URUGUAY VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,892	1	4,265	+ 628
Stroke	2	3,106	2	2,850	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,366	11	747	+ 619
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,339	6	1,370	- 31
Lung Disease	5	1,168	4	1,706	- 538
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	861	35	134	+ 726
Kidney Disease	7	759	8	1,040	- 281
Suicide	8	582	12	735	- 153
Liver Disease	9	554	27	206	+ 348
Congenital Anomalies	10	514	30	170	+ 344
Hypertension	11	507	15	648	- 142
Road Traffic Accidents	12	480	16	512	- 31
Asthma	13	480	37	127	+ 353
Low Birth Weight	14	467	42	73	+ 393
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	377	50	39	+ 338
Drownings	16	375	45	65	+ 310
Other Injuries	17	322	10	774	- 452
Liver Cancer	18	296	34	147	+ 149
Birth Trauma	19	212	53	22	+ 189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	199	46	57	+ 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	190	3	1,899	- 1,709
Tuberculosis	22	175	41	81	+ 95
Lung Cancers	23	162	5	1,463	- 1,301
Maternal Conditions	24	152	60	9	+ 143
Falls	25	142	47	55	+ 87
Breast Cancer	26	139	9	848	- 708
Cervical Cancer	27	138	29	172	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	28	125	21	320	- 195
Inflammatory/Heart	29	120	22	314	- 195
Pertussis	30	109	72	0	+ 109
Malnutrition	31	108	43	73	+ 35
Leukemia	32	96	25	280	- 184
Endocrine Disorders	33	95	17	487	- 393
Prostate Cancer	34	94	13	707	- 613
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	91	7	1,245	- 1,153
Meningitis	36	87	58	10	+ 77
Syphilis	37	82	66	3	+ 80
Violence	38	73	23	295	- 222
Skin Disease	39	73	36	130	- 57
Stomach Cancer	40	66	18	480	- 414
Epilepsy	41	57	40	86	- 29
Fires	42	45	48	54	- 9
Alcohol	43	43	39	104	- 62
Ovary Cancer	44	42	32	160	- 118
Lymphomas	45	35	20	457	- 423
Tetanus	46	31	71	0	+ 30
Poisonings	47	24	55	17	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	48	21	38	115	- 94
Bladder Cancer	49	20	26	276	- 256
Appendicitis	50	15	59	9	+ 5
Hepatitis B	51	13	63	4	+ 9
Encephalitis	52	11	64	4	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	53	10	14	656	- 646
Oral Cancer	54	9	31	167	- 158
Other Neoplasms	55	8	19	464	- 456
Drug Use	56	5	49	41	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	56	13	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	51	35	- 32
Dengue	59	2	83	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	60	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	61	2	65	3	- 2
Measles	62	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	80	0	+ 1
War	64	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	5	- 5
Chlamydia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	68	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	28	195	- 195
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	79	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	80	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	24	286	- 286
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	18	- 18
Skin Cancers	86	0	33	149	- 149
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Vanuatu

Uruguay

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.