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Vanuatu
COUNTRY #1
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VANUATU VS FIJI

Compare Vanuatu and Fiji health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Fiji
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Vanuatu Population Pyramid
556,750
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Fiji Population Pyramid
1,071,252
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Fiji FIJI
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Fiji FIJI
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.4
48.3
46.8
109
109
111
  
54.0
58.2
56.0
75
74
74
1970
51.3
54.4
52.8
110
109
108
  
58.0
62.2
60.0
81
81
82
1980
57.1
60.6
58.8
111
111
110
  
62.0
66.2
64.0
79
84
84
1990
62.0
65.0
63.5
111
119
113
  
64.6
68.8
66.7
89
99
97
2000
67.6
70.7
69.0
87
107
99
  
65.2
70.3
67.7
102
110
105
2010
69.3
72.9
71.0
94
107
99
  
66.3
72.3
69.1
112
112
109
2019
62.7
68.3
65.3
151
144
147
  
65.9
70.3
68.0
131
131
133
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Fiji FIJI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.7
68.3
151
144
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age
62.7
68.3
151
144
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age 5
64.5
70.0
169
158
67.9
72.0
141
139
Age 10
64.6
70.1
169
162
68.0
72.1
146
142
Age 15
64.8
70.3
169
163
68.2
72.3
146
144
Age 20
65.2
70.5
169
163
68.4
72.5
146
146
Age 25
65.8
70.8
169
165
68.8
72.7
146
147
Age 30
66.6
71.2
168
167
69.2
73.0
148
147
Age 35
67.5
71.6
168
167
69.6
73.3
152
151
Age 40
68.5
72.2
168
168
70.1
73.7
158
156
Age 45
69.7
73.0
168
172
70.8
74.3
164
159
Age 50
71.2
74.0
168
174
71.8
75.0
165
161
Age 55
72.9
75.2
168
175
73.2
76.1
167
166
Age 60
74.8
76.7
168
176
74.9
77.5
167
165
Age 65
77.2
78.5
166
176
77.0
79.3
169
162
Age 70
79.8
80.5
163
174
79.4
81.4
171
157
Age 75
82.6
83.0
163
173
82.1
83.9
175
146
Age 80
85.6
85.9
160
168
85.1
86.6
174
152
Age 85
89.0
89.2
165
170
88.4
89.7
178
154
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Fiji FIJI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
299.44
7
229.26
21
2. Stroke
190.53
6
96.45
75
3. Diabetes Mellitus
81.66
15
243.61
1
4. Lung Disease
78.03
7
24.76
80
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.97
58
32.87
80
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
46.26
39
16.40
62
7. Kidney Disease
43.29
16
43.25
17
8. Hypertension
31.50
40
27.17
51
9. Asthma
29.89
7
38.33
5
10. Liver Disease
27.40
64
10.90
120
11. Suicide
20.97
13
9.51
78
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.62
90
15.70
127
13. Road Traffic Accidents
17.40
84
14.33
100
14. Rheumatic Heart Disease
16.53
4
8.19
12
15. Liver Cancer
14.32
16
9.03
38
16. Prostate Cancer
14.31
108
15.69
93
17. Breast Cancer
13.78
124
41.41
2
18. Drownings
12.56
4
6.65
15
19. Other Injuries
12.56
41
9.37
72
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
12.20
7
5.41
53
21. Cervical Cancer
11.35
72
21.82
34
22. Parkinson's Disease
9.71
3
8.32
5
23. Congenital Anomalies
9.24
16
11.65
3
24. Lung Cancers
8.83
109
6.89
123
25. Falls
7.87
55
4.37
117
26. Tuberculosis
7.46
74
5.68
82
27. Malnutrition
6.59
44
2.71
77
28. Low Birth Weight
6.17
75
6.04
78
29. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
68
6.47
57
30. Maternal Conditions
5.24
47
0.98
85
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.85
152
7.43
113
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.71
