ERITREA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	10,854	7	944	+ 9,909
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,875	4	2,154	+ 7,721
Stroke	3	3,884	2	2,564	+ 1,320
Kidney Disease	4	1,846	12	578	+ 1,268
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,523	1	3,277	- 1,754
Asthma	6	1,506	22	326	+ 1,179
Hypertension	7	1,134	8	926	+ 208
Breast Cancer	8	1,083	23	311	+ 772
Lung Disease	9	938	9	662	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	10	863	18	432	+ 431
Road Traffic Accidents	11	802	5	1,326	- 524
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	642	3	2,292	- 1,650
Cervical Cancer	13	576	30	132	+ 443
Low Birth Weight	14	573	16	531	+ 42
Liver Disease	15	545	6	1,215	- 670
Suicide	16	532	21	382	+ 150
Other Injuries	17	512	15	540	- 28
Liver Cancer	18	454	45	69	+ 385
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	419	24	310	+ 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	413	41	77	+ 337
Drownings	21	397	33	118	+ 279
Lung Cancers	22	319	46	62	+ 257
Inflammatory/Heart	23	302	32	123	+ 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	301	35	113	+ 188
Prostate Cancer	25	270	47	54	+ 216
Parkinson's Disease	26	269	37	85	+ 184
Tuberculosis	27	261	14	543	- 282
Birth Trauma	28	242	11	616	- 374
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	224	27	147	+ 77
Leukemia	30	206	29	144	+ 62
HIV/AIDS	31	200	25	308	- 108
Ovary Cancer	32	194	40	79	+ 114
Fires	33	185	31	132	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	34	184	43	71	+ 113
Lymphomas	35	182	28	147	+ 35
Falls	36	178	26	168	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	37	156	48	48	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	38	139	58	20	+ 119
Uterin Cancer	39	133	61	18	+ 116
Violence	40	130	20	384	- 255
Skin Disease	41	127	50	45	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	42	118	39	81	+ 37
Meningitis	43	114	19	404	- 290
Epilepsy	44	109	38	81	+ 27
Malnutrition	45	96	10	660	- 564
Oral Cancer	46	83	44	71	+ 12
Syphilis	47	74	54	35	+ 39
Pertussis	48	65	36	90	- 24
Maternal Conditions	49	57	13	544	- 486
Bladder Cancer	50	54	51	42	+ 12
Encephalitis	51	49	62	16	+ 33
Drug Use	52	26	53	36	- 10
Other Neoplasms	53	22	66	6	+ 16
Appendicitis	54	19	55	31	- 13
Dengue	55	18	73	0	+ 17
Poisonings	56	15	34	114	- 99
Alcohol	57	12	49	45	- 34
Tetanus	58	9	52	37	- 28
Hepatitis B	59	7	57	28	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	67	4	+ 2
Skin Cancers	61	4	56	30	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	64	12	- 10
Measles	63	2	63	13	- 11
Chlamydia	64	1	70	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	6	- 6
War	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	60	18	- 18
Otitis Media	70	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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 ERITREA

Fiji

Eritrea

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.