COMOROS VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	1,540	9	136	+ 1,404
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,401	4	349	+ 1,052
Stroke	3	551	3	356	+ 196
Kidney Disease	4	262	14	101	+ 161
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	216	1	594	- 378
Asthma	6	214	21	49	+ 165
Hypertension	7	161	12	115	+ 46
Breast Cancer	8	154	33	23	+ 131
Lung Disease	9	133	17	83	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	10	122	10	131	- 8
Road Traffic Accidents	11	114	6	226	- 112
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	91	2	363	- 272
Cervical Cancer	13	82	13	104	- 23
Low Birth Weight	14	81	5	328	- 247
Liver Disease	15	77	8	160	- 82
Suicide	16	75	24	46	+ 30
Other Injuries	17	73	16	90	- 18
Liver Cancer	18	64	28	29	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	59	23	46	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	59	47	10	+ 48
Drownings	21	56	25	35	+ 22
Lung Cancers	22	45	60	1	+ 44
Inflammatory/Heart	23	43	31	26	+ 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	43	39	19	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	25	38	27	33	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	26	38	44	11	+ 27
Tuberculosis	27	37	19	79	- 42
Birth Trauma	28	34	7	211	- 176
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	32	34	21	+ 11
Leukemia	30	29	57	3	+ 26
HIV/AIDS	31	28	76	0	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	32	27	56	3	+ 24
Fires	33	26	30	27	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	34	26	36	19	+ 7
Lymphomas	35	26	37	19	+ 7
Falls	36	25	32	26	- 1
Stomach Cancer	37	22	45	11	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	38	20	82	0	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	39	19	55	3	+ 16
Violence	40	18	20	63	- 45
Skin Disease	41	18	48	9	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	42	17	26	34	- 17
Meningitis	43	16	11	115	- 99
Epilepsy	44	15	40	17	- 2
Malnutrition	45	14	15	96	- 82
Oral Cancer	46	12	41	15	- 4
Syphilis	47	10	38	19	- 9
Pertussis	48	9	18	80	- 71
Maternal Conditions	49	8	22	47	- 39
Bladder Cancer	50	8	46	10	- 3
Encephalitis	51	7	54	4	+ 3
Drug Use	52	4	49	7	- 3
Other Neoplasms	53	3	59	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	3	50	6	- 3
Dengue	55	2	68	0	+ 2
Poisonings	56	2	35	20	- 18
Alcohol	57	2	51	6	- 4
Tetanus	58	1	43	12	- 11
Hepatitis B	59	1	52	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	61	1	42	12	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	58	2	- 1
Measles	63	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	1	- 1
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	65	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	53	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	29	29	- 29
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	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 COMOROS

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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.