MALAWI VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	37,234	14	2,267	+ 34,967
Coronary Heart Disease	2	33,876	7	4,929	+ 28,947
Stroke	3	13,326	5	5,939	+ 7,387
Kidney Disease	4	6,333	19	1,567	+ 4,766
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,225	2	7,739	- 2,514
Asthma	6	5,165	26	705	+ 4,460
Hypertension	7	3,889	17	1,797	+ 2,092
Breast Cancer	8	3,715	27	600	+ 3,115
Lung Disease	9	3,217	21	1,340	+ 1,876
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,960	13	2,509	+ 451
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,751	4	6,221	- 3,471
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	2,203	6	5,782	- 3,578
Cervical Cancer	13	1,975	12	2,876	- 901
Low Birth Weight	14	1,965	8	4,339	- 2,374
Liver Disease	15	1,869	10	3,259	- 1,390
Suicide	16	1,824	23	1,007	+ 817
Other Injuries	17	1,757	22	1,266	+ 490
Liver Cancer	18	1,557	38	317	+ 1,241
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,438	25	782	+ 656
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	1,418	49	154	+ 1,263
Drownings	21	1,361	30	458	+ 903
Lung Cancers	22	1,093	51	131	+ 962
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,035	35	370	+ 665
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,034	44	234	+ 799
Prostate Cancer	25	927	40	271	+ 656
Parkinson's Disease	26	922	46	200	+ 722
Tuberculosis	27	896	11	2,992	- 2,097
Birth Trauma	28	832	9	3,563	- 2,731
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	770	39	280	+ 491
Leukemia	30	708	56	82	+ 626
HIV/AIDS	31	686	1	12,839	- 12,153
Ovary Cancer	32	664	48	158	+ 507
Fires	33	633	34	380	+ 254
Endocrine Disorders	34	631	42	257	+ 374
Lymphomas	35	623	24	839	- 215
Falls	36	611	28	562	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	37	534	45	206	+ 328
Pancreas Cancer	38	476	60	38	+ 438
Uterin Cancer	39	457	62	23	+ 434
Violence	40	445	32	406	+ 38
Skin Disease	41	437	53	101	+ 336
Oesophagus Cancer	42	406	16	1,842	- 1,435
Meningitis	43	392	18	1,792	- 1,400
Epilepsy	44	373	41	260	+ 113
Malnutrition	45	328	20	1,499	- 1,172
Oral Cancer	46	286	43	251	+ 35
Syphilis	47	253	29	480	- 227
Pertussis	48	225	31	436	- 211
Maternal Conditions	49	197	15	1,854	- 1,657
Bladder Cancer	50	187	33	388	- 201
Encephalitis	51	167	58	48	+ 119
Drug Use	52	89	59	48	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	53	75	63	17	+ 59
Appendicitis	54	64	54	94	- 30
Dengue	55	60	65	9	+ 51
Poisonings	56	51	37	325	- 273
Alcohol	57	40	52	114	- 74
Tetanus	58	32	47	178	- 146
Hepatitis B	59	24	55	88	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	66	9	+ 10
Skin Cancers	61	15	36	331	- 316
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	61	29	- 21
Measles	63	6	67	6	- 0
Chlamydia	64	4	70	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	15	- 12
War	66	2	71	2	- 0
Ascariasis	67	2	69	4	- 2
Diphtheria	68	1	72	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	57	60	- 59
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	50	143	- 143
Malaria	75	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Fiji

Malawi

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.