ZAMBIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,707	10	4,432	+ 25,275
Stroke	2	18,861	3	7,948	+ 10,913
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,297	14	2,395	+ 5,902
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,132	2	9,517	- 1,385
Lung Disease	5	7,090	21	1,273	+ 5,818
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,225	5	6,275	- 1,050
Kidney Disease	7	4,607	18	1,760	+ 2,846
Suicide	8	3,536	20	1,303	+ 2,234
Liver Disease	9	3,364	9	4,501	- 1,137
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,122	12	3,146	- 24
Hypertension	11	3,076	13	2,616	+ 459
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,915	11	3,654	- 739
Asthma	13	2,914	26	741	+ 2,173
Low Birth Weight	14	2,833	8	4,857	- 2,024
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,288	45	190	+ 2,098
Drownings	16	2,275	27	689	+ 1,586
Other Injuries	17	1,954	19	1,729	+ 225
Liver Cancer	18	1,798	46	177	+ 1,621
Birth Trauma	19	1,285	7	5,062	- 3,777
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,206	40	246	+ 961
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,151	29	590	+ 562
Tuberculosis	22	1,064	6	5,941	- 4,877
Lung Cancers	23	982	41	226	+ 756
Maternal Conditions	24	923	22	1,188	- 265
Falls	25	860	28	596	+ 264
Breast Cancer	26	847	35	366	+ 481
Cervical Cancer	27	840	17	1,799	- 959
Parkinson's Disease	28	760	47	164	+ 596
Inflammatory/Heart	29	726	33	501	+ 225
Pertussis	30	664	25	743	- 79
Malnutrition	31	655	15	2,303	- 1,648
Leukemia	32	585	39	261	+ 324
Endocrine Disorders	33	574	37	354	+ 220
Prostate Cancer	34	568	30	561	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	555	43	203	+ 353
Meningitis	36	528	16	1,976	- 1,448
Syphilis	37	501	24	885	- 384
Violence	38	444	23	1,153	- 710
Skin Disease	39	443	52	126	+ 317
Stomach Cancer	40	400	42	206	+ 194
Epilepsy	41	346	38	332	+ 14
Fires	42	274	32	546	- 272
Alcohol	43	261	49	140	+ 121
Ovary Cancer	44	257	57	82	+ 174
Lymphomas	45	210	31	548	- 338
Tetanus	46	187	44	190	- 3
Poisonings	47	144	34	456	- 312
Uterin Cancer	48	128	64	30	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	49	122	50	132	- 9
Appendicitis	50	88	56	84	+ 4
Hepatitis B	51	81	55	104	- 23
Encephalitis	52	68	59	70	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	58	62	42	+ 16
Oral Cancer	54	54	48	155	- 101
Other Neoplasms	55	48	65	20	+ 28
Drug Use	56	28	53	122	- 94
Multiple Sclerosis	57	18	67	13	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	17	63	30	- 13
Dengue	59	12	74	1	+ 11
Diphtheria	60	12	73	3	+ 9
Hepatitis C	61	10	66	18	- 7
Measles	62	7	61	48	- 42
Ascariasis	63	5	68	9	- 3
War	64	2	69	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	2	60	68	- 66
Chlamydia	66	2	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	17,234	- 17,234
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	74	0	58	72	- 72
Malaria	75	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	128	- 128
Chagas disease	77	0	79	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	80	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	36	359	- 359
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	54	108	- 108
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Vanuatu

Zambia

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.