LAOS VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	13,608	8	1,466	+ 12,141
Coronary Heart Disease	2	12,380	2	5,190	+ 7,190
Stroke	3	4,870	1	5,769	- 899
Kidney Disease	4	2,314	5	1,646	+ 669
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,910	3	2,820	- 910
Asthma	6	1,888	16	840	+ 1,047
Hypertension	7	1,421	15	890	+ 532
Breast Cancer	8	1,358	25	437	+ 921
Lung Disease	9	1,176	6	1,626	- 451
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,082	18	647	+ 435
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,005	9	1,281	- 276
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	805	7	1,552	- 746
Cervical Cancer	13	722	37	187	+ 535
Low Birth Weight	14	718	11	1,156	- 438
Liver Disease	15	683	10	1,171	- 488
Suicide	16	666	27	390	+ 277
Other Injuries	17	642	21	519	+ 123
Liver Cancer	18	569	13	1,104	- 535
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	526	23	458	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	518	35	207	+ 311
Drownings	21	497	19	568	- 71
Lung Cancers	22	399	14	919	- 520
Inflammatory/Heart	23	378	36	206	+ 172
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	378	26	422	- 45
Prostate Cancer	25	339	53	37	+ 302
Parkinson's Disease	26	337	41	139	+ 198
Tuberculosis	27	327	4	1,949	- 1,621
Birth Trauma	28	304	12	1,116	- 812
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	281	17	651	- 370
Leukemia	30	259	31	290	- 31
HIV/AIDS	31	251	29	313	- 62
Ovary Cancer	32	243	43	101	+ 142
Fires	33	231	42	108	+ 123
Endocrine Disorders	34	231	38	186	+ 44
Lymphomas	35	228	34	211	+ 17
Falls	36	223	24	440	- 216
Stomach Cancer	37	195	20	530	- 335
Pancreas Cancer	38	174	48	61	+ 113
Uterin Cancer	39	167	55	29	+ 138
Violence	40	163	22	475	- 312
Skin Disease	41	160	45	89	+ 71
Oesophagus Cancer	42	149	33	214	- 65
Meningitis	43	143	40	154	- 10
Epilepsy	44	136	50	58	+ 79
Malnutrition	45	120	39	166	- 46
Oral Cancer	46	105	28	349	- 245
Syphilis	47	93	58	28	+ 64
Pertussis	48	82	30	304	- 222
Maternal Conditions	49	72	32	218	- 146
Bladder Cancer	50	68	51	49	+ 19
Encephalitis	51	61	46	69	- 8
Drug Use	52	32	54	33	- 0
Other Neoplasms	53	28	61	12	+ 16
Appendicitis	54	23	57	29	- 5
Dengue	55	22	59	17	+ 5
Poisonings	56	19	52	41	- 22
Alcohol	57	15	47	61	- 47
Tetanus	58	12	44	96	- 84
Hepatitis B	59	9	60	17	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	65	6	+ 0
Skin Cancers	61	5	49	59	- 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	64	7	- 4
Measles	63	2	56	29	- 27
Chlamydia	64	2	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	4	- 3
War	66	1	68	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	69	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	62	11	- 11
Malaria	75	0	63	10	- 10
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	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 LAOS

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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.