SWAZILAND VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,626	5	755	+ 871
Stroke	2	1,032	4	800	+ 232
Diabetes Mellitus	3	454	3	892	- 438
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	445	2	921	- 476
Lung Disease	5	388	12	264	+ 123
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	286	6	517	- 231
Kidney Disease	7	252	8	381	- 129
Suicide	8	193	9	338	- 144
Liver Disease	9	184	11	274	- 90
Congenital Anomalies	10	171	19	160	+ 10
Hypertension	11	168	10	292	- 124
Road Traffic Accidents	12	160	7	384	- 225
Asthma	13	159	20	150	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	14	155	14	233	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	125	39	26	+ 99
Drownings	16	124	25	87	+ 38
Other Injuries	17	107	17	190	- 83
Liver Cancer	18	98	37	29	+ 69
Birth Trauma	19	70	18	166	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	66	29	51	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	63	27	77	- 14
Tuberculosis	22	58	13	256	- 198
Lung Cancers	23	54	46	17	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	24	51	21	116	- 65
Falls	25	47	32	41	+ 6
Breast Cancer	26	46	35	37	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	27	46	15	215	- 169
Parkinson's Disease	28	42	41	24	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	29	40	24	94	- 54
Pertussis	30	36	33	39	- 2
Malnutrition	31	36	22	106	- 70
Leukemia	32	32	47	16	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	33	31	28	74	- 43
Prostate Cancer	34	31	31	45	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	30	43	19	+ 12
Meningitis	36	29	23	97	- 69
Syphilis	37	27	45	17	+ 10
Violence	38	24	16	212	- 188
Skin Disease	39	24	40	25	- 1
Stomach Cancer	40	22	53	7	+ 15
Epilepsy	41	19	30	46	- 27
Fires	42	15	26	84	- 69
Alcohol	43	14	48	16	- 2
Ovary Cancer	44	14	52	10	+ 4
Lymphomas	45	11	36	31	- 20
Tetanus	46	10	62	4	+ 7
Poisonings	47	8	34	37	- 30
Uterin Cancer	48	7	50	11	- 4
Bladder Cancer	49	7	55	6	+ 1
Appendicitis	50	5	54	7	- 2
Hepatitis B	51	4	57	6	- 1
Encephalitis	52	4	59	5	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	56	6	- 3
Oral Cancer	54	3	51	10	- 7
Other Neoplasms	55	3	61	4	- 1
Drug Use	56	2	38	27	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	63	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	58	5	- 4
Dengue	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	60	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	63	0	66	0	- 0
War	64	0	71	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	60	4	- 4
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	2,314	- 2,314
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	44	18	- 18
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	42	20	- 20
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Vanuatu

Swaziland

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.