COSTA RICA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	9,009	5	953	+ 8,055
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,196	1	2,639	+ 5,557
Stroke	3	3,224	2	1,624	+ 1,600
Kidney Disease	4	1,532	3	1,482	+ 50
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,264	7	836	+ 429
Asthma	6	1,250	45	60	+ 1,189
Hypertension	7	941	6	863	+ 78
Breast Cancer	8	899	16	384	+ 515
Lung Disease	9	778	4	1,046	- 268
Congenital Anomalies	10	716	21	315	+ 401
Road Traffic Accidents	11	666	9	746	- 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	533	39	87	+ 446
Cervical Cancer	13	478	29	159	+ 319
Low Birth Weight	14	475	28	178	+ 298
Liver Disease	15	452	18	370	+ 82
Suicide	16	441	15	407	+ 34
Other Injuries	17	425	13	571	- 146
Liver Cancer	18	377	17	382	- 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	348	8	818	- 470
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	343	49	32	+ 311
Drownings	21	329	37	97	+ 233
Lung Cancers	22	264	20	343	- 79
Inflammatory/Heart	23	251	26	191	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	250	12	621	- 371
Prostate Cancer	25	224	14	448	- 224
Parkinson's Disease	26	223	30	138	+ 85
Tuberculosis	27	217	50	32	+ 185
Birth Trauma	28	201	47	48	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	186	42	74	+ 113
Leukemia	30	171	24	262	- 90
HIV/AIDS	31	166	25	192	- 26
Ovary Cancer	32	161	40	80	+ 80
Fires	33	153	58	10	+ 143
Endocrine Disorders	34	153	27	183	- 31
Lymphomas	35	151	19	356	- 205
Falls	36	148	35	116	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	37	129	10	661	- 531
Pancreas Cancer	38	115	22	294	- 178
Uterin Cancer	39	111	41	80	+ 30
Violence	40	108	11	635	- 528
Skin Disease	41	106	32	126	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	42	98	44	61	+ 37
Meningitis	43	95	54	18	+ 77
Epilepsy	44	90	34	116	- 26
Malnutrition	45	79	48	37	+ 43
Oral Cancer	46	69	38	96	- 27
Syphilis	47	61	65	1	+ 60
Pertussis	48	54	69	0	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	49	48	55	17	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	50	45	36	100	- 55
Encephalitis	51	40	63	3	+ 38
Drug Use	52	22	43	63	- 42
Other Neoplasms	53	18	23	266	- 247
Appendicitis	54	15	52	22	- 6
Dengue	55	15	70	0	+ 14
Poisonings	56	12	60	5	+ 7
Alcohol	57	10	33	126	- 117
Tetanus	58	8	74	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	6	59	7	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	57	11	- 6
Skin Cancers	61	4	31	137	- 133
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	46	55	- 53
Measles	63	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	82	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Fiji

Costa Rica

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.