NIGERIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	405,045	18	22,497	+ 382,548
Coronary Heart Disease	2	368,510	7	61,374	+ 307,136
Stroke	3	144,960	8	57,744	+ 87,217
Kidney Disease	4	68,893	20	18,189	+ 50,704
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	56,839	1	207,281	- 150,442
Asthma	6	56,186	27	8,192	+ 47,994
Hypertension	7	42,303	24	10,692	+ 31,611
Breast Cancer	8	40,415	23	11,884	+ 28,531
Lung Disease	9	34,990	22	12,569	+ 22,422
Congenital Anomalies	10	32,198	9	49,696	- 17,498
Road Traffic Accidents	11	29,923	12	41,693	- 11,770
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	23,970	2	144,724	- 120,754
Cervical Cancer	13	21,485	25	10,574	+ 10,911
Low Birth Weight	14	21,377	6	95,959	- 74,582
Liver Disease	15	20,328	13	38,326	- 17,998
Suicide	16	19,838	30	7,019	+ 12,820
Other Injuries	17	19,110	17	22,696	- 3,586
Liver Cancer	18	16,939	39	5,289	+ 11,650
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	15,644	31	6,786	+ 8,858
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	15,421	52	1,946	+ 13,475
Drownings	21	14,807	32	6,584	+ 8,223
Lung Cancers	22	11,889	57	1,295	+ 10,594
Inflammatory/Heart	23	11,264	42	4,826	+ 6,438
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	11,245	43	4,152	+ 7,093
Prostate Cancer	25	10,080	35	5,914	+ 4,166
Parkinson's Disease	26	10,028	46	2,473	+ 7,555
Tuberculosis	27	9,742	3	127,335	- 117,593
Birth Trauma	28	9,049	5	100,186	- 91,137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	8,378	37	5,846	+ 2,532
Leukemia	30	7,699	47	2,257	+ 5,442
HIV/AIDS	31	7,464	10	44,124	- 36,660
Ovary Cancer	32	7,228	49	2,133	+ 5,096
Fires	33	6,887	29	7,132	- 245
Endocrine Disorders	34	6,862	21	15,799	- 8,936
Lymphomas	35	6,782	40	5,202	+ 1,580
Falls	36	6,649	28	7,528	- 879
Stomach Cancer	37	5,813	50	2,129	+ 3,684
Pancreas Cancer	38	5,178	51	1,975	+ 3,203
Uterin Cancer	39	4,969	62	679	+ 4,290
Violence	40	4,838	19	18,407	- 13,569
Skin Disease	41	4,758	56	1,468	+ 3,290
Oesophagus Cancer	42	4,421	64	560	+ 3,861
Meningitis	43	4,269	11	43,651	- 39,382
Epilepsy	44	4,060	41	5,001	- 941
Malnutrition	45	3,567	36	5,896	- 2,329
Oral Cancer	46	3,112	48	2,238	+ 873
Syphilis	47	2,754	38	5,449	- 2,695
Pertussis	48	2,444	16	23,282	- 20,838
Maternal Conditions	49	2,144	15	23,540	- 21,396
Bladder Cancer	50	2,030	63	670	+ 1,360
Encephalitis	51	1,821	59	937	+ 884
Drug Use	52	967	34	6,273	- 5,306
Other Neoplasms	53	821	66	290	+ 531
Appendicitis	54	694	60	760	- 66
Dengue	55	655	73	2	+ 653
Poisonings	56	558	33	6,570	- 6,012
Alcohol	57	432	58	1,031	- 600
Tetanus	58	345	26	8,355	- 8,010
Hepatitis B	59	263	55	1,488	- 1,225
Multiple Sclerosis	60	200	68	179	+ 21
Skin Cancers	61	159	53	1,933	- 1,774
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	85	69	165	- 80
Measles	63	62	14	29,439	- 29,376
Chlamydia	64	48	71	14	+ 34
Hepatitis C	65	33	65	304	- 271
War	66	26	45	3,245	- 3,219
Ascariasis	67	20	61	685	- 665
Diphtheria	68	11	44	3,800	- 3,788
Upper Respiratory	69	3	67	259	- 255
Otitis Media	70	1	72	3	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	1,508	- 1,508
Malaria	75	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	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 NIGERIA

Fiji

Nigeria

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.