FIJI VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,373	3	583	+ 790
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,191	2	1,481	- 291
Lung Disease	3	651	9	141	+ 510
Lung Cancers	4	480	22	48	+ 432
Stomach Cancer	5	268	37	23	+ 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	205	19	63	+ 142
Hypertension	7	202	7	170	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	8	168	11	120	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	167	24	45	+ 122
Oesophagus Cancer	10	163	42	18	+ 145
Kidney Disease	11	129	4	277	- 148
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	123	5	228	- 105
Liver Cancer	13	122	18	68	+ 54
Diabetes Mellitus	14	109	1	1,628	- 1,519
Liver Disease	15	98	15	82	+ 16
Falls	16	93	36	27	+ 67
Suicide	17	78	16	80	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	18	75	38	21	+ 54
Breast Cancer	19	62	8	162	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	20	48	26	40	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	44	20	62	- 18
Leukemia	22	39	30	31	+ 8
Lymphomas	23	39	35	27	+ 12
Oral Cancer	24	37	46	13	+ 24
Other Injuries	25	36	17	77	- 40
Drownings	26	35	21	60	- 24
Cervical Cancer	27	35	13	86	- 52
Prostate Cancer	28	34	25	41	- 6
Bladder Cancer	29	25	50	8	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	25	29	34	- 8
Congenital Anomalies	31	25	10	129	- 105
Tuberculosis	32	23	27	39	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	33	20	23	45	- 25
HIV/AIDS	34	19	31	30	- 11
Ovary Cancer	35	19	32	29	- 10
Poisonings	36	17	56	2	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	37	17	34	28	- 10
Drug Use	38	16	52	4	+ 12
Asthma	39	16	6	226	- 210
Low Birth Weight	40	15	14	86	- 71
Skin Cancers	41	13	61	1	+ 13
Alcohol	42	13	57	2	+ 11
Birth Trauma	43	12	28	36	- 25
Malnutrition	44	9	45	14	- 6
Uterin Cancer	45	8	39	20	- 12
Epilepsy	46	8	44	16	- 9
Violence	47	7	40	19	- 12
Fires	48	7	33	28	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	62	0	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	6	12	96	- 90
Meningitis	51	4	43	17	- 13
Skin Disease	52	4	41	19	- 16
Other Neoplasms	53	3	53	3	- 0
Maternal Conditions	54	2	49	9	- 6
Encephalitis	55	2	51	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	2	59	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	2	69	0	+ 2
Syphilis	58	1	47	11	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	60	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	1	54	3	- 2
War	61	1	66	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	63	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	58	1	- 1
Pertussis	64	0	48	10	- 10
Schistosomiasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	55	3	- 3
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

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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.