GUYANA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	1,359	3	579	+ 780
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,236	1	1,335	- 99
Stroke	3	486	2	1,022	- 536
Kidney Disease	4	231	8	233	- 2
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	191	6	302	- 111
Asthma	6	188	36	25	+ 163
Hypertension	7	142	4	320	- 178
Breast Cancer	8	136	19	96	+ 40
Lung Disease	9	117	13	174	- 57
Congenital Anomalies	10	108	23	69	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	11	100	11	175	- 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	80	27	48	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	13	72	21	91	- 19
Low Birth Weight	14	72	22	89	- 18
Liver Disease	15	68	9	197	- 129
Suicide	16	67	5	315	- 249
Other Injuries	17	64	14	167	- 103
Liver Cancer	18	57	34	29	+ 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	52	38	23	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	52	47	13	+ 39
Drownings	21	50	15	145	- 95
Lung Cancers	22	40	29	38	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	23	38	20	92	- 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	38	25	59	- 21
Prostate Cancer	25	34	17	123	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	26	34	49	9	+ 25
Tuberculosis	27	33	16	137	- 104
Birth Trauma	28	30	24	64	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	28	26	54	- 26
Leukemia	30	26	39	21	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	31	25	7	256	- 231
Ovary Cancer	32	24	43	18	+ 7
Fires	33	23	41	19	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	34	23	12	174	- 151
Lymphomas	35	23	32	32	- 9
Falls	36	22	48	11	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	37	19	31	34	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	38	17	42	19	- 2
Uterin Cancer	39	17	46	13	+ 4
Violence	40	16	10	194	- 177
Skin Disease	41	16	56	3	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	42	15	51	8	+ 7
Meningitis	43	14	44	17	- 3
Epilepsy	44	14	37	24	- 10
Malnutrition	45	12	30	37	- 25
Oral Cancer	46	10	40	20	- 10
Syphilis	47	9	71	0	+ 9
Pertussis	48	8	73	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	49	7	35	28	- 21
Bladder Cancer	50	7	50	8	- 1
Encephalitis	51	6	53	7	- 1
Drug Use	52	3	45	16	- 12
Other Neoplasms	53	3	28	40	- 37
Appendicitis	54	2	54	6	- 4
Dengue	55	2	60	2	+ 0
Poisonings	56	2	65	1	+ 1
Alcohol	57	1	57	3	- 2
Tetanus	58	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	59	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	61	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	61	1	55	5	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	63	1	- 1
Measles	63	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
War	66	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Fiji

Guyana

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.