FIJI VS CANADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	CANADA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	983	2	1,481	- 499
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	760	19	63	+ 697
Lung Cancers	3	514	22	48	+ 466
Lung Disease	4	349	9	141	+ 208
Stroke	5	347	3	583	- 235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	237	24	45	+ 192
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	182	5	228	- 46
Breast Cancer	8	145	8	162	- 17
Diabetes Mellitus	9	140	1	1,628	- 1,488
Lymphomas	10	126	35	27	+ 99
Pancreas Cancer	11	124	38	21	+ 103
Falls	12	118	36	27	+ 92
Prostate Cancer	13	116	25	41	+ 75
Kidney Disease	14	112	4	277	- 165
Suicide	15	108	16	80	+ 29
Drug Use	16	90	52	4	+ 87
Liver Disease	17	89	15	82	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	18	82	26	40	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	19	79	34	28	+ 52
Liver Cancer	20	76	18	68	+ 8
Leukemia	21	76	30	31	+ 45
Hypertension	22	63	7	170	- 107
Bladder Cancer	23	62	50	8	+ 54
Other Injuries	24	59	17	77	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	25	55	42	18	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	26	53	37	23	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	27	51	23	45	+ 5
Road Traffic Accidents	28	49	11	120	- 71
Ovary Cancer	29	47	32	29	+ 18
Skin Cancers	30	43	61	1	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	31	41	53	3	+ 38
Oral Cancer	32	39	46	13	+ 27
Alcohol	33	37	57	2	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	34	29	39	20	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	35	27	10	129	- 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	21	12	96	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	37	17	60	1	+ 16
Skin Disease	38	17	41	19	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	16	20	62	- 46
Violence	40	15	40	19	- 5
Cervical Cancer	41	14	13	86	- 72
Low Birth Weight	42	14	14	86	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	11	29	34	- 23
Epilepsy	44	9	44	16	- 7
Hepatitis C	45	9	65	0	+ 9
Anemia	46	8	82	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	8	62	0	+ 8
Drownings	48	7	21	60	- 53
Asthma	49	6	6	226	- 219
Birth Trauma	50	5	28	36	- 32
Malnutrition	51	5	45	14	- 10
Fires	52	5	33	28	- 23
HIV/AIDS	53	4	31	30	- 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	3	84	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	55	3	85	0	+ 3
Poisonings	56	3	56	2	+ 1
Schizophrenia	57	3	81	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	58	2	27	39	- 37
Meningitis	59	2	43	17	- 15
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	54	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	49	9	- 8
War	65	1	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	47	11	- 11
Encephalitis	68	0	51	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	48	10	- 10
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	58	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	55	3	- 3
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	63	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	83	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Canada

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.