VIET NAM VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		VIET NAM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	151,053	2	91,939	+ 59,114
Stroke	2	95,904	1	159,032	- 63,128
Diabetes Mellitus	3	42,189	4	33,860	+ 8,329
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	41,349	7	27,836	+ 13,512
Lung Disease	5	36,051	3	35,875	+ 177
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	26,570	29	4,390	+ 22,180
Kidney Disease	7	23,425	8	25,251	- 1,827
Suicide	8	17,981	18	7,249	+ 10,732
Liver Disease	9	17,105	10	23,900	- 6,795
Congenital Anomalies	10	15,872	21	7,064	+ 8,809
Hypertension	11	15,639	12	19,880	- 4,240
Road Traffic Accidents	12	14,823	5	29,475	- 14,652
Asthma	13	14,817	17	8,150	+ 6,667
Low Birth Weight	14	14,405	19	7,132	+ 7,273
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	11,632	38	1,708	+ 9,924
Drownings	16	11,569	26	5,097	+ 6,472
Other Injuries	17	9,933	23	5,539	+ 4,394
Liver Cancer	18	9,144	9	24,995	- 15,851
Birth Trauma	19	6,533	32	2,340	+ 4,193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	6,135	43	957	+ 5,178
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	5,854	6	29,307	- 23,453
Tuberculosis	22	5,411	15	9,446	- 4,035
Lung Cancers	23	4,993	11	21,294	- 16,301
Maternal Conditions	24	4,694	49	773	+ 3,921
Falls	25	4,375	13	15,427	- 11,051
Breast Cancer	26	4,306	22	6,187	- 1,881
Cervical Cancer	27	4,270	31	2,391	+ 1,879
Parkinson's Disease	28	3,863	25	5,338	- 1,475
Inflammatory/Heart	29	3,694	24	5,357	- 1,663
Pertussis	30	3,375	50	705	+ 2,670
Malnutrition	31	3,331	63	120	+ 3,211
Leukemia	32	2,976	28	4,899	- 1,923
Endocrine Disorders	33	2,918	34	2,082	+ 836
Prostate Cancer	34	2,891	35	1,911	+ 979
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	2,824	16	8,258	- 5,434
Meningitis	36	2,683	51	624	+ 2,059
Syphilis	37	2,547	56	328	+ 2,219
Violence	38	2,255	36	1,785	+ 470
Skin Disease	39	2,254	40	1,515	+ 739
Stomach Cancer	40	2,036	14	15,134	- 13,098
Epilepsy	41	1,759	53	583	+ 1,176
Fires	42	1,392	52	595	+ 798
Alcohol	43	1,326	46	867	+ 459
Ovary Cancer	44	1,306	47	864	+ 443
Lymphomas	45	1,066	30	2,964	- 1,899
Tetanus	46	951	58	286	+ 665
Poisonings	47	732	48	832	- 100
Uterin Cancer	48	652	42	1,159	- 506
Bladder Cancer	49	622	45	896	- 274
Appendicitis	50	448	60	201	+ 247
Hepatitis B	51	413	55	379	+ 34
Encephalitis	52	347	39	1,558	- 1,211
Pancreas Cancer	53	294	44	929	- 635
Oral Cancer	54	276	20	7,088	- 6,812
Other Neoplasms	55	243	57	325	- 81
Drug Use	56	144	41	1,366	- 1,221
Multiple Sclerosis	57	91	61	135	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	87	59	224	- 137
Dengue	59	63	62	127	- 64
Diphtheria	60	61	69	3	+ 58
Hepatitis C	61	53	64	78	- 25
Measles	62	34	37	1,780	- 1,746
Ascariasis	63	27	68	9	+ 18
War	64	11	65	34	- 23
Upper Respiratory	65	10	66	34	- 23
Chlamydia	66	8	70	1	+ 7
Otitis Media	67	1	71	1	+ 1
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	27	4,993	- 4,993
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	14	- 14
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	33	2,265	- 2,265
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	54	467	- 467
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VIET NAM

Vanuatu

Viet Nam

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.