GHANA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	59,178	12	5,929	+ 53,248
Coronary Heart Disease	2	53,840	3	14,103	+ 39,737
Stroke	3	21,179	2	15,163	+ 6,016
Kidney Disease	4	10,065	13	4,161	+ 5,904
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,304	1	16,262	- 7,958
Asthma	6	8,209	23	1,979	+ 6,230
Hypertension	7	6,181	19	2,231	+ 3,950
Breast Cancer	8	5,905	25	1,937	+ 3,967
Lung Disease	9	5,112	15	3,120	+ 1,992
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,704	14	3,935	+ 769
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,372	7	7,808	- 3,436
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	3,502	9	6,538	- 3,036
Cervical Cancer	13	3,139	20	2,161	+ 978
Low Birth Weight	14	3,123	8	6,662	- 3,539
Liver Disease	15	2,970	11	6,053	- 3,084
Suicide	16	2,898	21	1,993	+ 905
Other Injuries	17	2,792	18	2,433	+ 359
Liver Cancer	18	2,475	17	2,851	- 376
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,286	29	1,294	+ 992
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	2,253	52	256	+ 1,997
Drownings	21	2,163	36	740	+ 1,423
Lung Cancers	22	1,737	55	237	+ 1,500
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,646	28	1,615	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,643	34	803	+ 840
Prostate Cancer	25	1,473	31	1,031	+ 442
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,465	43	387	+ 1,078
Tuberculosis	27	1,423	6	10,214	- 8,791
Birth Trauma	28	1,322	10	6,194	- 4,872
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,224	48	321	+ 903
Leukemia	30	1,125	45	340	+ 785
HIV/AIDS	31	1,090	4	13,565	- 12,475
Ovary Cancer	32	1,056	38	698	+ 358
Fires	33	1,006	37	729	+ 277
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,003	24	1,965	- 962
Lymphomas	35	991	32	875	+ 116
Falls	36	971	30	1,168	- 196
Stomach Cancer	37	849	33	870	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	38	757	46	334	+ 422
Uterin Cancer	39	726	57	219	+ 507
Violence	40	707	27	1,857	- 1,150
Skin Disease	41	695	50	264	+ 431
Oesophagus Cancer	42	646	49	285	+ 361
Meningitis	43	624	16	2,983	- 2,359
Epilepsy	44	593	47	329	+ 264
Malnutrition	45	521	26	1,868	- 1,347
Oral Cancer	46	455	42	483	- 28
Syphilis	47	402	41	483	- 80
Pertussis	48	357	35	744	- 387
Maternal Conditions	49	313	22	1,991	- 1,678
Bladder Cancer	50	297	53	245	+ 51
Encephalitis	51	266	44	357	- 91
Drug Use	52	141	39	630	- 489
Other Neoplasms	53	120	63	48	+ 72
Appendicitis	54	101	59	146	- 44
Dengue	55	96	71	0	+ 95
Poisonings	56	82	40	522	- 440
Alcohol	57	63	54	244	- 181
Tetanus	58	50	56	220	- 170
Hepatitis B	59	38	62	101	- 63
Multiple Sclerosis	60	29	61	113	- 83
Skin Cancers	61	23	58	214	- 191
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	67	16	- 4
Measles	63	9	60	135	- 126
Chlamydia	64	7	70	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	28	- 23
War	66	4	64	29	- 25
Ascariasis	67	3	68	12	- 9
Diphtheria	68	2	69	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	16	- 16
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	257	- 257
Malaria	75	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Fiji

Ghana

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.