PERU VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	55,775	8	4,437	+ 51,338
Coronary Heart Disease	2	50,744	2	13,769	+ 36,975
Stroke	3	19,961	3	7,722	+ 12,240
Kidney Disease	4	9,487	4	7,234	+ 2,253
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,827	1	15,326	- 7,500
Asthma	6	7,737	50	208	+ 7,529
Hypertension	7	5,825	28	1,061	+ 4,764
Breast Cancer	8	5,565	20	1,969	+ 3,596
Lung Disease	9	4,818	15	2,519	+ 2,300
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,434	19	1,997	+ 2,437
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,120	9	4,414	- 294
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	3,301	27	1,108	+ 2,193
Cervical Cancer	13	2,958	21	1,924	+ 1,035
Low Birth Weight	14	2,944	24	1,475	+ 1,468
Liver Disease	15	2,799	5	6,375	- 3,576
Suicide	16	2,732	30	903	+ 1,829
Other Injuries	17	2,631	13	2,876	- 244
Liver Cancer	18	2,333	16	2,476	- 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,154	6	5,811	- 3,657
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	2,123	51	198	+ 1,925
Drownings	21	2,039	36	584	+ 1,455
Lung Cancers	22	1,637	10	3,169	- 1,532
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,551	39	494	+ 1,058
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,548	14	2,642	- 1,094
Prostate Cancer	25	1,388	11	3,167	- 1,779
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,381	26	1,270	+ 111
Tuberculosis	27	1,342	17	2,377	- 1,036
Birth Trauma	28	1,246	37	537	+ 709
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,154	35	609	+ 545
Leukemia	30	1,060	22	1,850	- 790
HIV/AIDS	31	1,028	31	849	+ 179
Ovary Cancer	32	995	33	713	+ 282
Fires	33	948	49	239	+ 709
Endocrine Disorders	34	945	40	474	+ 471
Lymphomas	35	934	18	2,254	- 1,320
Falls	36	916	25	1,285	- 369
Stomach Cancer	37	800	7	5,072	- 4,271
Pancreas Cancer	38	713	23	1,607	- 894
Uterin Cancer	39	684	45	304	+ 380
Violence	40	666	12	3,013	- 2,347
Skin Disease	41	655	54	156	+ 499
Oesophagus Cancer	42	609	42	394	+ 215
Meningitis	43	588	56	118	+ 470
Epilepsy	44	559	47	262	+ 297
Malnutrition	45	491	29	1,006	- 515
Oral Cancer	46	428	38	519	- 91
Syphilis	47	379	52	182	+ 197
Pertussis	48	337	48	260	+ 76
Maternal Conditions	49	295	43	345	- 50
Bladder Cancer	50	279	41	463	- 183
Encephalitis	51	251	46	281	- 30
Drug Use	52	133	34	635	- 502
Other Neoplasms	53	113	58	54	+ 59
Appendicitis	54	96	53	170	- 75
Dengue	55	90	66	4	+ 87
Poisonings	56	77	55	126	- 49
Alcohol	57	59	44	321	- 262
Tetanus	58	47	60	48	- 0
Hepatitis B	59	36	64	10	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	60	28	62	35	- 7
Skin Cancers	61	22	32	786	- 764
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	57	107	- 96
Measles	63	9	73	0	+ 9
Chlamydia	64	7	68	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	4	+ 1
War	66	4	67	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	3	69	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	2	70	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	63	11	- 11
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	61	35	- 35
Chagas disease	76	0	59	49	- 49
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	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 PERU

Fiji

Peru

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.