CENTRAL AFRICA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	9,668	15	1,141	+ 8,527
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,796	7	2,900	+ 5,896
Stroke	3	3,460	5	3,284	+ 176
Kidney Disease	4	1,644	21	710	+ 934
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,357	1	5,231	- 3,875
Asthma	6	1,341	20	761	+ 580
Hypertension	7	1,010	12	1,252	- 242
Breast Cancer	8	965	26	344	+ 620
Lung Disease	9	835	18	956	- 121
Congenital Anomalies	10	769	19	776	- 7
Road Traffic Accidents	11	714	10	1,790	- 1,076
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	572	3	4,684	- 4,112
Cervical Cancer	13	513	32	230	+ 283
Low Birth Weight	14	510	8	2,228	- 1,718
Liver Disease	15	485	14	1,153	- 668
Suicide	16	474	24	585	- 111
Other Injuries	17	456	23	621	- 164
Liver Cancer	18	404	44	117	+ 288
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	373	33	204	+ 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	368	35	194	+ 174
Drownings	21	353	34	202	+ 151
Lung Cancers	22	284	55	47	+ 237
Inflammatory/Heart	23	269	30	270	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	268	45	116	+ 152
Prostate Cancer	25	241	38	156	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	26	239	48	67	+ 172
Tuberculosis	27	233	2	4,704	- 4,471
Birth Trauma	28	216	9	2,192	- 1,976
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	200	27	317	- 117
Leukemia	30	184	47	88	+ 96
HIV/AIDS	31	178	4	3,753	- 3,574
Ovary Cancer	32	173	50	64	+ 109
Fires	33	164	39	142	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	34	164	25	423	- 259
Lymphomas	35	162	42	119	+ 43
Falls	36	159	36	181	- 23
Stomach Cancer	37	139	49	65	+ 73
Pancreas Cancer	38	124	60	37	+ 87
Uterin Cancer	39	119	65	20	+ 99
Violence	40	115	17	1,009	- 893
Skin Disease	41	114	54	48	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	42	106	53	48	+ 57
Meningitis	43	102	16	1,015	- 913
Epilepsy	44	97	43	119	- 22
Malnutrition	45	85	22	691	- 606
Oral Cancer	46	74	46	91	- 17
Syphilis	47	66	41	120	- 54
Pertussis	48	58	31	265	- 207
Maternal Conditions	49	51	13	1,174	- 1,123
Bladder Cancer	50	48	64	23	+ 25
Encephalitis	51	43	62	28	+ 15
Drug Use	52	23	57	44	- 21
Other Neoplasms	53	20	70	5	+ 15
Appendicitis	54	17	51	62	- 45
Dengue	55	16	74	0	+ 16
Poisonings	56	13	40	134	- 121
Alcohol	57	10	52	62	- 51
Tetanus	58	8	29	280	- 272
Hepatitis B	59	6	61	33	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	72	4	+ 1
Skin Cancers	61	4	58	43	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	66	15	- 13
Measles	63	1	11	1,625	- 1,624
Chlamydia	64	1	73	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	6	- 5
War	66	1	28	314	- 313
Ascariasis	67	0	71	5	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	67	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	69	0	63	24	- 24
Otitis Media	70	0	68	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	59	40	- 40
Leishmaniasis	73	0	56	46	- 46
Schistosomiasis	74	0	37	169	- 169
Malaria	75	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Fiji

Central Africa

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.