VANUATU VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		VANUATU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	617	1	454	+ 163
Diabetes Mellitus	2	392	3	127	+ 265
Stroke	3	380	2	288	+ 92
Kidney Disease	4	180	7	70	+ 109
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	165	4	124	+ 41
Lung Disease	6	132	5	108	+ 23
Suicide	7	103	8	54	+ 48
Hypertension	8	87	11	47	+ 40
Liver Disease	9	76	9	51	+ 24
Lung Cancers	10	73	23	15	+ 58
Drownings	11	55	16	35	+ 20
Breast Cancer	12	54	26	13	+ 41
Asthma	13	51	13	45	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	14	48	14	43	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	44	15	35	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	43	6	80	- 37
Other Injuries	17	42	17	30	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	18	42	10	48	- 5
Tuberculosis	19	40	22	16	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	20	37	40	6	+ 31
Birth Trauma	21	35	19	20	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	27	35	8	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	23	27	27	13	+ 14
Liver Cancer	24	26	18	27	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	21	20	18	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	21	21	18	+ 3
Falls	27	20	25	13	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	28	19	29	11	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	29	18	34	9	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	30	17	33	9	+ 8
Violence	31	17	38	7	+ 10
Leukemia	32	16	32	9	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	33	15	28	12	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	34	12	24	14	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	35	12	53	1	+ 11
Lymphomas	36	11	45	3	+ 8
Pertussis	37	11	30	10	+ 1
Oral Cancer	38	11	54	1	+ 10
Meningitis	39	10	36	8	+ 2
Syphilis	40	10	37	8	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	41	9	48	2	+ 7
Skin Disease	42	9	39	7	+ 2
Epilepsy	43	9	41	5	+ 3
Malnutrition	44	8	31	10	- 2
Ovary Cancer	45	7	44	4	+ 3
Alcohol	46	7	43	4	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	7	82	0	+ 7
Fires	48	6	42	4	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	49	5	49	2	+ 3
Poisonings	50	3	47	2	+ 1
Skin Cancers	51	3	86	0	+ 3
Drug Use	52	2	56	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	53	2	52	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	1	50	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	55	1	55	1	+ 0
Measles	56	1	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	1	51	1	- 0
Road Traffic Accidents	58	1	12	45	- 44
Tetanus	59	1	46	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	58	0	+ 0
Dengue	61	0	59	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	57	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	61	0	- 0
Diphtheria	64	0	60	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	63	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VANUATU

Micronesia

Vanuatu

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.