GUINEA-BISSAU VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	3,648	14	313	+ 3,335
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,319	5	907	+ 2,412
Stroke	3	1,306	6	829	+ 476
Kidney Disease	4	621	15	268	+ 353
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	512	2	1,390	- 878
Asthma	6	506	24	150	+ 356
Hypertension	7	381	21	177	+ 204
Breast Cancer	8	364	29	93	+ 271
Lung Disease	9	315	20	191	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	10	290	12	373	- 83
Road Traffic Accidents	11	270	10	619	- 350
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	216	4	913	- 697
Cervical Cancer	13	194	23	154	+ 39
Low Birth Weight	14	193	8	705	- 512
Liver Disease	15	183	11	405	- 222
Suicide	16	179	26	134	+ 45
Other Injuries	17	172	17	234	- 62
Liver Cancer	18	153	28	116	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	141	34	69	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	139	43	33	+ 106
Drownings	21	133	30	89	+ 44
Lung Cancers	22	107	50	18	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	23	101	37	53	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	101	38	50	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	25	91	42	41	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	26	90	46	27	+ 63
Tuberculosis	27	88	3	1,387	- 1,299
Birth Trauma	28	82	7	790	- 709
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	75	32	77	- 2
Leukemia	30	69	61	6	+ 63
HIV/AIDS	31	67	1	1,445	- 1,378
Ovary Cancer	32	65	48	19	+ 46
Fires	33	62	35	64	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	34	62	18	221	- 159
Lymphomas	35	61	45	28	+ 34
Falls	36	60	33	71	- 11
Stomach Cancer	37	52	36	55	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	38	47	54	14	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	39	45	59	8	+ 37
Violence	40	44	22	173	- 129
Skin Disease	41	43	53	16	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	42	40	49	19	+ 21
Meningitis	43	38	16	258	- 220
Epilepsy	44	37	39	48	- 12
Malnutrition	45	32	27	121	- 89
Oral Cancer	46	28	56	13	+ 15
Syphilis	47	25	31	85	- 60
Pertussis	48	22	19	212	- 190
Maternal Conditions	49	19	13	333	- 314
Bladder Cancer	50	18	51	17	+ 1
Encephalitis	51	16	58	10	+ 6
Drug Use	52	9	55	13	- 5
Other Neoplasms	53	7	65	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	54	6	60	7	- 1
Dengue	55	6	72	0	+ 6
Poisonings	56	5	41	45	- 40
Alcohol	57	4	57	12	- 8
Tetanus	58	3	40	48	- 45
Hepatitis B	59	2	47	20	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	64	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	61	1	52	17	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	67	2	- 1
Measles	63	1	25	147	- 146
Chlamydia	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	63	3	- 2
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	75	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Fiji

Guinea-Bissau

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.