193
Ovary Cancer	44	272	37	281	- 10
Lymphomas	45	222	21	1,027	- 806
Tetanus	46	198	57	27	+ 170
Poisonings	47	152	49	93	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	48	136	42	218	- 82
Bladder Cancer	49	129	34	432	- 302
Appendicitis	50	93	64	5	+ 88
Hepatitis B	51	86	62	6	+ 80
Encephalitis	52	72	61	10	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	53	61	43	214	- 152
Oral Cancer	54	57	11	2,893	- 2,836
Other Neoplasms	55	51	50	86	- 35
Drug Use	56	30	40	257	- 227
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	69	2	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	18	60	11	+ 7
Dengue	59	13	47	131	- 118
Diphtheria	60	13	74	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	61	11	75	0	+ 11
Measles	62	7	77	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	63	6	72	0	+ 5
War	64	2	38	280	- 278
Upper Respiratory	65	2	66	5	- 2
Chlamydia	66	2	84	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	63	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	69	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	55	39	- 39
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	79	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	80	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	13	1,544	- 1,544
Anemia	83	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	65	5	- 5
Skin Cancers	86	0	52	58	- 58
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Vanuatu

Sri Lanka

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.