ECUADOR VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	31,326	5	4,321	+ 27,005
Coronary Heart Disease	2	28,500	1	9,805	+ 18,696
Stroke	3	11,211	3	5,429	+ 5,782
Kidney Disease	4	5,328	2	6,184	- 856
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,396	4	5,083	- 687
Asthma	6	4,345	53	85	+ 4,260
Hypertension	7	3,272	10	2,507	+ 765
Breast Cancer	8	3,126	25	825	+ 2,300
Lung Disease	9	2,706	8	2,576	+ 130
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,490	13	1,335	+ 1,155
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,314	6	3,490	- 1,176
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,854	34	410	+ 1,443
Cervical Cancer	13	1,662	24	840	+ 822
Low Birth Weight	14	1,653	16	1,172	+ 481
Liver Disease	15	1,572	7	3,330	- 1,758
Suicide	16	1,534	14	1,326	+ 208
Other Injuries	17	1,478	17	1,161	+ 317
Liver Cancer	18	1,310	21	954	+ 356
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,210	9	2,565	- 1,355
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	1,193	47	163	+ 1,030
Drownings	21	1,145	32	470	+ 675
Lung Cancers	22	919	20	1,075	- 155
Inflammatory/Heart	23	871	36	308	+ 563
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	870	19	1,109	- 240
Prostate Cancer	25	780	12	1,362	- 582
Parkinson's Disease	26	776	26	658	+ 118
Tuberculosis	27	753	29	574	+ 180
Birth Trauma	28	700	38	302	+ 397
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	648	33	417	+ 231
Leukemia	30	595	23	882	- 286
HIV/AIDS	31	577	27	609	- 32
Ovary Cancer	32	559	35	322	+ 237
Fires	33	533	43	175	+ 357
Endocrine Disorders	34	531	31	507	+ 24
Lymphomas	35	524	22	883	- 358
Falls	36	514	18	1,114	- 600
Stomach Cancer	37	450	11	2,089	- 1,639
Pancreas Cancer	38	400	30	562	- 161
Uterin Cancer	39	384	48	129	+ 256
Violence	40	374	15	1,210	- 836
Skin Disease	41	368	51	103	+ 265
Oesophagus Cancer	42	342	42	180	+ 162
Meningitis	43	330	52	90	+ 241
Epilepsy	44	314	40	273	+ 41
Malnutrition	45	276	28	578	- 302
Oral Cancer	46	241	45	166	+ 75
Syphilis	47	213	54	85	+ 128
Pertussis	48	189	56	79	+ 110
Maternal Conditions	49	166	46	164	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	50	157	44	168	- 11
Encephalitis	51	141	55	82	+ 59
Drug Use	52	75	41	214	- 139
Other Neoplasms	53	63	57	64	- 1
Appendicitis	54	54	50	110	- 57
Dengue	55	51	61	10	+ 41
Poisonings	56	43	58	59	- 15
Alcohol	57	33	39	280	- 247
Tetanus	58	27	62	9	+ 18
Hepatitis B	59	20	64	3	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	60	18	- 3
Skin Cancers	61	12	37	308	- 295
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	49	124	- 117
Measles	63	5	72	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	64	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	67	1	+ 1
War	66	2	66	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	2	65	2	- 0
Diphtheria	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	63	8	- 8
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	59	21	- 21
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Fiji

Ecuador

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.