UNITED KINGDOM VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	97,778	2	71,728	+ 26,051
Stroke	2	62,080	4	37,626	+ 24,454
Diabetes Mellitus	3	27,310	17	5,842	+ 21,467
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	26,765	3	40,540	- 13,775
Lung Disease	5	23,336	6	32,896	- 9,559
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	17,199	38	1,599	+ 15,600
Kidney Disease	7	15,163	18	5,471	+ 9,692
Suicide	8	11,640	20	5,325	+ 6,314
Liver Disease	9	11,072	14	7,666	+ 3,406
Congenital Anomalies	10	10,274	35	2,127	+ 8,148
Hypertension	11	10,124	23	5,208	+ 4,915
Road Traffic Accidents	12	9,595	33	2,169	+ 7,426
Asthma	13	9,591	41	1,302	+ 8,289
Low Birth Weight	14	9,324	40	1,313	+ 8,011
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	7,529	45	876	+ 6,653
Drownings	16	7,489	49	301	+ 7,188
Other Injuries	17	6,430	19	5,464	+ 966
Liver Cancer	18	5,919	21	5,237	+ 682
Birth Trauma	19	4,229	54	190	+ 4,039
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	3,971	36	2,090	+ 1,881
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	3,789	1	98,135	- 94,345
Tuberculosis	22	3,502	47	351	+ 3,151
Lung Cancers	23	3,232	5	35,715	- 32,483
Maternal Conditions	24	3,039	64	47	+ 2,992
Falls	25	2,832	15	7,618	- 4,786
Breast Cancer	26	2,788	9	12,718	- 9,931
Cervical Cancer	27	2,764	43	1,099	+ 1,665
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,500	13	8,573	- 6,072
Inflammatory/Heart	29	2,391	29	3,126	- 735
Pertussis	30	2,185	69	3	+ 2,182
Malnutrition	31	2,156	58	116	+ 2,041
Leukemia	32	1,926	22	5,211	- 3,285
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,889	28	3,297	- 1,408
Prostate Cancer	34	1,871	8	13,289	- 11,418
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,828	7	18,446	- 16,618
Meningitis	36	1,737	52	232	+ 1,504
Syphilis	37	1,649	62	49	+ 1,600
Violence	38	1,460	46	868	+ 592
Skin Disease	39	1,459	34	2,134	- 675
Stomach Cancer	40	1,318	24	4,999	- 3,681
Epilepsy	41	1,139	42	1,193	- 55
Fires	42	901	48	334	+ 567
Alcohol	43	859	39	1,555	- 696
Ovary Cancer	44	846	25	4,019	- 3,173
Lymphomas	45	690	10	9,350	- 8,660
Tetanus	46	616	72	0	+ 615
Poisonings	47	474	53	221	+ 253
Uterin Cancer	48	422	32	2,346	- 1,924
Bladder Cancer	49	403	16	6,133	- 5,731
Appendicitis	50	290	59	105	+ 185
Hepatitis B	51	267	65	40	+ 227
Encephalitis	52	225	68	6	+ 219
Pancreas Cancer	53	191	11	8,995	- 8,805
Oral Cancer	54	179	30	3,109	- 2,930
Other Neoplasms	55	158	26	3,986	- 3,828
Drug Use	56	93	31	2,824	- 2,731
Multiple Sclerosis	57	59	37	1,856	- 1,797
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	56	44	1,014	- 958
Dengue	59	41	73	0	+ 40
Diphtheria	60	40	74	0	+ 40
Hepatitis C	61	34	51	267	- 233
Measles	62	22	75	0	+ 22
Ascariasis	63	18	80	0	+ 18
War	64	7	67	10	- 3
Upper Respiratory	65	7	63	48	- 42
Chlamydia	66	5	79	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	67	1	66	16	- 15
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	55	188	- 188
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	56	184	- 184
Osteoarthritis	79	0	57	167	- 167
Oral conditions	80	0	61	54	- 54
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	12	8,727	- 8,727
Anemia	83	0	50	277	- 277
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	60	101	- 101
Skin Cancers	86	0	27	3,727	- 3,727
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Vanuatu

United Kingdom

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.