ESTONIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	2,042	19	146	+ 1,896
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,858	1	3,009	- 1,151
Stroke	3	731	3	1,116	- 385
Kidney Disease	4	347	17	176	+ 171
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	287	6	349	- 62
Asthma	6	283	44	24	+ 259
Hypertension	7	213	2	2,700	- 2,487
Breast Cancer	8	204	11	260	- 56
Lung Disease	9	176	13	229	- 52
Congenital Anomalies	10	162	43	25	+ 137
Road Traffic Accidents	11	151	35	59	+ 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	121	53	8	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	13	108	32	68	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	14	108	55	7	+ 101
Liver Disease	15	103	7	328	- 226
Suicide	16	100	16	197	- 97
Other Injuries	17	96	20	141	- 45
Liver Cancer	18	85	26	107	- 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	79	12	229	- 151
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	78	45	22	+ 56
Drownings	21	75	40	30	+ 45
Lung Cancers	22	60	4	657	- 597
Inflammatory/Heart	23	57	14	217	- 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	57	5	527	- 470
Prostate Cancer	25	51	8	298	- 248
Parkinson's Disease	26	51	29	82	- 31
Tuberculosis	27	49	47	16	+ 33
Birth Trauma	28	46	57	5	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	42	36	55	- 13
Leukemia	30	39	22	126	- 87
HIV/AIDS	31	38	39	40	- 3
Ovary Cancer	32	36	28	87	- 51
Fires	33	35	38	41	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	34	35	33	66	- 31
Lymphomas	35	34	15	213	- 179
Falls	36	34	24	119	- 85
Stomach Cancer	37	29	9	290	- 260
Pancreas Cancer	38	26	10	268	- 242
Uterin Cancer	39	25	34	60	- 35
Violence	40	24	42	28	- 4
Skin Disease	41	24	41	29	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	42	22	27	99	- 76
Meningitis	43	22	54	7	+ 14
Epilepsy	44	20	37	45	- 24
Malnutrition	45	18	79	0	+ 18
Oral Cancer	46	16	25	110	- 95
Syphilis	47	14	62	1	+ 13
Pertussis	48	12	83	0	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	49	11	61	1	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	50	10	21	126	- 116
Encephalitis	51	9	63	0	+ 9
Drug Use	52	5	31	75	- 70
Other Neoplasms	53	4	23	123	- 119
Appendicitis	54	3	59	2	+ 1
Dengue	55	3	75	0	+ 3
Poisonings	56	3	52	8	- 6
Alcohol	57	2	18	148	- 146
Tetanus	58	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	48	16	- 15
Skin Cancers	61	1	30	79	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	46	17	- 17
Measles	63	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	58	4	- 4
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Fiji

Estonia

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.