FIJI VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	826	2	1,481	- 655
Violence	2	370	40	19	+ 350
Stroke	3	318	3	583	- 265
Lung Disease	4	306	9	141	+ 165
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	207	5	228	- 22
Road Traffic Accidents	6	149	11	120	+ 29
Kidney Disease	7	131	4	277	- 146
Hypertension	8	123	7	170	- 47
Stomach Cancer	9	117	37	23	+ 94
Lung Cancers	10	101	22	48	+ 53
Diabetes Mellitus	11	96	1	1,628	- 1,532
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	84	24	45	+ 39
Breast Cancer	13	70	8	162	- 92
Prostate Cancer	14	69	25	41	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	15	61	53	3	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	16	57	10	129	- 73
HIV/AIDS	17	51	31	30	+ 21
Lymphomas	18	50	35	27	+ 23
Liver Disease	19	47	15	82	- 35
Cervical Cancer	20	43	13	86	- 43
Leukemia	21	42	30	31	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	41	19	63	- 21
Low Birth Weight	23	40	14	86	- 46
Liver Cancer	24	40	18	68	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	25	39	38	21	+ 18
Suicide	26	38	16	80	- 42
Malnutrition	27	36	45	14	+ 22
Other Injuries	28	31	17	77	- 46
Falls	29	29	36	27	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	30	26	34	28	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	31	26	23	45	- 20
Tuberculosis	32	24	27	39	- 15
Ovary Cancer	33	22	32	29	- 8
Skin Disease	34	21	41	19	+ 2
Skin Cancers	35	20	61	1	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	36	16	42	18	- 2
Oral Cancer	37	15	46	13	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	14	12	96	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	13	29	34	- 20
Drownings	40	13	21	60	- 46
Birth Trauma	41	12	28	36	- 24
Bladder Cancer	42	12	50	8	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	11	44	16	- 5
Drug Use	44	9	52	4	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	45	8	39	20	- 12
Maternal Conditions	46	8	49	9	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	47	7	26	40	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	6	84	0	+ 6
War	49	5	66	0	+ 5
Meningitis	50	5	43	17	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	5	62	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	4	54	3	+ 1
Chagas disease	53	4	76	0	+ 4
Asthma	54	4	6	226	- 222
Dengue	55	3	55	3	- 0
Fires	56	2	33	28	- 25
Anemia	57	2	82	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	1	85	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	59	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	60	1	+ 0
Poisonings	61	1	56	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	59	1	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	20	62	- 61
Encephalitis	64	1	51	7	- 7
Syphilis	65	1	47	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	1	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Alcohol	68	0	57	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	48	10	- 9
Schizophrenia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	58	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	86	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	63	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Colombia

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.