PORTUGAL VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	17,463	8	3,601	+ 13,862
Coronary Heart Disease	2	15,888	1	12,878	+ 3,010
Stroke	3	6,250	2	12,339	- 6,090
Kidney Disease	4	2,970	9	2,803	+ 167
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,451	4	6,851	- 4,401
Asthma	6	2,422	43	146	+ 2,276
Hypertension	7	1,824	14	1,880	- 56
Breast Cancer	8	1,742	12	1,997	- 254
Lung Disease	9	1,509	7	4,286	- 2,777
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,388	40	196	+ 1,192
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,290	27	838	+ 452
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,033	36	231	+ 803
Cervical Cancer	13	926	34	329	+ 597
Low Birth Weight	14	922	52	79	+ 843
Liver Disease	15	876	22	1,126	- 249
Suicide	16	855	19	1,172	- 317
Other Injuries	17	824	13	1,937	- 1,113
Liver Cancer	18	730	18	1,270	- 540
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	674	3	7,191	- 6,517
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	665	41	169	+ 496
Drownings	21	638	51	79	+ 559
Lung Cancers	22	513	5	4,406	- 3,893
Inflammatory/Heart	23	486	26	909	- 423
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	485	6	4,389	- 3,905
Prostate Cancer	25	435	11	2,124	- 1,689
Parkinson's Disease	26	432	21	1,139	- 707
Tuberculosis	27	420	38	213	+ 207
Birth Trauma	28	390	60	24	+ 366
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	361	37	229	+ 133
Leukemia	30	332	24	1,015	- 683
HIV/AIDS	31	322	35	320	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	32	312	33	397	- 86
Fires	33	297	46	108	+ 189
Endocrine Disorders	34	296	17	1,547	- 1,251
Lymphomas	35	292	16	1,608	- 1,315
Falls	36	287	23	1,033	- 746
Stomach Cancer	37	251	10	2,532	- 2,281
Pancreas Cancer	38	223	15	1,669	- 1,446
Uterin Cancer	39	214	32	406	- 192
Violence	40	209	48	96	+ 112
Skin Disease	41	205	39	202	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	42	191	29	623	- 432
Meningitis	43	184	56	43	+ 141
Epilepsy	44	175	31	415	- 240
Malnutrition	45	154	53	79	+ 75
Oral Cancer	46	134	25	912	- 778
Syphilis	47	119	64	3	+ 116
Pertussis	48	105	72	0	+ 105
Maternal Conditions	49	92	63	7	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	50	88	20	1,171	- 1,083
Encephalitis	51	78	67	1	+ 77
Drug Use	52	42	44	128	- 87
Other Neoplasms	53	35	28	652	- 617
Appendicitis	54	30	61	21	+ 9
Dengue	55	28	84	0	+ 28
Poisonings	56	24	57	29	- 5
Alcohol	57	19	45	111	- 92
Tetanus	58	15	73	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	59	11	59	26	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	54	56	- 48
Skin Cancers	61	7	30	523	- 517
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	47	99	- 95
Measles	63	3	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	49	87	- 85
War	66	1	69	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	15	- 15
Otitis Media	70	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	68	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	49	- 49
Anemia	82	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Fiji

Portugal

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.