GUATEMALA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	31,232	3	6,932	+ 24,300
Coronary Heart Disease	2	28,415	1	9,825	+ 18,591
Stroke	3	11,178	6	4,849	+ 6,329
Kidney Disease	4	5,312	4	6,277	- 964
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,383	2	9,245	- 4,862
Asthma	6	4,332	36	335	+ 3,998
Hypertension	7	3,262	26	679	+ 2,583
Breast Cancer	8	3,116	28	495	+ 2,621
Lung Disease	9	2,698	13	1,901	+ 797
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,483	18	1,517	+ 966
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,307	8	4,026	- 1,719
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,848	9	2,617	- 769
Cervical Cancer	13	1,657	25	808	+ 849
Low Birth Weight	14	1,648	16	1,658	- 10
Liver Disease	15	1,567	5	5,684	- 4,117
Suicide	16	1,530	22	1,039	+ 490
Other Injuries	17	1,474	10	2,466	- 992
Liver Cancer	18	1,306	15	1,765	- 459
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,206	12	1,957	- 751
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	1,189	54	62	+ 1,127
Drownings	21	1,142	32	463	+ 678
Lung Cancers	22	917	35	391	+ 525
Inflammatory/Heart	23	869	44	225	+ 643
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	867	31	464	+ 403
Prostate Cancer	25	777	24	846	- 68
Parkinson's Disease	26	773	34	393	+ 381
Tuberculosis	27	751	37	301	+ 450
Birth Trauma	28	698	19	1,466	- 768
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	646	23	1,029	- 383
Leukemia	30	594	27	601	- 7
HIV/AIDS	31	576	21	1,173	- 597
Ovary Cancer	32	557	50	133	+ 425
Fires	33	531	45	207	+ 324
Endocrine Disorders	34	529	29	486	+ 44
Lymphomas	35	523	43	229	+ 294
Falls	36	513	20	1,371	- 859
Stomach Cancer	37	448	17	1,570	- 1,122
Pancreas Cancer	38	399	38	282	+ 117
Uterin Cancer	39	383	59	27	+ 356
Violence	40	373	7	4,411	- 4,038
Skin Disease	41	367	42	232	+ 135
Oesophagus Cancer	42	341	48	144	+ 197
Meningitis	43	329	41	271	+ 58
Epilepsy	44	313	33	463	- 150
Malnutrition	45	275	11	1,981	- 1,706
Oral Cancer	46	240	49	142	+ 98
Syphilis	47	212	64	3	+ 210
Pertussis	48	188	53	70	+ 119
Maternal Conditions	49	165	30	468	- 303
Bladder Cancer	50	156	55	57	+ 99
Encephalitis	51	140	51	104	+ 37
Drug Use	52	75	40	272	- 197
Other Neoplasms	53	63	56	42	+ 21
Appendicitis	54	54	47	164	- 110
Dengue	55	50	58	33	+ 18
Poisonings	56	43	39	275	- 232
Alcohol	57	33	14	1,799	- 1,766
Tetanus	58	27	62	10	+ 17
Hepatitis B	59	20	65	2	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	60	21	- 5
Skin Cancers	61	12	46	195	- 183
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	52	82	- 75
Measles	63	5	72	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	64	4	67	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	2	+ 0
War	66	2	68	2	- 0
Ascariasis	67	2	63	7	- 6
Diphtheria	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	57	34	- 34
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	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 GUATEMALA

Fiji

Guatemala

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.