FIJI VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,318	2	1,481	- 163
Stroke	2	694	3	583	+ 111
Road Traffic Accidents	3	610	11	120	+ 490
Diabetes Mellitus	4	243	1	1,628	- 1,385
Liver Disease	5	236	15	82	+ 154
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	198	5	228	- 30
Kidney Disease	7	187	4	277	- 90
HIV/AIDS	8	170	31	30	+ 140
Violence	9	169	40	19	+ 149
Hypertension	10	167	7	170	- 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	159	19	63	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	12	146	25	41	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	13	135	14	86	+ 49
Breast Cancer	14	128	8	162	- 34
Lung Disease	15	120	9	141	- 21
Lung Cancers	16	109	22	48	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	17	91	10	129	- 38
Birth Trauma	18	80	28	36	+ 44
Other Injuries	19	78	17	77	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	75	24	45	+ 30
Liver Cancer	21	58	18	68	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	22	53	34	28	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	23	49	13	86	- 37
Stomach Cancer	24	48	37	23	+ 25
Suicide	25	47	16	80	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	44	12	96	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	27	40	38	21	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	28	39	26	40	- 1
Asthma	29	39	6	226	- 187
Falls	30	38	36	27	+ 12
Oral Cancer	31	38	46	13	+ 26
Leukemia	32	36	30	31	+ 5
Lymphomas	33	33	35	27	+ 6
Malnutrition	34	33	45	14	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	35	27	23	45	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	26	29	34	- 8
Drownings	37	22	21	60	- 38
Tuberculosis	38	21	27	39	- 18
Maternal Conditions	39	18	49	9	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	40	18	42	18	- 0
Skin Cancers	41	15	61	1	+ 15
Epilepsy	42	14	44	16	- 2
Drug Use	43	14	52	4	+ 10
Fires	44	12	33	28	- 15
Meningitis	45	12	43	17	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	11	20	62	- 51
Pertussis	47	11	48	10	+ 1
Alcohol	48	11	57	2	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	49	8	50	8	- 0
Ovary Cancer	50	8	32	29	- 21
Syphilis	51	6	47	11	- 5
Appendicitis	52	6	54	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	53	4	41	19	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	4	62	0	+ 4
Poisonings	55	4	56	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	4	51	7	- 3
Uterin Cancer	57	4	39	20	- 16
Other Neoplasms	58	3	53	3	- 0
Schistosomiasis	59	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	2	65	0	+ 1
Tetanus	61	2	58	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	60	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	1	- 0
Dengue	64	0	55	3	- 2
Malaria	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	64	0	- 0
War	67	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	63	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Dominican Rep.

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.