FIJI VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,214	2	1,481	- 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	748	19	63	+ 685
Stroke	3	589	3	583	+ 6
Lung Cancers	4	538	22	48	+ 491
Lung Disease	5	511	9	141	+ 371
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	451	5	228	+ 223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	264	24	45	+ 219
Kidney Disease	8	235	4	277	- 42
Breast Cancer	9	206	8	162	+ 43
Suicide	10	168	16	80	+ 88
Other Injuries	11	159	17	77	+ 83
Other Neoplasms	12	145	53	3	+ 142
Prostate Cancer	13	145	25	41	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	14	144	38	21	+ 123
Falls	15	139	36	27	+ 113
Lymphomas	16	123	35	27	+ 96
Liver Disease	17	114	15	82	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	18	114	34	28	+ 86
Parkinson's Disease	19	109	26	40	+ 69
Diabetes Mellitus	20	101	1	1,628	- 1,527
Leukemia	21	95	30	31	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	22	86	50	8	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	23	84	23	45	+ 39
Liver Cancer	24	78	18	68	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	25	71	42	18	+ 54
Stomach Cancer	26	69	37	23	+ 45
Hypertension	27	59	7	170	- 111
Oral Cancer	28	54	46	13	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	29	53	11	120	- 67
Ovary Cancer	30	52	32	29	+ 23
Skin Cancers	31	41	61	1	+ 41
Alcohol	32	40	57	2	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	33	12	96	- 63
Uterin Cancer	34	31	39	20	+ 11
Skin Disease	35	30	41	19	+ 11
Epilepsy	36	28	44	16	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	23	20	62	- 39
Malnutrition	38	23	45	14	+ 9
Drug Use	39	23	52	4	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	40	22	10	129	- 107
Cervical Cancer	41	19	13	86	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	17	29	34	- 17
Anemia	43	16	82	0	+ 16
Violence	44	12	40	19	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	45	12	60	1	+ 11
Asthma	46	10	6	226	- 216
Drownings	47	6	21	60	- 53
Fires	48	6	33	28	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	62	0	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	50	6	14	86	- 80
Osteoarthritis	51	5	85	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	52	4	65	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	53	4	28	36	- 33
Tuberculosis	54	4	27	39	- 36
Poisonings	55	3	56	2	+ 1
Schizophrenia	56	3	81	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	57	3	31	30	- 27
Meningitis	58	2	43	17	- 15
Upper Respiratory	59	2	69	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	2	84	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	86	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	1	54	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	0	49	9	- 8
Otitis Media	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	51	7	- 7
War	67	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	48	10	- 10
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	47	11	- 11
Chlamydia	71	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	58	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	63	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	55	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Belgium

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.