ICELAND VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	547	3	141	+ 407
Coronary Heart Disease	2	316	1	403	- 87
Lung Disease	3	123	5	129	- 5
Diabetes Mellitus	4	117	16	30	+ 87
Road Traffic Accidents	5	101	35	7	+ 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	101	2	295	- 195
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	96	6	82	+ 13
Kidney Disease	8	87	15	33	+ 54
Liver Cancer	9	86	20	22	+ 64
Liver Disease	10	82	31	9	+ 73
Lung Cancers	11	73	4	134	- 61
Hypertension	12	68	17	24	+ 44
Falls	13	53	18	24	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	14	52	23	18	+ 35
Tuberculosis	15	33	82	0	+ 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	28	7	73	- 45
Asthma	17	28	48	2	+ 26
Suicide	18	25	13	40	- 15
Low Birth Weight	19	25	43	3	+ 22
Oral Cancer	20	24	33	9	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	21	24	34	7	+ 17
Breast Cancer	22	21	9	53	- 32
Other Injuries	23	19	11	50	- 31
Inflammatory/Heart	24	18	26	16	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	25	18	10	53	- 35
Drownings	26	18	56	1	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	27	17	59	0	+ 17
Leukemia	28	17	22	19	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	15	55	1	+ 14
Lymphomas	30	10	14	37	- 27
Cervical Cancer	31	8	32	9	- 1
Birth Trauma	32	8	46	2	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	33	8	19	23	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	34	7	27	16	- 8
Prostate Cancer	35	7	8	61	- 54
Violence	36	6	39	4	+ 2
Measles	37	6	67	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	6	54	1	+ 5
Encephalitis	39	5	78	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	40	5	45	3	+ 3
Drug Use	41	5	24	17	- 12
Uterin Cancer	42	4	36	7	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	3	41	3	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	44	3	12	43	- 40
Bladder Cancer	45	3	21	20	- 17
Alcohol	46	3	28	14	- 11
Ovary Cancer	47	3	25	16	- 13
Poisonings	48	3	42	3	- 0
Maternal Conditions	49	3	60	0	+ 2
Pertussis	50	2	62	0	+ 2
Meningitis	51	2	50	1	+ 1
Fires	52	2	58	1	+ 2
Epilepsy	53	2	37	5	- 3
Skin Cancers	54	2	29	13	- 11
Hepatitis B	55	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	56	1	80	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	1	30	10	- 9
Tetanus	58	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	38	4	- 3
Appendicitis	60	1	86	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	44	3	- 2
Dengue	62	0	72	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	63	0	57	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	52	1	- 1
War	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Malaria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	82	0	49	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Viet Nam

Iceland

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.