YEMEN VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,905	1	30,158	+ 15,748
Stroke	2	29,146	2	13,570	+ 15,576
Diabetes Mellitus	3	12,821	19	1,794	+ 11,027
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,566	4	11,978	+ 588
Lung Disease	5	10,956	11	3,196	+ 7,760
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,075	9	4,372	+ 3,703
Kidney Disease	7	7,119	15	2,679	+ 4,440
Suicide	8	5,465	21	1,699	+ 3,766
Liver Disease	9	5,198	13	2,891	+ 2,307
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,824	10	4,291	+ 533
Hypertension	11	4,753	8	5,293	- 541
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,505	6	8,561	- 4,056
Asthma	13	4,503	17	2,106	+ 2,397
Low Birth Weight	14	4,378	5	8,810	- 4,432
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,535	37	707	+ 2,828
Drownings	16	3,516	25	1,142	+ 2,374
Other Injuries	17	3,019	16	2,225	+ 793
Liver Cancer	18	2,779	39	609	+ 2,170
Birth Trauma	19	1,985	7	5,939	- 3,954
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,864	33	833	+ 1,031
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,779	22	1,405	+ 374
Tuberculosis	22	1,644	18	1,899	- 255
Lung Cancers	23	1,517	41	569	+ 948
Maternal Conditions	24	1,427	32	890	+ 537
Falls	25	1,330	24	1,170	+ 160
Breast Cancer	26	1,309	26	1,134	+ 175
Cervical Cancer	27	1,298	57	119	+ 1,179
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,174	49	362	+ 812
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,123	40	585	+ 538
Pertussis	30	1,026	23	1,239	- 213
Malnutrition	31	1,012	27	1,058	- 46
Leukemia	32	904	34	776	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	33	887	36	738	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	34	878	63	39	+ 839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	858	30	913	- 55
Meningitis	36	815	28	1,018	- 203
Syphilis	37	774	53	175	+ 599
Violence	38	685	14	2,839	- 2,154
Skin Disease	39	685	61	44	+ 641
Stomach Cancer	40	619	31	902	- 283
Epilepsy	41	535	43	539	- 4
Fires	42	423	29	991	- 568
Alcohol	43	403	59	78	+ 325
Ovary Cancer	44	397	52	188	+ 209
Lymphomas	45	324	45	433	- 109
Tetanus	46	289	47	395	- 106
Poisonings	47	222	44	532	- 309
Uterin Cancer	48	198	69	5	+ 193
Bladder Cancer	49	189	55	160	+ 29
Appendicitis	50	136	54	162	- 26
Hepatitis B	51	126	50	299	- 174
Encephalitis	52	106	48	369	- 263
Pancreas Cancer	53	89	51	283	- 193
Oral Cancer	54	84	42	547	- 463
Other Neoplasms	55	74	64	21	+ 53
Drug Use	56	44	38	613	- 569
Multiple Sclerosis	57	28	62	42	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	26	66	14	+ 12
Dengue	59	19	60	71	- 52
Diphtheria	60	19	67	14	+ 5
Hepatitis C	61	16	68	8	+ 8
Measles	62	10	12	3,019	- 3,009
Ascariasis	63	8	65	17	- 9
War	64	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Upper Respiratory	65	3	70	5	- 2
Chlamydia	66	2	72	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	46	396	- 396
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Schistosomiasis	76	0	56	124	- 124
Chagas disease	77	0	75	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	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	35	765	- 765
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	58	100	- 100
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Vanuatu

Yemen

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.