DR CONGO VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	197,440	16	12,902	+ 184,538
Coronary Heart Disease	2	179,631	7	34,713	+ 144,918
Stroke	3	70,661	6	36,596	+ 34,065
Kidney Disease	4	33,582	20	9,077	+ 24,506
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	27,706	1	73,546	- 45,840
Asthma	6	27,388	24	7,733	+ 19,654
Hypertension	7	20,621	12	15,743	+ 4,878
Breast Cancer	8	19,701	35	3,416	+ 16,285
Lung Disease	9	17,056	14	13,527	+ 3,529
Congenital Anomalies	10	15,695	11	16,256	- 561
Road Traffic Accidents	11	14,586	10	30,256	- 15,670
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	11,684	5	41,301	- 29,617
Cervical Cancer	13	10,473	27	4,823	+ 5,650
Low Birth Weight	14	10,420	8	34,668	- 24,248
Liver Disease	15	9,909	13	15,044	- 5,136
Suicide	16	9,670	26	5,812	+ 3,858
Other Injuries	17	9,315	22	8,272	+ 1,043
Liver Cancer	18	8,257	31	3,840	+ 4,417
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	7,626	28	4,548	+ 3,078
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	7,517	43	1,728	+ 5,789
Drownings	21	7,218	34	3,454	+ 3,764
Lung Cancers	22	5,795	47	1,158	+ 4,638
Inflammatory/Heart	23	5,491	29	4,045	+ 1,446
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	5,481	36	2,966	+ 2,515
Prostate Cancer	25	4,914	30	3,948	+ 965
Parkinson's Disease	26	4,888	49	1,035	+ 3,853
Tuberculosis	27	4,749	2	43,759	- 39,010
Birth Trauma	28	4,411	9	33,075	- 28,664
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	4,084	40	1,923	+ 2,161
Leukemia	30	3,753	41	1,871	+ 1,882
HIV/AIDS	31	3,638	15	13,286	- 9,648
Ovary Cancer	32	3,524	58	656	+ 2,868
Fires	33	3,357	39	2,007	+ 1,350
Endocrine Disorders	34	3,345	25	7,380	- 4,035
Lymphomas	35	3,306	38	2,061	+ 1,245
Falls	36	3,241	33	3,483	- 242
Stomach Cancer	37	2,833	37	2,579	+ 254
Pancreas Cancer	38	2,524	50	1,017	+ 1,508
Uterin Cancer	39	2,422	63	352	+ 2,070
Violence	40	2,358	18	11,120	- 8,762
Skin Disease	41	2,319	54	781	+ 1,538
Oesophagus Cancer	42	2,155	53	790	+ 1,365
Meningitis	43	2,081	17	11,568	- 9,487
Epilepsy	44	1,979	44	1,727	+ 253
Malnutrition	45	1,739	21	8,910	- 7,172
Oral Cancer	46	1,517	51	1,003	+ 514
Syphilis	47	1,342	32	3,751	- 2,409
Pertussis	48	1,191	23	7,921	- 6,730
Maternal Conditions	49	1,045	19	10,513	- 9,468
Bladder Cancer	50	989	65	270	+ 719
Encephalitis	51	887	57	680	+ 208
Drug Use	52	471	59	638	- 167
Other Neoplasms	53	400	67	88	+ 313
Appendicitis	54	338	56	703	- 365
Dengue	55	319	74	1	+ 318
Poisonings	56	272	42	1,729	- 1,457
Alcohol	57	210	60	635	- 424
Tetanus	58	168	46	1,166	- 998
Hepatitis B	59	128	61	456	- 328
Multiple Sclerosis	60	97	71	44	+ 54
Skin Cancers	61	78	55	765	- 688
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	41	66	217	- 176
Measles	63	30	3	42,254	- 42,224
Chlamydia	64	23	73	15	+ 9
Hepatitis C	65	16	69	69	- 52
War	66	13	45	1,658	- 1,645
Ascariasis	67	10	68	80	- 70
Diphtheria	68	6	70	47	- 41
Upper Respiratory	69	2	62	370	- 368
Otitis Media	70	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	64	347	- 347
Leishmaniasis	73	0	52	869	- 869
Schistosomiasis	74	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Malaria	75	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Fiji

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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.