SINGAPORE VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	10,314	28	108	+ 10,206
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,384	1	5,292	+ 4,092
Stroke	3	3,691	3	1,559	+ 2,133
Kidney Disease	4	1,754	6	1,028	+ 726
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,447	2	5,189	- 3,742
Asthma	6	1,431	35	37	+ 1,394
Hypertension	7	1,077	8	732	+ 345
Breast Cancer	8	1,029	10	605	+ 424
Lung Disease	9	891	14	383	+ 508
Congenital Anomalies	10	820	31	80	+ 740
Road Traffic Accidents	11	762	26	121	+ 641
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	610	39	28	+ 583
Cervical Cancer	13	547	30	85	+ 462
Low Birth Weight	14	544	41	25	+ 519
Liver Disease	15	518	20	209	+ 308
Suicide	16	505	9	650	- 145
Other Injuries	17	487	32	79	+ 408
Liver Cancer	18	431	7	746	- 314
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	398	36	32	+ 366
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	393	43	22	+ 371
Drownings	21	377	38	29	+ 348
Lung Cancers	22	303	4	1,540	- 1,238
Inflammatory/Heart	23	287	19	215	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	286	5	1,203	- 916
Prostate Cancer	25	257	16	303	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	26	255	29	90	+ 166
Tuberculosis	27	248	40	26	+ 223
Birth Trauma	28	230	55	3	+ 227
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	213	33	69	+ 144
Leukemia	30	196	17	249	- 53
HIV/AIDS	31	190	45	18	+ 172
Ovary Cancer	32	184	21	204	- 20
Fires	33	175	49	7	+ 168
Endocrine Disorders	34	175	37	30	+ 144
Lymphomas	35	173	13	397	- 224
Falls	36	169	18	218	- 48
Stomach Cancer	37	148	12	405	- 257
Pancreas Cancer	38	132	11	537	- 405
Uterin Cancer	39	127	23	147	- 21
Violence	40	123	46	15	+ 109
Skin Disease	41	121	25	136	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	42	113	24	137	- 24
Meningitis	43	109	48	8	+ 100
Epilepsy	44	103	42	25	+ 79
Malnutrition	45	91	63	0	+ 91
Oral Cancer	46	79	15	317	- 238
Syphilis	47	70	65	0	+ 70
Pertussis	48	62	62	0	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	49	55	53	3	+ 51
Bladder Cancer	50	52	27	120	- 68
Encephalitis	51	46	61	0	+ 46
Drug Use	52	25	44	19	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	53	21	22	195	- 174
Appendicitis	54	18	50	6	+ 12
Dengue	55	17	66	0	+ 17
Poisonings	56	14	60	1	+ 13
Alcohol	57	11	47	10	+ 1
Tetanus	58	9	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	7	52	4	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	57	3	+ 3
Skin Cancers	61	4	34	56	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	58	2	- 0
Measles	63	2	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	56	3	- 2
War	66	1	59	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	67	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	54	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	69	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	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Fiji

Singapore

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.