FIJI VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	492	5	228	+ 263
Stroke	2	385	3	583	- 198
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	344	12	96	+ 247
Coronary Heart Disease	4	323	2	1,481	- 1,158
Road Traffic Accidents	5	199	11	120	+ 79
Liver Disease	6	182	15	82	+ 101
Diabetes Mellitus	7	142	1	1,628	- 1,486
Hypertension	8	139	7	170	- 31
Lung Disease	9	99	9	141	- 41
Malnutrition	10	99	45	14	+ 85
Birth Trauma	11	92	28	36	+ 56
Kidney Disease	12	87	4	277	- 190
Maternal Conditions	13	82	49	9	+ 73
Tuberculosis	14	82	27	39	+ 42
Other Injuries	15	81	17	77	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	16	80	14	86	- 6
Malaria	17	66	75	0	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	18	65	10	129	- 65
Meningitis	19	61	43	17	+ 44
Violence	20	58	40	19	+ 38
Suicide	21	57	16	80	- 22
Asthma	22	49	6	226	- 177
Breast Cancer	23	47	8	162	- 116
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	46	19	63	- 16
HIV/AIDS	25	46	31	30	+ 16
Falls	26	25	36	27	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	22	29	34	- 12
Lymphomas	28	22	35	27	- 5
Leukemia	29	22	30	31	- 9
Cervical Cancer	30	20	13	86	- 66
Fires	31	20	33	28	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	32	18	23	45	- 27
Drownings	33	18	21	60	- 42
Poisonings	34	17	56	2	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	17	24	45	- 28
Pertussis	36	13	48	10	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	37	13	26	40	- 28
Epilepsy	38	12	44	16	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	39	12	42	18	- 6
Ovary Cancer	40	12	32	29	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	20	62	- 50
Schistosomiasis	42	11	74	0	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	43	11	34	28	- 17
Oral Cancer	44	11	46	13	- 2
Liver Cancer	45	10	18	68	- 58
Lung Cancers	46	9	22	48	- 39
Prostate Cancer	47	8	25	41	- 32
Stomach Cancer	48	7	37	23	- 16
Alcohol	49	7	57	2	+ 5
Skin Disease	50	7	41	19	- 12
Bladder Cancer	51	6	50	8	- 2
Tetanus	52	6	58	1	+ 4
Drug Use	53	5	52	4	+ 2
Syphilis	54	5	47	11	- 6
Appendicitis	55	5	54	3	+ 2
Skin Cancers	56	4	61	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	57	4	59	1	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	3	38	21	- 18
Leishmaniasis	59	3	73	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	3	69	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	61	3	39	20	- 17
Encephalitis	62	2	51	7	- 5
Measles	63	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	53	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	60	1	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	- 0
War	71	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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
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

Eritrea

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.