JAMAICA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	4,831	2	2,077	+ 2,754
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,395	3	1,726	+ 2,669
Stroke	3	1,729	1	2,415	- 686
Kidney Disease	4	822	6	793	+ 29
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	678	15	393	+ 285
Asthma	6	670	36	65	+ 605
Hypertension	7	505	8	651	- 146
Breast Cancer	8	482	14	413	+ 69
Lung Disease	9	417	11	452	- 35
Congenital Anomalies	10	384	23	139	+ 245
Road Traffic Accidents	11	357	12	444	- 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	286	42	35	+ 251
Cervical Cancer	13	256	16	358	- 102
Low Birth Weight	14	255	18	241	+ 14
Liver Disease	15	242	21	155	+ 88
Suicide	16	237	35	70	+ 166
Other Injuries	17	228	31	91	+ 137
Liver Cancer	18	202	29	101	+ 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	187	9	587	- 401
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	184	44	27	+ 157
Drownings	21	177	51	10	+ 166
Lung Cancers	22	142	10	472	- 331
Inflammatory/Heart	23	134	24	133	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	134	13	436	- 302
Prostate Cancer	25	120	5	883	- 763
Parkinson's Disease	26	120	25	132	- 13
Tuberculosis	27	116	54	8	+ 108
Birth Trauma	28	108	37	65	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	100	32	82	+ 18
Leukemia	30	92	26	129	- 37
HIV/AIDS	31	89	7	757	- 668
Ovary Cancer	32	86	30	97	- 11
Fires	33	82	46	16	+ 67
Endocrine Disorders	34	82	20	176	- 94
Lymphomas	35	81	17	251	- 170
Falls	36	79	33	82	- 3
Stomach Cancer	37	69	19	231	- 161
Pancreas Cancer	38	62	27	119	- 57
Uterin Cancer	39	59	28	106	- 47
Violence	40	58	4	1,484	- 1,427
Skin Disease	41	57	22	145	- 89
Oesophagus Cancer	42	53	34	74	- 21
Meningitis	43	51	47	16	+ 35
Epilepsy	44	48	41	46	+ 3
Malnutrition	45	43	40	48	- 5
Oral Cancer	46	37	39	59	- 22
Syphilis	47	33	60	1	+ 32
Pertussis	48	29	67	0	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	49	26	43	35	- 9
Bladder Cancer	50	24	38	60	- 35
Encephalitis	51	22	49	13	+ 9
Drug Use	52	12	48	13	- 2
Other Neoplasms	53	10	45	19	- 9
Appendicitis	54	8	53	9	- 1
Dengue	55	8	58	1	+ 7
Poisonings	56	7	57	2	+ 4
Alcohol	57	5	55	7	- 2
Tetanus	58	4	63	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	59	3	59	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	56	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	61	2	52	10	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	50	11	- 10
Measles	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	64	1	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.