AUSTRALIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	40,253	3	10,331	+ 29,922
Coronary Heart Disease	2	23,271	1	21,548	+ 1,722
Lung Disease	3	9,080	5	8,487	+ 593
Diabetes Mellitus	4	8,570	7	4,471	+ 4,099
Road Traffic Accidents	5	7,460	29	1,245	+ 6,216
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	7,418	2	15,588	- 8,171
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,046	8	4,446	+ 2,599
Kidney Disease	8	6,391	12	3,139	+ 3,252
Liver Cancer	9	6,326	20	2,036	+ 4,290
Liver Disease	10	6,049	26	1,421	+ 4,628
Lung Cancers	11	5,390	4	8,769	- 3,379
Hypertension	12	5,032	23	1,631	+ 3,400
Falls	13	3,905	14	3,116	+ 789
Stomach Cancer	14	3,831	27	1,288	+ 2,543
Tuberculosis	15	2,391	56	53	+ 2,338
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,090	6	6,209	- 4,119
Asthma	17	2,063	36	455	+ 1,607
Suicide	18	1,835	11	3,150	- 1,315
Low Birth Weight	19	1,805	43	248	+ 1,557
Oral Cancer	20	1,794	32	972	+ 822
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,788	33	711	+ 1,077
Breast Cancer	22	1,566	10	3,405	- 1,839
Other Injuries	23	1,402	22	1,642	- 241
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,356	24	1,571	- 215
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,351	19	2,036	- 685
Drownings	26	1,290	47	177	+ 1,113
HIV/AIDS	27	1,264	57	50	+ 1,214
Leukemia	28	1,240	18	2,126	- 886
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	1,111	40	296	+ 815
Lymphomas	30	750	15	3,039	- 2,288
Cervical Cancer	31	605	39	342	+ 264
Birth Trauma	32	592	50	140	+ 452
Oesophagus Cancer	33	573	25	1,494	- 920
Endocrine Disorders	34	527	16	2,328	- 1,801
Prostate Cancer	35	484	9	3,766	- 3,282
Violence	36	452	44	243	+ 208
Measles	37	451	78	0	+ 451
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	432	38	379	+ 54
Encephalitis	39	394	68	3	+ 392
Skin Disease	40	384	34	594	- 211
Drug Use	41	346	21	1,783	- 1,437
Uterin Cancer	42	293	35	524	- 231
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	242	42	276	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	44	235	13	3,118	- 2,882
Bladder Cancer	45	227	30	1,187	- 960
Alcohol	46	219	37	380	- 160
Ovary Cancer	47	219	31	1,003	- 784
Poisonings	48	211	61	35	+ 176
Maternal Conditions	49	196	63	20	+ 175
Pertussis	50	178	69	1	+ 177
Meningitis	51	158	60	37	+ 121
Fires	52	150	55	55	+ 96
Epilepsy	53	147	41	285	- 137
Skin Cancers	54	118	17	2,319	- 2,200
Hepatitis B	55	96	58	41	+ 55
Syphilis	56	83	67	3	+ 80
Other Neoplasms	57	82	28	1,252	- 1,170
Tetanus	58	72	70	1	+ 71
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	57	45	229	- 172
Appendicitis	60	51	62	26	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	61	34	46	188	- 153
Dengue	62	32	72	0	+ 32
Malnutrition	63	30	51	117	- 86
Hepatitis C	64	20	48	173	- 153
War	65	9	65	8	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	9	64	17	- 8
Malaria	67	4	82	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	68	2	75	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	157	- 157
Schizophrenia	82	0	54	64	- 64
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	114	- 114
Oral conditions	86	0	59	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Viet Nam

Australia

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.