CUBA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,663	1	22,079	- 6,416
Stroke	2	9,944	2	10,725	- 781
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,375	13	1,791	+ 2,584
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,287	3	8,564	- 4,277
Lung Disease	5	3,738	6	5,492	- 1,754
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,755	43	206	+ 2,549
Kidney Disease	7	2,429	14	1,700	+ 729
Suicide	8	1,864	16	1,638	+ 227
Liver Disease	9	1,774	11	1,873	- 100
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,646	37	368	+ 1,278
Hypertension	11	1,622	7	3,469	- 1,847
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,537	19	1,007	+ 530
Asthma	13	1,536	40	301	+ 1,235
Low Birth Weight	14	1,494	48	98	+ 1,395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,206	44	162	+ 1,044
Drownings	16	1,200	42	231	+ 969
Other Injuries	17	1,030	12	1,869	- 839
Liver Cancer	18	948	24	815	+ 133
Birth Trauma	19	677	59	49	+ 629
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	636	35	420	+ 216
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	607	5	5,841	- 5,234
Tuberculosis	22	561	60	45	+ 516
Lung Cancers	23	518	4	5,985	- 5,467
Maternal Conditions	24	487	61	43	+ 443
Falls	25	454	10	2,810	- 2,356
Breast Cancer	26	447	15	1,673	- 1,226
Cervical Cancer	27	443	29	666	- 223
Parkinson's Disease	28	401	27	691	- 290
Inflammatory/Heart	29	383	17	1,156	- 773
Pertussis	30	350	73	0	+ 350
Malnutrition	31	345	55	64	+ 282
Leukemia	32	309	30	633	- 325
Endocrine Disorders	33	303	36	412	- 110
Prostate Cancer	34	300	8	3,365	- 3,066
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	293	9	2,958	- 2,665
Meningitis	36	278	50	83	+ 196
Syphilis	37	264	69	1	+ 263
Violence	38	234	32	584	- 350
Skin Disease	39	234	41	258	- 24
Stomach Cancer	40	211	20	991	- 780
Epilepsy	41	182	46	108	+ 74
Fires	42	144	58	55	+ 89
Alcohol	43	138	28	675	- 538
Ovary Cancer	44	135	39	323	- 187
Lymphomas	45	111	18	1,089	- 979
Tetanus	46	99	71	1	+ 98
Poisonings	47	76	62	17	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	48	68	31	602	- 534
Bladder Cancer	49	65	26	734	- 670
Appendicitis	50	46	47	104	- 57
Hepatitis B	51	43	56	59	- 16
Encephalitis	52	36	66	6	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	53	31	21	905	- 874
Oral Cancer	54	29	23	876	- 848
Other Neoplasms	55	25	25	769	- 743
Drug Use	56	15	51	82	- 67
Multiple Sclerosis	57	9	57	55	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	9	49	87	- 78
Dengue	59	7	74	0	+ 7
Diphtheria	60	6	75	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	61	6	45	112	- 107
Measles	62	4	76	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	63	3	70	1	+ 2
War	64	1	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	65	6	- 5
Chlamydia	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	68	0	67	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	34	471	- 471
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	79	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	80	0	64	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	22	879	- 879
Anemia	83	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	68	- 68
Skin Cancers	86	0	33	514	- 514
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Vanuatu

Cuba

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.