DENMARK VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	8,982	5	3,662	+ 5,320
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,193	1	5,341	- 149
Lung Disease	3	2,026	3	4,387	- 2,360
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,912	10	1,284	+ 629
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,665	33	213	+ 1,451
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,655	2	5,218	- 3,562
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,572	6	2,244	- 671
Kidney Disease	8	1,426	12	911	+ 515
Liver Cancer	9	1,412	25	464	+ 947
Liver Disease	10	1,350	14	692	+ 658
Lung Cancers	11	1,203	4	3,721	- 2,519
Hypertension	12	1,123	15	642	+ 480
Falls	13	871	22	541	+ 331
Stomach Cancer	14	855	23	484	+ 371
Tuberculosis	15	533	57	16	+ 518
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	466	7	2,147	- 1,680
Asthma	17	460	44	82	+ 378
Suicide	18	409	16	617	- 208
Low Birth Weight	19	403	41	116	+ 286
Oral Cancer	20	400	28	371	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	21	399	36	153	+ 246
Breast Cancer	22	349	9	1,299	- 949
Other Injuries	23	313	30	347	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	24	303	31	284	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	25	301	17	600	- 299
Drownings	26	288	50	37	+ 251
HIV/AIDS	27	282	55	23	+ 259
Leukemia	28	277	20	558	- 282
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	248	38	145	+ 103
Lymphomas	30	167	13	730	- 562
Cervical Cancer	31	135	37	153	- 18
Birth Trauma	32	132	56	21	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	33	128	24	477	- 349
Endocrine Disorders	34	118	19	575	- 457
Prostate Cancer	35	108	8	1,480	- 1,372
Violence	36	101	47	63	+ 38
Measles	37	101	71	0	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	96	42	96	+ 0
Encephalitis	39	88	67	1	+ 87
Skin Disease	40	86	45	79	+ 7
Drug Use	41	77	34	197	- 120
Uterin Cancer	42	65	35	156	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	54	32	216	- 162
Pancreas Cancer	44	52	11	1,096	- 1,043
Bladder Cancer	45	51	21	545	- 495
Alcohol	46	49	18	598	- 549
Ovary Cancer	47	49	29	367	- 318
Poisonings	48	47	62	6	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	49	44	64	2	+ 41
Pertussis	50	40	72	0	+ 40
Meningitis	51	35	52	25	+ 10
Fires	52	34	49	53	- 19
Epilepsy	53	33	40	125	- 92
Skin Cancers	54	26	26	388	- 362
Hepatitis B	55	21	61	6	+ 15
Syphilis	56	19	70	0	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	57	18	27	378	- 360
Tetanus	58	16	68	0	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	43	84	- 72
Appendicitis	60	11	54	23	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	39	132	- 124
Dengue	62	7	83	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	63	7	59	14	- 7
Hepatitis C	64	4	60	9	- 4
War	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	58	15	- 13
Malaria	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	73	- 73
Schizophrenia	82	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.