ZIMBABWE VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,495	3	8,493	+ 16,003
Stroke	2	15,552	5	5,126	+ 10,426
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,842	9	3,344	+ 3,498
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,705	2	10,779	- 4,074
Lung Disease	5	5,846	23	1,163	+ 4,683
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,309	6	4,595	- 286
Kidney Disease	7	3,799	12	2,214	+ 1,585
Suicide	8	2,916	13	2,069	+ 847
Liver Disease	9	2,774	17	1,941	+ 833
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,574	11	2,217	+ 357
Hypertension	11	2,536	24	1,146	+ 1,390
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,404	4	6,037	- 3,634
Asthma	13	2,403	21	1,531	+ 872
Low Birth Weight	14	2,336	7	4,038	- 1,702
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,886	36	542	+ 1,344
Drownings	16	1,876	27	956	+ 920
Other Injuries	17	1,611	20	1,656	- 45
Liver Cancer	18	1,483	38	510	+ 973
Birth Trauma	19	1,059	8	3,405	- 2,346
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	995	35	548	+ 447
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	949	31	768	+ 182
Tuberculosis	22	877	16	1,999	- 1,122
Lung Cancers	23	810	43	286	+ 524
Maternal Conditions	24	761	19	1,749	- 988
Falls	25	710	41	465	+ 245
Breast Cancer	26	698	28	839	- 141
Cervical Cancer	27	692	14	2,023	- 1,330
Parkinson's Disease	28	626	46	226	+ 401
Inflammatory/Heart	29	599	25	1,047	- 448
Pertussis	30	547	42	419	+ 129
Malnutrition	31	540	10	2,396	- 1,856
Leukemia	32	483	45	244	+ 239
Endocrine Disorders	33	473	34	553	- 80
Prostate Cancer	34	469	32	628	- 159
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	458	40	505	- 47
Meningitis	36	435	22	1,325	- 890
Syphilis	37	413	55	124	+ 289
Violence	38	366	18	1,916	- 1,550
Skin Disease	39	366	52	173	+ 193
Stomach Cancer	40	330	33	559	- 229
Epilepsy	41	285	39	508	- 223
Fires	42	226	30	793	- 567
Alcohol	43	215	61	48	+ 167
Ovary Cancer	44	212	51	173	+ 38
Lymphomas	45	173	26	960	- 787
Tetanus	46	154	57	102	+ 53
Poisonings	47	119	37	515	- 396
Uterin Cancer	48	106	50	182	- 76
Bladder Cancer	49	101	54	125	- 24
Appendicitis	50	73	58	66	+ 6
Hepatitis B	51	67	60	57	+ 10
Encephalitis	52	56	56	117	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	53	48	47	217	- 169
Oral Cancer	54	45	49	208	- 163
Other Neoplasms	55	39	62	37	+ 2
Drug Use	56	23	48	213	- 189
Multiple Sclerosis	57	15	67	14	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	14	64	26	- 12
Dengue	59	10	73	0	+ 10
Diphtheria	60	10	72	2	+ 8
Hepatitis C	61	9	66	14	- 6
Measles	62	6	63	30	- 25
Ascariasis	63	4	70	2	+ 2
War	64	2	65	26	- 24
Upper Respiratory	65	2	59	65	- 63
Chlamydia	66	1	69	3	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	68	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	19,988	- 19,988
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Schistosomiasis	76	0	53	172	- 172
Chagas disease	77	0	76	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	29	801	- 801
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	44	264	- 264
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Vanuatu

Zimbabwe

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.