SOLOMON ISL. VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,093	2	670	+ 423
Coronary Heart Disease	2	632	1	975	- 343
Lung Disease	3	247	6	209	+ 38
Diabetes Mellitus	4	233	4	322	- 89
Road Traffic Accidents	5	203	8	111	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	201	28	32	+ 170
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	191	3	371	- 179
Kidney Disease	8	174	15	64	+ 110
Liver Cancer	9	172	18	60	+ 112
Liver Disease	10	164	10	89	+ 75
Lung Cancers	11	146	27	33	+ 113
Hypertension	12	137	13	76	+ 61
Falls	13	106	20	55	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	14	104	44	12	+ 92
Tuberculosis	15	65	23	45	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	57	31	23	+ 34
Asthma	17	56	12	78	- 22
Suicide	18	50	9	98	- 48
Low Birth Weight	19	49	14	65	- 16
Oral Cancer	20	49	49	8	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	21	49	16	63	- 15
Breast Cancer	22	43	26	34	+ 9
Other Injuries	23	38	17	60	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	24	37	37	17	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	25	37	34	21	+ 16
Drownings	26	35	11	80	- 45
HIV/AIDS	27	34	80	0	+ 34
Leukemia	28	34	35	20	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	30	5	218	- 188
Lymphomas	30	20	42	13	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	31	16	25	41	- 25
Birth Trauma	32	16	21	51	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	33	16	57	1	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	34	14	39	15	- 0
Prostate Cancer	35	13	41	13	+ 0
Violence	36	12	30	26	- 14
Measles	37	12	75	0	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	12	19	59	- 47
Encephalitis	39	11	54	2	+ 9
Skin Disease	40	10	46	10	+ 0
Drug Use	41	9	58	1	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	42	8	47	9	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	7	32	22	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	44	6	51	4	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	45	6	52	4	+ 2
Alcohol	46	6	48	9	- 3
Ovary Cancer	47	6	33	21	- 15
Poisonings	48	6	38	15	- 10
Maternal Conditions	49	5	22	46	- 41
Pertussis	50	5	50	7	- 3
Meningitis	51	4	43	13	- 8
Fires	52	4	40	14	- 10
Epilepsy	53	4	45	11	- 7
Skin Cancers	54	3	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	3	53	3	- 1
Syphilis	56	2	29	28	- 26
Other Neoplasms	57	2	56	1	+ 1
Tetanus	58	2	59	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	60	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	1	55	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	61	0	+ 1
Dengue	62	1	24	41	- 41
Malnutrition	63	1	36	19	- 18
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	0	+ 0
War	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	7	146	- 145
Ascariasis	68	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Viet Nam

Solomon Isl.

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.