CANADA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	66,373	9	5,718	+ 60,655
Coronary Heart Disease	2	60,386	1	40,063	+ 20,323
Stroke	3	23,754	5	14,159	+ 9,595
Kidney Disease	4	11,289	14	4,578	+ 6,711
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,314	7	7,431	+ 1,883
Asthma	6	9,207	49	262	+ 8,945
Hypertension	7	6,932	22	2,563	+ 4,369
Breast Cancer	8	6,623	8	5,910	+ 713
Lung Disease	9	5,734	4	14,212	- 8,479
Congenital Anomalies	10	5,276	35	1,081	+ 4,195
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,903	28	1,998	+ 2,906
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	3,928	36	840	+ 3,088
Cervical Cancer	13	3,521	41	578	+ 2,943
Low Birth Weight	14	3,503	42	553	+ 2,949
Liver Disease	15	3,331	17	3,624	- 293
Suicide	16	3,251	15	4,417	- 1,166
Other Injuries	17	3,131	24	2,392	+ 739
Liver Cancer	18	2,776	20	3,113	- 337
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,564	2	30,970	- 28,406
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	2,527	39	636	+ 1,891
Drownings	21	2,426	48	283	+ 2,143
Lung Cancers	22	1,948	3	20,937	- 18,989
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,846	27	2,060	- 214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,843	6	9,651	- 7,808
Prostate Cancer	25	1,652	13	4,711	- 3,059
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,643	18	3,359	- 1,716
Tuberculosis	27	1,596	58	97	+ 1,499
Birth Trauma	28	1,483	50	193	+ 1,290
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,373	43	442	+ 931
Leukemia	30	1,262	21	3,098	- 1,837
HIV/AIDS	31	1,223	53	163	+ 1,060
Ovary Cancer	32	1,185	29	1,902	- 718
Fires	33	1,129	52	192	+ 936
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,124	19	3,233	- 2,108
Lymphomas	35	1,111	10	5,146	- 4,035
Falls	36	1,090	12	4,829	- 3,740
Stomach Cancer	37	952	26	2,177	- 1,225
Pancreas Cancer	38	849	11	5,057	- 4,209
Uterin Cancer	39	814	34	1,183	- 369
Violence	40	793	40	605	+ 188
Skin Disease	41	780	38	679	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	42	724	25	2,230	- 1,505
Meningitis	43	700	59	68	+ 631
Epilepsy	44	665	44	384	+ 281
Malnutrition	45	584	51	192	+ 392
Oral Cancer	46	510	32	1,592	- 1,082
Syphilis	47	451	67	5	+ 446
Pertussis	48	401	69	1	+ 400
Maternal Conditions	49	351	64	45	+ 306
Bladder Cancer	50	333	23	2,521	- 2,188
Encephalitis	51	298	68	3	+ 295
Drug Use	52	158	16	3,686	- 3,528
Other Neoplasms	53	135	31	1,679	- 1,544
Appendicitis	54	114	62	49	+ 64
Dengue	55	107	72	0	+ 107
Poisonings	56	91	56	121	- 30
Alcohol	57	71	33	1,491	- 1,420
Tetanus	58	56	71	0	+ 56
Hepatitis B	59	43	60	66	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	60	33	37	692	- 659
Skin Cancers	61	26	30	1,756	- 1,730
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	47	322	- 308
Measles	63	10	74	0	+ 10
Chlamydia	64	8	83	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	5	45	363	- 358
War	66	4	65	21	- 17
Ascariasis	67	3	82	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	68	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	69	1	63	47	- 46
Otitis Media	70	0	66	8	- 7
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	118	- 118
Anemia	82	0	46	343	- 343
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	85	0	55	139	- 139
Oral conditions	86	0	61	51	- 51
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Fiji

Canada

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.