NORWAY VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	9,426	16	560	+ 8,867
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,576	1	5,321	+ 3,255
Stroke	3	3,374	4	2,475	+ 898
Kidney Disease	4	1,603	14	611	+ 993
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,323	6	1,797	- 474
Asthma	6	1,308	43	85	+ 1,223
Hypertension	7	985	28	230	+ 755
Breast Cancer	8	941	11	698	+ 243
Lung Disease	9	814	3	2,723	- 1,909
Congenital Anomalies	10	749	34	136	+ 613
Road Traffic Accidents	11	696	42	114	+ 582
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	558	37	128	+ 430
Cervical Cancer	13	500	39	125	+ 375
Low Birth Weight	14	497	52	23	+ 474
Liver Disease	15	473	30	214	+ 259
Suicide	16	462	13	633	- 172
Other Injuries	17	445	15	583	- 138
Liver Cancer	18	394	26	259	+ 135
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	364	2	4,464	- 4,100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	359	46	61	+ 298
Drownings	21	345	45	65	+ 280
Lung Cancers	22	277	5	2,320	- 2,043
Inflammatory/Heart	23	262	29	221	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	262	7	1,787	- 1,525
Prostate Cancer	25	235	8	1,172	- 938
Parkinson's Disease	26	233	17	554	- 321
Tuberculosis	27	227	56	15	+ 212
Birth Trauma	28	211	54	17	+ 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	195	33	160	+ 35
Leukemia	30	179	21	354	- 175
HIV/AIDS	31	174	61	10	+ 163
Ovary Cancer	32	168	24	309	- 141
Fires	33	160	48	45	+ 116
Endocrine Disorders	34	160	19	359	- 199
Lymphomas	35	158	12	646	- 488
Falls	36	155	9	777	- 623
Stomach Cancer	37	135	22	343	- 208
Pancreas Cancer	38	121	10	770	- 650
Uterin Cancer	39	116	36	134	- 18
Violence	40	113	50	32	+ 81
Skin Disease	41	111	38	128	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	42	103	27	248	- 145
Meningitis	43	99	58	14	+ 86
Epilepsy	44	94	40	119	- 25
Malnutrition	45	83	35	135	- 52
Oral Cancer	46	72	32	168	- 95
Syphilis	47	64	67	1	+ 63
Pertussis	48	57	64	1	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	49	50	66	1	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	50	47	20	356	- 309
Encephalitis	51	42	70	0	+ 42
Drug Use	52	22	25	264	- 241
Other Neoplasms	53	19	23	324	- 305
Appendicitis	54	16	59	12	+ 4
Dengue	55	15	75	0	+ 15
Poisonings	56	13	57	14	- 1
Alcohol	57	10	31	205	- 195
Tetanus	58	8	69	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	6	63	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	41	119	- 114
Skin Cancers	61	4	18	407	- 404
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	47	60	- 58
Measles	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	55	17	- 16
War	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	60	12	- 12
Otitis Media	70	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	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	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Fiji

Norway

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.