RWANDA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	23,308	11	1,858	+ 21,449
Coronary Heart Disease	2	21,205	4	3,605	+ 17,600
Stroke	3	8,342	2	5,060	+ 3,281
Kidney Disease	4	3,964	15	1,206	+ 2,759
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,271	1	5,280	- 2,009
Asthma	6	3,233	22	717	+ 2,516
Hypertension	7	2,434	14	1,357	+ 1,077
Breast Cancer	8	2,326	27	600	+ 1,726
Lung Disease	9	2,013	13	1,555	+ 459
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,853	12	1,777	+ 76
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,722	3	3,718	- 1,997
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,379	6	3,121	- 1,742
Cervical Cancer	13	1,236	18	941	+ 296
Low Birth Weight	14	1,230	9	2,193	- 963
Liver Disease	15	1,170	8	2,548	- 1,378
Suicide	16	1,142	24	704	+ 438
Other Injuries	17	1,100	17	944	+ 156
Liver Cancer	18	975	23	706	+ 268
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	900	25	657	+ 243
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	887	48	136	+ 751
Drownings	21	852	36	285	+ 567
Lung Cancers	22	684	39	234	+ 450
Inflammatory/Heart	23	648	34	347	+ 301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	647	28	591	+ 56
Prostate Cancer	25	580	32	396	+ 184
Parkinson's Disease	26	577	47	146	+ 431
Tuberculosis	27	561	26	625	- 64
Birth Trauma	28	521	10	1,888	- 1,368
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	482	33	362	+ 120
Leukemia	30	443	35	317	+ 126
HIV/AIDS	31	429	7	2,826	- 2,396
Ovary Cancer	32	416	53	92	+ 324
Fires	33	396	38	270	+ 127
Endocrine Disorders	34	395	41	219	+ 175
Lymphomas	35	390	30	450	- 59
Falls	36	383	31	412	- 30
Stomach Cancer	37	334	20	780	- 446
Pancreas Cancer	38	298	43	214	+ 84
Uterin Cancer	39	286	56	58	+ 228
Violence	40	278	29	548	- 270
Skin Disease	41	274	52	103	+ 171
Oesophagus Cancer	42	254	44	213	+ 41
Meningitis	43	246	19	847	- 602
Epilepsy	44	234	45	191	+ 42
Malnutrition	45	205	16	1,168	- 963
Oral Cancer	46	179	37	272	- 93
Syphilis	47	158	46	173	- 14
Pertussis	48	141	42	218	- 77
Maternal Conditions	49	123	21	722	- 599
Bladder Cancer	50	117	62	35	+ 82
Encephalitis	51	105	61	39	+ 66
Drug Use	52	56	60	45	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	53	47	64	16	+ 31
Appendicitis	54	40	54	70	- 30
Dengue	55	38	72	0	+ 37
Poisonings	56	32	40	220	- 188
Alcohol	57	25	49	125	- 101
Tetanus	58	20	58	53	- 33
Hepatitis B	59	15	55	68	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	66	7	+ 4
Skin Cancers	61	9	50	113	- 104
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	63	23	- 18
Measles	63	4	59	51	- 48
Chlamydia	64	3	70	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	12	- 10
War	66	2	69	3	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	67	5	- 4
Diphtheria	68	1	71	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	57	58	- 58
Otitis Media	70	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	75	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Fiji

Rwanda

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.