CONGO VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	10,432	10	1,050	+ 9,383
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,491	4	2,494	+ 6,997
Stroke	3	3,734	5	2,267	+ 1,467
Kidney Disease	4	1,774	15	613	+ 1,162
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,464	3	2,576	- 1,112
Asthma	6	1,447	23	291	+ 1,156
Hypertension	7	1,090	12	933	+ 157
Breast Cancer	8	1,041	32	159	+ 882
Lung Disease	9	901	17	541	+ 360
Congenital Anomalies	10	829	14	729	+ 100
Road Traffic Accidents	11	771	7	1,598	- 828
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	617	8	1,304	- 687
Cervical Cancer	13	553	29	196	+ 357
Low Birth Weight	14	551	9	1,283	- 732
Liver Disease	15	524	13	931	- 407
Suicide	16	511	19	349	+ 162
Other Injuries	17	492	20	333	+ 159
Liver Cancer	18	436	30	169	+ 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	403	25	230	+ 173
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	397	43	67	+ 331
Drownings	21	381	36	104	+ 278
Lung Cancers	22	306	47	54	+ 253
Inflammatory/Heart	23	290	26	220	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	290	38	89	+ 201
Prostate Cancer	25	260	28	198	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	26	258	42	69	+ 189
Tuberculosis	27	251	2	2,781	- 2,530
Birth Trauma	28	233	11	997	- 764
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	216	35	105	+ 111
Leukemia	30	198	46	57	+ 141
HIV/AIDS	31	192	1	4,509	- 4,317
Ovary Cancer	32	186	48	49	+ 137
Fires	33	177	37	90	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	34	177	27	208	- 31
Lymphomas	35	175	45	61	+ 114
Falls	36	171	33	149	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	37	150	39	88	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	38	133	52	42	+ 92
Uterin Cancer	39	128	60	15	+ 113
Violence	40	125	18	539	- 414
Skin Disease	41	123	50	46	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	42	114	57	19	+ 94
Meningitis	43	110	22	299	- 189
Epilepsy	44	105	40	76	+ 29
Malnutrition	45	92	24	272	- 180
Oral Cancer	46	80	54	33	+ 47
Syphilis	47	71	34	107	- 36
Pertussis	48	63	21	329	- 266
Maternal Conditions	49	55	16	578	- 522
Bladder Cancer	50	52	61	15	+ 38
Encephalitis	51	47	56	20	+ 27
Drug Use	52	25	44	65	- 41
Other Neoplasms	53	21	63	8	+ 14
Appendicitis	54	18	58	18	- 1
Dengue	55	17	73	0	+ 17
Poisonings	56	14	41	71	- 56
Alcohol	57	11	49	46	- 35
Tetanus	58	9	55	23	- 14
Hepatitis B	59	7	62	14	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	66	4	+ 1
Skin Cancers	61	4	53	36	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	59	15	- 13
Measles	63	2	31	159	- 158
Chlamydia	64	1	70	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	2	- 2
War	66	1	72	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	68	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	7	- 7
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	75	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Fiji

Congo

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.