MADAGASCAR VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	50,390	16	3,278	+ 47,112
Coronary Heart Disease	2	45,845	3	12,388	+ 33,456
Stroke	3	18,034	1	17,964	+ 70
Kidney Disease	4	8,571	22	2,202	+ 6,369
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,071	2	14,605	- 7,534
Asthma	6	6,990	19	2,507	+ 4,483
Hypertension	7	5,263	8	6,208	- 945
Breast Cancer	8	5,028	37	629	+ 4,399
Lung Disease	9	4,353	14	3,957	+ 396
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,006	15	3,380	+ 625
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,723	7	7,880	- 4,157
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	2,982	5	11,085	- 8,103
Cervical Cancer	13	2,673	17	3,028	- 355
Low Birth Weight	14	2,659	10	5,353	- 2,693
Liver Disease	15	2,529	12	4,803	- 2,274
Suicide	16	2,468	24	1,476	+ 992
Other Injuries	17	2,377	21	2,359	+ 18
Liver Cancer	18	2,107	30	933	+ 1,174
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,946	26	1,120	+ 826
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	1,918	38	627	+ 1,291
Drownings	21	1,842	31	825	+ 1,017
Lung Cancers	22	1,479	55	147	+ 1,332
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,401	28	1,046	+ 355
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,399	39	606	+ 793
Prostate Cancer	25	1,254	29	996	+ 258
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,248	49	266	+ 982
Tuberculosis	27	1,212	4	11,606	- 10,394
Birth Trauma	28	1,126	11	5,347	- 4,221
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,042	42	495	+ 547
Leukemia	30	958	45	401	+ 557
HIV/AIDS	31	929	25	1,341	- 413
Ovary Cancer	32	899	57	135	+ 765
Fires	33	857	35	661	+ 195
Endocrine Disorders	34	854	44	463	+ 391
Lymphomas	35	844	34	675	+ 169
Falls	36	827	36	653	+ 174
Stomach Cancer	37	723	47	368	+ 356
Pancreas Cancer	38	644	61	80	+ 564
Uterin Cancer	39	618	59	95	+ 524
Violence	40	602	23	1,749	- 1,147
Skin Disease	41	592	51	187	+ 405
Oesophagus Cancer	42	550	27	1,080	- 530
Meningitis	43	531	20	2,391	- 1,860
Epilepsy	44	505	46	385	+ 121
Malnutrition	45	444	13	4,236	- 3,792
Oral Cancer	46	387	32	697	- 310
Syphilis	47	343	33	680	- 338
Pertussis	48	304	41	519	- 215
Maternal Conditions	49	267	18	2,776	- 2,509
Bladder Cancer	50	252	48	286	- 33
Encephalitis	51	226	60	94	+ 133
Drug Use	52	120	62	58	+ 62
Other Neoplasms	53	102	65	24	+ 78
Appendicitis	54	86	56	147	- 60
Dengue	55	81	72	0	+ 81
Poisonings	56	69	40	571	- 501
Alcohol	57	54	53	161	- 107
Tetanus	58	43	52	186	- 143
Hepatitis B	59	33	58	98	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	60	25	66	18	+ 7
Skin Cancers	61	20	43	467	- 447
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	64	47	- 37
Measles	63	8	6	9,172	- 9,164
Chlamydia	64	6	69	7	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	4	67	16	- 12
War	66	3	54	155	- 152
Ascariasis	67	2	70	5	- 3
Diphtheria	68	1	71	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	63	49	- 48
Otitis Media	70	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	50	260	- 260
Malaria	75	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Fiji

Madagascar

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.