SOMALIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	22,271	16	2,888	+ 19,383
Coronary Heart Disease	2	20,262	7	7,233	+ 13,029
Stroke	3	7,970	6	8,595	- 625
Kidney Disease	4	3,788	21	2,051	+ 1,737
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,125	1	21,712	- 18,586
Asthma	6	3,089	23	1,878	+ 1,211
Hypertension	7	2,326	18	2,643	- 317
Breast Cancer	8	2,222	26	1,232	+ 991
Lung Disease	9	1,924	19	2,442	- 518
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,770	15	3,410	- 1,640
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,645	11	4,231	- 2,586
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,318	2	15,363	- 14,045
Cervical Cancer	13	1,181	28	883	+ 298
Low Birth Weight	14	1,175	8	6,250	- 5,075
Liver Disease	15	1,118	13	3,917	- 2,799
Suicide	16	1,091	27	1,219	- 128
Other Injuries	17	1,051	14	3,602	- 2,551
Liver Cancer	18	931	53	256	+ 676
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	860	32	647	+ 213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	848	41	446	+ 402
Drownings	21	814	25	1,272	- 457
Lung Cancers	22	654	54	233	+ 421
Inflammatory/Heart	23	619	39	521	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	618	38	546	+ 72
Prostate Cancer	25	554	52	285	+ 269
Parkinson's Disease	26	551	56	184	+ 368
Tuberculosis	27	536	4	10,261	- 9,726
Birth Trauma	28	498	5	9,573	- 9,076
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	461	36	559	- 98
Leukemia	30	423	35	562	- 138
HIV/AIDS	31	410	33	610	- 199
Ovary Cancer	32	397	50	295	+ 103
Fires	33	379	30	810	- 432
Endocrine Disorders	34	377	44	406	- 29
Lymphomas	35	373	34	605	- 232
Falls	36	366	37	548	- 182
Stomach Cancer	37	320	49	310	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	38	285	62	108	+ 177
Uterin Cancer	39	273	64	78	+ 195
Violence	40	266	29	828	- 562
Skin Disease	41	262	58	151	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	42	243	40	516	- 273
Meningitis	43	235	9	5,381	- 5,146
Epilepsy	44	223	43	419	- 195
Malnutrition	45	196	10	4,825	- 4,629
Oral Cancer	46	171	46	328	- 157
Syphilis	47	151	45	378	- 226
Pertussis	48	134	20	2,054	- 1,920
Maternal Conditions	49	118	12	4,127	- 4,009
Bladder Cancer	50	112	61	149	- 38
Encephalitis	51	100	63	91	+ 9
Drug Use	52	53	65	54	- 1
Other Neoplasms	53	45	70	12	+ 33
Appendicitis	54	38	55	188	- 150
Dengue	55	36	73	1	+ 35
Poisonings	56	31	31	758	- 727
Alcohol	57	24	59	151	- 127
Tetanus	58	19	17	2,648	- 2,629
Hepatitis B	59	14	48	315	- 300
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	71	8	+ 3
Skin Cancers	61	9	57	164	- 155
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	66	35	- 31
Measles	63	3	3	11,576	- 11,572
Chlamydia	64	3	72	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	34	- 32
War	66	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Ascariasis	67	1	69	30	- 28
Diphtheria	68	1	60	150	- 149
Upper Respiratory	69	0	47	326	- 326
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	51	290	- 290
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	75	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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 SOMALIA

Fiji

Somalia

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.