SWEDEN VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,924	3	6,035	+ 9,889
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,206	1	15,136	- 5,930
Lung Disease	3	3,592	4	4,344	- 752
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,390	11	1,834	+ 1,556
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,951	34	315	+ 2,636
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,935	2	10,917	- 7,982
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,787	7	2,659	+ 129
Kidney Disease	8	2,528	12	1,629	+ 899
Liver Cancer	9	2,503	22	752	+ 1,751
Liver Disease	10	2,393	23	723	+ 1,670
Lung Cancers	11	2,132	5	3,722	- 1,590
Hypertension	12	1,991	10	1,838	+ 152
Falls	13	1,545	17	1,109	+ 436
Stomach Cancer	14	1,515	26	612	+ 903
Tuberculosis	15	946	56	24	+ 922
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	827	6	3,049	- 2,222
Asthma	17	816	42	158	+ 658
Suicide	18	726	14	1,479	- 754
Low Birth Weight	19	714	51	50	+ 664
Oral Cancer	20	710	31	379	+ 330
Congenital Anomalies	21	707	35	308	+ 400
Breast Cancer	22	620	13	1,582	- 963
Other Injuries	23	555	15	1,374	- 819
Inflammatory/Heart	24	536	28	547	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	25	535	19	943	- 408
Drownings	26	510	46	114	+ 396
HIV/AIDS	27	500	61	13	+ 487
Leukemia	28	491	20	825	- 335
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	440	36	289	+ 150
Lymphomas	30	297	16	1,357	- 1,060
Cervical Cancer	31	239	38	228	+ 12
Birth Trauma	32	234	55	34	+ 201
Oesophagus Cancer	33	227	29	538	- 311
Endocrine Disorders	34	209	24	702	- 493
Prostate Cancer	35	191	8	2,622	- 2,431
Violence	36	179	47	113	+ 66
Measles	37	178	83	0	+ 178
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	171	48	110	+ 61
Encephalitis	39	156	71	0	+ 156
Skin Disease	40	152	39	220	- 68
Drug Use	41	137	30	423	- 287
Uterin Cancer	42	116	33	345	- 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	96	37	277	- 181
Pancreas Cancer	44	93	9	1,849	- 1,756
Bladder Cancer	45	90	21	760	- 670
Alcohol	46	87	32	359	- 272
Ovary Cancer	47	86	27	553	- 466
Poisonings	48	83	60	18	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	49	77	64	5	+ 72
Pertussis	50	71	67	0	+ 70
Meningitis	51	63	54	35	+ 27
Fires	52	60	49	65	- 5
Epilepsy	53	58	44	121	- 62
Skin Cancers	54	47	25	650	- 604
Hepatitis B	55	38	62	9	+ 28
Syphilis	56	33	72	0	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	57	33	18	1,036	- 1,004
Tetanus	58	29	68	0	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	43	129	- 106
Appendicitis	60	20	59	18	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	41	170	- 157
Dengue	62	13	80	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	63	12	45	117	- 105
Hepatitis C	64	8	53	44	- 36
War	65	3	65	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	58	20	- 16
Malaria	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	175	- 175
Schizophrenia	82	0	50	63	- 63
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	85	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	63	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Viet Nam

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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.