68
3.84
84
33. Skin Disease
4.13
20
3.06
26
34. Leukemia
4.06
66
3.99
72
35. Ovary Cancer
3.60
126
7.28
14
36. Birth Trauma
2.94
84
2.70
85
37. Stomach Cancer
2.91
160
3.19
150
38. Violence
2.69
117
2.26
125
39. Meningitis
2.40
58
1.89
63
40. Pertussis
2.20
40
0.98
66
41. Epilepsy
2.01
68
1.89
75
42. Alcohol
1.85
65
0.21
172
43. Uterin Cancer
1.75
125
4.99
17
44. Fires
1.74
82
3.39
38
45. Syphilis
1.35
28
0.87
42
46. Lymphomas
1.32
178
3.38
137
47. Bladder Cancer
1.17
144
1.04
156
48. Poisonings
0.79
75
0.26
134
49. Appendicitis
0.72
39
0.41
81
50. Pancreas Cancer
0.65
176
3.05
110
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Fiji FIJI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
454
22.70
1,481
22.17
2. Stroke
288
14.40
583
8.73
3. Diabetes Mellitus
127
6.35
1,628
24.37
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
124
6.20
228
3.41
5. Lung Disease
108
5.40
141
2.11
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
80
4.00
96
1.44
7. Kidney Disease
70
3.50
277
4.15
8. Suicide
54
2.70
80
1.20
9. Liver Disease
51
2.55
82
1.23
10. Congenital Anomalies
48
2.40
129
1.93
11. Hypertension
47
2.35
170
2.55
12. Asthma
45
2.25
226
3.38
13. Road Traffic Accidents
45
2.25
120
1.80
14. Low Birth Weight
43
2.15
86
1.29
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
35
1.75
62
0.93
16. Drownings
35
1.75
60
0.90
17. Other Injuries
30
1.50
77
1.15
18. Liver Cancer
27
1.35
68
1.02
19. Birth Trauma
20
1.00
36
0.54
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
18
0.90
63
0.94
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18
0.90
34
0.51
22. Tuberculosis
16
0.80
39
0.58
23. Lung Cancers
15
0.75
48
0.72
24. Maternal Conditions
14
0.70
9
0.13
25. Falls
13
0.65
27
0.40
26. Breast Cancer
13
0.65
162
2.43
27. Cervical Cancer
13
0.65
86
1.29
28. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.60
40
0.60
29. Inflammatory/Heart
11
0.55
45
0.67
30. Malnutrition
10
0.50
14
0.21
31. Pertussis
10
0.50
10
0.15
32. Prostate Cancer
9
0.45
41
0.61
33. Leukemia
9
0.45
31
0.46
34. Endocrine Disorders
9
0.45
28
0.42
35. Meningitis
8
0.40
17
0.25
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8
0.40
45
0.67
37. Syphilis
8
0.40
11
0.16
38. Skin Disease
7
0.35
19
0.28
39. Violence
7
0.35
19
0.28
40. Stomach Cancer
6
0.30
23
0.34
41. Epilepsy
5
0.25
16
0.24
42. Fires
4
0.20
28
0.42
43. Alcohol
4
0.20
2
0.03
44. Ovary Cancer
4
0.20
29
0.43
45. Tetanus
3
0.15
1
0.01
46. Lymphomas
3
0.15
27
0.40
47. Bladder Cancer
2
0.10
8
0.12
48. Uterin Cancer
2
0.10
20
0.30
49. Poisonings
2
0.10
2
0.03
50. Pancreas Cancer
1
0.05
21
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Fiji FIJI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
14.32
16
9.03
38
2. Prostate Cancer
14.31
108
15.69
93
3. Breast Cancer
13.78
124
41.41
2
4. Cervical Cancer
11.35
72
21.82
34
5. Lung Cancers
8.83
109
6.89
123
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.85
152
7.43
113
7. Leukemia
4.06
66
3.99
72
8. Ovary Cancer
3.60
126
7.28
14
9. Stomach Cancer
2.91
160
3.19
150
10. Uterin Cancer
1.75
125
4.99
17
11. Lymphomas
1.32
178
3.38
137
12. Bladder Cancer
1.17
144
1.04
156
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.65
176
3.05
110
14. Oral Cancer
0.61
180
1.90
140
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.00
183
2.55
88
16. Skin Cancers
0.00
183
0.26
170
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.