FIJI VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	481	5	228	+ 253
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	356	12	96	+ 260
Stroke	3	316	3	583	- 267
Coronary Heart Disease	4	293	2	1,481	- 1,188
Road Traffic Accidents	5	253	11	120	+ 133
Birth Trauma	6	250	28	36	+ 213
Low Birth Weight	7	225	14	86	+ 139
Liver Disease	8	219	15	82	+ 137
Tuberculosis	9	172	27	39	+ 133
Diabetes Mellitus	10	131	1	1,628	- 1,498
Congenital Anomalies	11	126	10	129	- 4
Hypertension	12	108	7	170	- 62
Kidney Disease	13	97	4	277	- 180
Meningitis	14	96	43	17	+ 79
Lung Disease	15	95	9	141	- 45
Other Injuries	16	94	17	77	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	17	92	31	30	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	18	71	49	9	+ 63
Malnutrition	19	69	45	14	+ 55
Breast Cancer	20	68	8	162	- 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	66	19	63	+ 3
Violence	22	65	40	19	+ 45
Pertussis	23	55	48	10	+ 46
Measles	24	51	63	0	+ 51
Suicide	25	48	16	80	- 31
Malaria	26	45	75	0	+ 45
Cervical Cancer	27	40	13	86	- 46
Falls	28	36	36	27	+ 9
Asthma	29	36	6	226	- 190
Leukemia	30	34	30	31	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	30	24	45	- 15
Poisonings	32	29	56	2	+ 27
Lymphomas	33	29	35	27	+ 2
Fires	34	26	33	28	- 2
Drownings	35	25	21	60	- 34
Ovary Cancer	36	19	32	29	- 10
Tetanus	37	18	58	1	+ 16
Lung Cancers	38	18	22	48	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	39	17	23	45	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	40	15	42	18	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	14	29	34	- 20
Liver Cancer	42	14	18	68	- 54
Syphilis	43	14	47	11	+ 3
Epilepsy	44	13	44	16	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	45	13	34	28	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	46	13	26	40	- 28
Stomach Cancer	47	12	37	23	- 11
Oral Cancer	48	12	46	13	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	11	20	62	- 51
Prostate Cancer	50	10	25	41	- 31
Bladder Cancer	51	9	50	8	+ 1
Skin Cancers	52	8	61	1	+ 7
Skin Disease	53	7	41	19	- 12
Schistosomiasis	54	7	74	0	+ 7
Alcohol	55	6	57	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	6	59	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	57	6	69	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	5	54	3	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	59	5	73	0	+ 5
Drug Use	60	4	52	4	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	61	4	38	21	- 17
Uterin Cancer	62	3	39	20	- 17
Encephalitis	63	3	51	7	- 4
War	64	2	66	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	62	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	53	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	0	60	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	55	3	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Ethiopia

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.