FIJI VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	704	31	30	+ 674
Tuberculosis	2	434	27	39	+ 395
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	402	5	228	+ 174
Coronary Heart Disease	4	389	2	1,481	- 1,092
Stroke	5	354	3	583	- 229
Malaria	6	309	75	0	+ 309
Road Traffic Accidents	7	249	11	120	+ 129
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	204	12	96	+ 107
Low Birth Weight	9	200	14	86	+ 114
Diabetes Mellitus	10	164	1	1,628	- 1,464
Birth Trauma	11	156	28	36	+ 119
Hypertension	12	146	7	170	- 25
Liver Disease	13	145	15	82	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	14	114	10	129	- 16
Kidney Disease	15	96	4	277	- 181
Maternal Conditions	16	90	49	9	+ 82
Lung Disease	17	84	9	141	- 56
Violence	18	84	40	19	+ 65
Suicide	19	54	16	80	- 25
Other Injuries	20	52	17	77	- 25
Pertussis	21	51	48	10	+ 42
Meningitis	22	47	43	17	+ 30
Asthma	23	45	6	226	- 180
Malnutrition	24	42	45	14	+ 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	36	19	63	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	26	34	23	45	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	27	32	34	28	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	28	31	25	41	- 10
Cervical Cancer	29	31	13	86	- 56
Liver Cancer	30	26	18	68	- 42
Measles	31	25	63	0	+ 25
Breast Cancer	32	25	8	162	- 138
Falls	33	23	36	27	- 4
Syphilis	34	17	47	11	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	16	29	34	- 17
Drownings	36	16	21	60	- 43
Fires	37	14	33	28	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	14	24	45	- 31
Stomach Cancer	39	14	37	23	- 10
Epilepsy	40	12	44	16	- 4
Poisonings	41	11	56	2	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	42	11	26	40	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	10	20	62	- 52
Drug Use	44	10	52	4	+ 6
Lymphomas	45	10	35	27	- 18
Leukemia	46	9	30	31	- 22
Lung Cancers	47	8	22	48	- 39
Ovary Cancer	48	8	32	29	- 21
Alcohol	49	7	57	2	+ 5
Skin Disease	50	7	41	19	- 12
Schistosomiasis	51	7	74	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	52	7	38	21	- 14
Skin Cancers	53	6	61	1	+ 5
Oral Cancer	54	5	46	13	- 7
Tetanus	55	4	58	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	3	51	7	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	57	3	42	18	- 15
Appendicitis	58	3	54	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	62	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	39	20	- 18
Bladder Cancer	61	2	50	8	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	2	59	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	53	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	60	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
War	72	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	55	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Congo

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.