EQU. GUINEA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	3,072	11	299	+ 2,773
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,795	7	419	+ 2,376
Stroke	3	1,100	6	437	+ 662
Kidney Disease	4	523	14	198	+ 324
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	431	2	913	- 482
Asthma	6	426	26	65	+ 361
Hypertension	7	321	16	165	+ 156
Breast Cancer	8	307	24	84	+ 222
Lung Disease	9	265	20	120	+ 145
Congenital Anomalies	10	244	12	249	- 5
Road Traffic Accidents	11	227	8	368	- 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	182	9	349	- 167
Cervical Cancer	13	163	28	56	+ 107
Low Birth Weight	14	162	4	457	- 295
Liver Disease	15	154	13	199	- 45
Suicide	16	150	22	107	+ 43
Other Injuries	17	145	23	105	+ 40
Liver Cancer	18	128	34	43	+ 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	119	29	55	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	117	50	14	+ 103
Drownings	21	112	36	39	+ 73
Lung Cancers	22	90	41	27	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	23	85	27	63	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	85	40	29	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	25	76	35	43	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	26	76	46	18	+ 58
Tuberculosis	27	74	10	321	- 247
Birth Trauma	28	69	5	441	- 372
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	64	43	22	+ 42
Leukemia	30	58	61	4	+ 55
HIV/AIDS	31	57	1	1,838	- 1,782
Ovary Cancer	32	55	52	13	+ 42
Fires	33	52	39	30	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	34	52	25	73	- 21
Lymphomas	35	51	45	19	+ 32
Falls	36	50	32	46	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	37	44	49	16	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	38	39	55	11	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	39	38	58	8	+ 30
Violence	40	37	33	45	- 8
Skin Disease	41	36	51	13	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	42	34	54	12	+ 22
Meningitis	43	32	19	127	- 95
Epilepsy	44	31	38	32	- 1
Malnutrition	45	27	31	48	- 21
Oral Cancer	46	24	37	35	- 11
Syphilis	47	21	18	134	- 113
Pertussis	48	19	21	109	- 90
Maternal Conditions	49	16	17	139	- 122
Bladder Cancer	50	15	56	9	+ 7
Encephalitis	51	14	57	8	+ 6
Drug Use	52	7	30	50	- 43
Other Neoplasms	53	6	63	3	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	5	59	6	- 0
Dengue	55	5	73	0	+ 5
Poisonings	56	4	44	21	- 17
Alcohol	57	3	53	12	- 9
Tetanus	58	3	42	23	- 21
Hepatitis B	59	2	65	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	67	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	61	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	4	- 3
Measles	63	0	15	181	- 181
Chlamydia	64	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
War	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	64	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	75	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Fiji

Equ. Guinea

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.