FIJI VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	953	2	1,481	- 528
War	2	608	66	0	+ 608
Stroke	3	452	3	583	- 131
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	347	5	228	+ 119
Low Birth Weight	5	300	14	86	+ 214
Birth Trauma	6	254	28	36	+ 218
Tuberculosis	7	233	27	39	+ 194
Hypertension	8	190	7	170	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	9	185	49	9	+ 177
Kidney Disease	10	156	4	277	- 121
Road Traffic Accidents	11	143	11	120	+ 23
Diabetes Mellitus	12	136	1	1,628	- 1,492
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	132	12	96	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	14	119	10	129	- 11
Lung Disease	15	110	9	141	- 30
Liver Disease	16	109	15	82	+ 27
Asthma	17	81	6	226	- 145
Other Injuries	18	77	17	77	+ 0
Violence	19	76	40	19	+ 57
Meningitis	20	62	43	17	+ 45
Pertussis	21	50	48	10	+ 40
Breast Cancer	22	43	8	162	- 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	42	19	63	- 21
Suicide	24	37	16	80	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	36	29	34	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	26	36	37	23	+ 12
Oral Cancer	27	35	46	13	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	28	32	34	28	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	29	31	42	18	+ 13
Tetanus	30	30	58	1	+ 28
Encephalitis	31	28	51	7	+ 21
Lung Cancers	32	26	22	48	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	25	20	62	- 37
Drownings	34	24	21	60	- 36
Epilepsy	35	24	44	16	+ 7
Lymphomas	36	22	35	27	- 5
Falls	37	21	36	27	- 5
Hepatitis B	38	20	59	1	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	18	24	45	- 28
Liver Cancer	40	16	18	68	- 53
Parkinson's Disease	41	15	26	40	- 25
Leukemia	42	14	30	31	- 16
Malnutrition	43	14	45	14	- 0
Cervical Cancer	44	13	13	86	- 74
Inflammatory/Heart	45	12	23	45	- 33
HIV/AIDS	46	11	31	30	- 19
Poisonings	47	9	56	2	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	48	9	32	29	- 20
Measles	49	8	63	0	+ 8
Fires	50	8	33	28	- 19
Drug Use	51	8	52	4	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	7	54	3	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	53	7	39	20	- 13
Bladder Cancer	54	6	50	8	- 2
Prostate Cancer	55	6	25	41	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	56	5	38	21	- 15
Malaria	57	4	75	0	+ 4
Alcohol	58	4	57	2	+ 2
Skin Cancers	59	3	61	1	+ 3
Syphilis	60	2	47	11	- 9
Skin Disease	61	2	41	19	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	60	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	53	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Afghanistan

Fiji

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.