SAUDI ARABIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	62,523	9	3,890	+ 58,633
Coronary Heart Disease	2	56,883	1	39,037	+ 17,847
Stroke	3	22,376	2	16,793	+ 5,583
Kidney Disease	4	10,634	4	9,051	+ 1,583
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,774	5	6,132	+ 2,642
Asthma	6	8,673	17	1,168	+ 7,505
Hypertension	7	6,530	22	834	+ 5,696
Breast Cancer	8	6,239	20	908	+ 5,331
Lung Disease	9	5,401	10	2,842	+ 2,559
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,970	12	2,307	+ 2,663
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,619	3	12,317	- 7,698
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	3,700	35	457	+ 3,243
Cervical Cancer	13	3,316	49	157	+ 3,160
Low Birth Weight	14	3,300	18	989	+ 2,311
Liver Disease	15	3,138	7	4,931	- 1,793
Suicide	16	3,062	13	2,046	+ 1,016
Other Injuries	17	2,950	8	4,004	- 1,054
Liver Cancer	18	2,615	21	845	+ 1,770
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,415	11	2,442	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	2,380	39	280	+ 2,100
Drownings	21	2,286	24	821	+ 1,464
Lung Cancers	22	1,835	26	775	+ 1,060
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,739	16	1,342	+ 397
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,736	14	1,630	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	25	1,556	50	148	+ 1,408
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,548	25	776	+ 771
Tuberculosis	27	1,504	27	752	+ 752
Birth Trauma	28	1,397	37	343	+ 1,054
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,293	41	275	+ 1,018
Leukemia	30	1,188	19	925	+ 264
HIV/AIDS	31	1,152	47	192	+ 960
Ovary Cancer	32	1,116	42	247	+ 868
Fires	33	1,063	23	825	+ 238
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,059	15	1,447	- 388
Lymphomas	35	1,047	28	716	+ 331
Falls	36	1,026	6	5,340	- 4,314
Stomach Cancer	37	897	36	389	+ 508
Pancreas Cancer	38	799	31	526	+ 273
Uterin Cancer	39	767	38	323	+ 444
Violence	40	747	30	646	+ 101
Skin Disease	41	734	32	516	+ 218
Oesophagus Cancer	42	682	44	229	+ 453
Meningitis	43	659	45	227	+ 433
Epilepsy	44	627	29	694	- 68
Malnutrition	45	551	52	79	+ 471
Oral Cancer	46	480	34	465	+ 16
Syphilis	47	425	59	33	+ 393
Pertussis	48	377	54	56	+ 321
Maternal Conditions	49	331	48	172	+ 159
Bladder Cancer	50	313	46	214	+ 99
Encephalitis	51	281	43	234	+ 47
Drug Use	52	149	33	491	- 342
Other Neoplasms	53	127	57	40	+ 87
Appendicitis	54	107	58	35	+ 73
Dengue	55	101	63	9	+ 92
Poisonings	56	86	40	279	- 193
Alcohol	57	67	51	128	- 62
Tetanus	58	53	61	16	+ 38
Hepatitis B	59	41	53	57	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	60	31	56	49	- 18
Skin Cancers	61	25	55	55	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	62	9	+ 4
Measles	63	10	68	1	+ 9
Chlamydia	64	7	71	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	5	64	7	- 2
War	66	4	65	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	3	66	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	2	69	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	60	25	- 25
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Fiji

Saudi Arabia

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.