SWEDEN VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,125	1	15,136	- 10
Stroke	2	9,603	3	6,035	+ 3,568
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,224	11	1,834	+ 2,390
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,140	7	2,659	+ 1,482
Lung Disease	5	3,610	4	4,344	- 734
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,660	36	289	+ 2,371
Kidney Disease	7	2,346	12	1,629	+ 717
Suicide	8	1,800	14	1,479	+ 321
Liver Disease	9	1,713	23	723	+ 989
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,589	35	308	+ 1,282
Hypertension	11	1,566	10	1,838	- 272
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,484	34	315	+ 1,169
Asthma	13	1,484	42	158	+ 1,325
Low Birth Weight	14	1,442	51	50	+ 1,392
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,165	48	110	+ 1,054
Drownings	16	1,158	46	114	+ 1,044
Other Injuries	17	995	15	1,374	- 379
Liver Cancer	18	916	22	752	+ 164
Birth Trauma	19	654	55	34	+ 621
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	614	37	277	+ 337
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	586	2	10,917	- 10,331
Tuberculosis	22	542	56	24	+ 518
Lung Cancers	23	500	5	3,722	- 3,222
Maternal Conditions	24	470	64	5	+ 465
Falls	25	438	17	1,109	- 671
Breast Cancer	26	431	13	1,582	- 1,151
Cervical Cancer	27	428	38	228	+ 200
Parkinson's Disease	28	387	19	943	- 556
Inflammatory/Heart	29	370	28	547	- 177
Pertussis	30	338	67	0	+ 338
Malnutrition	31	334	45	117	+ 217
Leukemia	32	298	20	825	- 527
Endocrine Disorders	33	292	24	702	- 410
Prostate Cancer	34	289	8	2,622	- 2,333
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	283	6	3,049	- 2,767
Meningitis	36	269	54	35	+ 234
Syphilis	37	255	72	0	+ 255
Violence	38	226	47	113	+ 113
Skin Disease	39	226	39	220	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	40	204	26	612	- 409
Epilepsy	41	176	44	121	+ 56
Fires	42	139	49	65	+ 75
Alcohol	43	133	32	359	- 226
Ovary Cancer	44	131	27	553	- 422
Lymphomas	45	107	16	1,357	- 1,250
Tetanus	46	95	68	0	+ 95
Poisonings	47	73	60	18	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	48	65	33	345	- 279
Bladder Cancer	49	62	21	760	- 698
Appendicitis	50	45	59	18	+ 27
Hepatitis B	51	41	62	9	+ 32
Encephalitis	52	35	71	0	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	53	29	9	1,849	- 1,819
Oral Cancer	54	28	31	379	- 352
Other Neoplasms	55	24	18	1,036	- 1,012
Drug Use	56	14	30	423	- 409
Multiple Sclerosis	57	9	41	170	- 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	9	43	129	- 120
Dengue	59	6	80	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	60	6	70	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	61	5	53	44	- 39
Measles	62	3	83	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	63	3	81	0	+ 3
War	64	1	65	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	58	20	- 18
Chlamydia	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	61	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	79	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	80	0	63	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	29	538	- 538
Anemia	83	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	50	63	- 63
Skin Cancers	86	0	25	650	- 650
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Vanuatu

Sweden

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.