AFGHANISTAN VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	68,643	12	5,750	+ 62,893
Coronary Heart Disease	2	62,451	1	40,195	+ 22,257
Stroke	3	24,566	3	19,060	+ 5,506
Kidney Disease	4	11,675	10	6,590	+ 5,085
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,632	4	14,649	- 5,017
Asthma	6	9,522	17	3,403	+ 6,119
Hypertension	7	7,169	8	7,995	- 826
Breast Cancer	8	6,849	22	1,822	+ 5,027
Lung Disease	9	5,930	15	4,650	+ 1,280
Congenital Anomalies	10	5,457	14	5,001	+ 456
Road Traffic Accidents	11	5,071	11	6,033	- 962
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	4,062	13	5,555	- 1,493
Cervical Cancer	13	3,641	44	541	+ 3,100
Low Birth Weight	14	3,623	5	12,631	- 9,008
Liver Disease	15	3,445	16	4,600	- 1,155
Suicide	16	3,362	24	1,573	+ 1,789
Other Injuries	17	3,239	18	3,241	- 3
Liver Cancer	18	2,871	40	657	+ 2,214
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,651	23	1,765	+ 886
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	2,613	33	1,041	+ 1,573
Drownings	21	2,509	34	996	+ 1,513
Lung Cancers	22	2,015	32	1,076	+ 939
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,909	45	527	+ 1,382
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,906	39	741	+ 1,164
Prostate Cancer	25	1,708	55	258	+ 1,450
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,699	41	628	+ 1,072
Tuberculosis	27	1,651	7	9,839	- 8,188
Birth Trauma	28	1,534	6	10,723	- 9,189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,420	25	1,505	- 85
Leukemia	30	1,305	42	610	+ 695
HIV/AIDS	31	1,265	46	464	+ 801
Ovary Cancer	32	1,225	48	369	+ 856
Fires	33	1,167	50	348	+ 819
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,163	28	1,364	- 201
Lymphomas	35	1,149	36	946	+ 203
Falls	36	1,127	37	905	+ 222
Stomach Cancer	37	985	26	1,501	- 516
Pancreas Cancer	38	878	56	229	+ 648
Uterin Cancer	39	842	53	289	+ 554
Violence	40	820	19	3,217	- 2,397
Skin Disease	41	806	61	94	+ 712
Oesophagus Cancer	42	749	29	1,314	- 565
Meningitis	43	724	20	2,626	- 1,902
Epilepsy	44	688	35	993	- 305
Malnutrition	45	604	43	589	+ 15
Oral Cancer	46	527	27	1,467	- 940
Syphilis	47	467	60	94	+ 373
Pertussis	48	414	21	2,107	- 1,693
Maternal Conditions	49	363	9	7,807	- 7,444
Bladder Cancer	50	344	54	272	+ 72
Encephalitis	51	309	31	1,190	- 882
Drug Use	52	164	51	328	- 164
Other Neoplasms	53	139	63	29	+ 110
Appendicitis	54	118	52	298	- 181
Dengue	55	111	72	0	+ 111
Poisonings	56	95	47	384	- 289
Alcohol	57	73	58	150	- 77
Tetanus	58	58	30	1,254	- 1,196
Hepatitis B	59	45	38	863	- 819
Multiple Sclerosis	60	34	62	84	- 50
Skin Cancers	61	27	59	145	- 118
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	65	25	- 11
Measles	63	11	49	350	- 340
Chlamydia	64	8	69	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	6	64	28	- 22
War	66	4	2	25,620	- 25,615
Ascariasis	67	3	66	17	- 14
Diphtheria	68	2	67	16	- 15
Upper Respiratory	69	1	68	9	- 9
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Fiji

Afghanistan

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.