FIJI VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	510	2	1,481	- 972
Kidney Disease	2	321	4	277	+ 44
Stroke	3	282	3	583	- 301
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	264	5	228	+ 36
Diabetes Mellitus	5	225	1	1,628	- 1,404
Road Traffic Accidents	6	181	11	120	+ 61
Liver Disease	7	173	15	82	+ 91
Lung Disease	8	134	9	141	- 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	133	19	63	+ 70
Hypertension	10	130	7	170	- 40
Stomach Cancer	11	109	37	23	+ 85
Prostate Cancer	12	71	25	41	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	13	69	10	129	- 60
Suicide	14	69	16	80	- 11
Violence	15	63	40	19	+ 43
Low Birth Weight	16	61	14	86	- 25
Other Injuries	17	60	17	77	- 16
Falls	18	58	36	27	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	58	24	45	+ 12
Lung Cancers	20	56	22	48	+ 8
Liver Cancer	21	50	18	68	- 19
Lymphomas	22	46	35	27	+ 19
Leukemia	23	46	30	31	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	24	44	13	86	- 43
Breast Cancer	25	43	8	162	- 120
Parkinson's Disease	26	34	26	40	- 6
HIV/AIDS	27	32	31	30	+ 2
Malnutrition	28	30	45	14	+ 16
Tuberculosis	29	30	27	39	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	30	29	38	21	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	31	26	34	28	- 1
Drownings	32	24	21	60	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	22	29	34	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	21	12	96	- 75
Ovary Cancer	35	17	32	29	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	36	16	23	45	- 29
Skin Cancers	37	16	61	1	+ 15
Birth Trauma	38	16	28	36	- 21
Alcohol	39	15	57	2	+ 13
Epilepsy	40	14	44	16	- 2
Drug Use	41	11	52	4	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	42	9	42	18	- 8
Fires	43	9	33	28	- 19
Bladder Cancer	44	9	50	8	+ 1
Oral Cancer	45	9	46	13	- 4
Maternal Conditions	46	9	49	9	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	8	20	62	- 54
Uterin Cancer	48	7	39	20	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	62	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	50	6	54	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	51	5	41	19	- 14
Meningitis	52	5	43	17	- 13
Asthma	53	4	6	226	- 221
Syphilis	54	4	47	11	- 7
Encephalitis	55	4	51	7	- 3
Pertussis	56	4	48	10	- 6
Other Neoplasms	57	3	53	3	+ 0
Poisonings	58	3	56	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	59	1	76	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	60	1	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	55	3	- 2
Tetanus	62	0	58	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	59	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	+ 0
War	66	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Ecuador

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.