MICRONESIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		MICRONESIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	142	1	193	- 51
Stroke	2	90	3	119	- 29
Diabetes Mellitus	3	40	2	123	- 83
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	39	5	52	- 13
Lung Disease	5	34	6	41	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	25	16	13	+ 12
Kidney Disease	7	22	4	56	- 34
Suicide	8	17	7	32	- 15
Liver Disease	9	16	9	24	- 8
Congenital Anomalies	10	15	18	13	+ 2
Hypertension	11	15	8	27	- 12
Road Traffic Accidents	12	14	58	0	+ 14
Asthma	13	14	13	16	- 2
Low Birth Weight	14	14	14	15	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	11	15	14	- 3
Drownings	16	11	11	17	- 6
Other Injuries	17	9	17	13	- 4
Liver Cancer	18	9	24	8	+ 0
Birth Trauma	19	6	21	11	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	6	25	7	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	6	26	7	- 1
Tuberculosis	22	5	19	13	- 7
Lung Cancers	23	5	10	23	- 18
Maternal Conditions	24	4	34	4	+ 1
Falls	25	4	27	6	- 2
Breast Cancer	26	4	12	17	- 13
Cervical Cancer	27	4	23	8	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	28	4	33	5	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	29	3	28	6	- 3
Pertussis	30	3	37	4	- 0
Malnutrition	31	3	44	3	+ 0
Leukemia	32	3	32	5	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	33	3	30	5	- 3
Prostate Cancer	34	3	29	6	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	3	22	8	- 6
Meningitis	36	3	39	3	- 1
Syphilis	37	2	40	3	- 1
Violence	38	2	31	5	- 3
Skin Disease	39	2	42	3	- 1
Stomach Cancer	40	2	20	12	- 10
Epilepsy	41	2	43	3	- 1
Fires	42	1	48	2	- 1
Alcohol	43	1	46	2	- 1
Ovary Cancer	44	1	45	2	- 1
Lymphomas	45	1	36	4	- 3
Tetanus	46	1	59	0	+ 1
Poisonings	47	1	50	1	- 0
Uterin Cancer	48	1	41	3	- 2
Bladder Cancer	49	1	49	2	- 1
Appendicitis	50	0	54	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	51	0	57	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	52	0	53	1	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	53	0	35	4	- 3
Oral Cancer	54	0	38	3	- 3
Other Neoplasms	55	0	55	0	- 0
Drug Use	56	0	52	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	0	62	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	0	60	0	- 0
Dengue	59	0	61	0	- 0
Diphtheria	60	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	63	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	56	0	- 0
Ascariasis	63	0	65	0	- 0
War	64	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	47	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	51	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MICRONESIA

Vanuatu

Micronesia

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.