BOTSWANA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	4,193	5	1,273	+ 2,920
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,815	3	1,632	+ 2,183
Stroke	3	1,501	4	1,588	- 88
Kidney Disease	4	713	9	506	+ 207
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	588	2	1,674	- 1,085
Asthma	6	582	18	232	+ 349
Hypertension	7	438	11	471	- 33
Breast Cancer	8	418	33	68	+ 350
Lung Disease	9	362	10	482	- 119
Congenital Anomalies	10	333	16	287	+ 46
Road Traffic Accidents	11	310	7	608	- 299
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	248	8	527	- 279
Cervical Cancer	13	222	22	164	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	14	221	13	447	- 226
Liver Disease	15	210	12	459	- 248
Suicide	16	205	15	370	- 165
Other Injuries	17	198	19	216	- 19
Liver Cancer	18	175	35	57	+ 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	162	23	164	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	160	43	37	+ 123
Drownings	21	153	30	83	+ 71
Lung Cancers	22	123	39	45	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	23	117	20	177	- 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	116	47	28	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	25	104	41	45	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	26	104	38	47	+ 57
Tuberculosis	27	101	6	649	- 548
Birth Trauma	28	94	17	261	- 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	87	29	90	- 3
Leukemia	30	80	51	13	+ 67
HIV/AIDS	31	77	1	4,950	- 4,873
Ovary Cancer	32	75	49	19	+ 56
Fires	33	71	26	108	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	34	71	27	103	- 32
Lymphomas	35	70	31	77	- 7
Falls	36	69	34	62	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	37	60	53	10	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	38	54	50	16	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	39	51	56	9	+ 42
Violence	40	50	14	389	- 339
Skin Disease	41	49	46	30	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	42	46	28	103	- 57
Meningitis	43	44	25	108	- 64
Epilepsy	44	42	36	56	- 14
Malnutrition	45	37	21	171	- 134
Oral Cancer	46	32	32	70	- 38
Syphilis	47	29	44	36	- 8
Pertussis	48	25	40	45	- 19
Maternal Conditions	49	22	24	118	- 96
Bladder Cancer	50	21	60	6	+ 15
Encephalitis	51	19	59	7	+ 12
Drug Use	52	10	48	26	- 16
Other Neoplasms	53	8	55	9	- 1
Appendicitis	54	7	57	8	- 0
Dengue	55	7	76	0	+ 7
Poisonings	56	6	42	42	- 36
Alcohol	57	4	45	31	- 26
Tetanus	58	4	61	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	3	62	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	61	2	37	52	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	52	11	- 10
Measles	63	1	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	65	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	58	7	- 7
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Fiji

Botswana

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.