SWAZILAND VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	1,947	3	892	+ 1,055
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,771	5	755	+ 1,017
Stroke	3	697	4	800	- 104
Kidney Disease	4	331	8	381	- 50
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	273	2	921	- 647
Asthma	6	270	20	150	+ 121
Hypertension	7	203	10	292	- 89
Breast Cancer	8	194	35	37	+ 157
Lung Disease	9	168	12	264	- 96
Congenital Anomalies	10	155	19	160	- 6
Road Traffic Accidents	11	144	7	384	- 240
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	115	6	517	- 402
Cervical Cancer	13	103	15	215	- 112
Low Birth Weight	14	103	14	233	- 130
Liver Disease	15	98	11	274	- 176
Suicide	16	95	9	338	- 242
Other Injuries	17	92	17	190	- 98
Liver Cancer	18	81	37	29	+ 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	75	27	77	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	74	39	26	+ 48
Drownings	21	71	25	87	- 16
Lung Cancers	22	57	46	17	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	23	54	24	94	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	54	43	19	+ 35
Prostate Cancer	25	48	31	45	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	26	48	41	24	+ 24
Tuberculosis	27	47	13	256	- 209
Birth Trauma	28	43	18	166	- 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	40	29	51	- 11
Leukemia	30	37	47	16	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	31	36	1	2,314	- 2,278
Ovary Cancer	32	35	52	10	+ 25
Fires	33	33	26	84	- 51
Endocrine Disorders	34	33	28	74	- 41
Lymphomas	35	33	36	31	+ 2
Falls	36	32	32	41	- 9
Stomach Cancer	37	28	53	7	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	38	25	56	6	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	39	24	50	11	+ 12
Violence	40	23	16	212	- 189
Skin Disease	41	23	40	25	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	42	21	44	18	+ 3
Meningitis	43	21	23	97	- 77
Epilepsy	44	20	30	46	- 26
Malnutrition	45	17	22	106	- 89
Oral Cancer	46	15	51	10	+ 5
Syphilis	47	13	45	17	- 4
Pertussis	48	12	33	39	- 27
Maternal Conditions	49	10	21	116	- 105
Bladder Cancer	50	10	55	6	+ 4
Encephalitis	51	9	59	5	+ 4
Drug Use	52	5	38	27	- 22
Other Neoplasms	53	4	61	4	+ 0
Appendicitis	54	3	54	7	- 3
Dengue	55	3	72	0	+ 3
Poisonings	56	3	34	37	- 35
Alcohol	57	2	48	16	- 14
Tetanus	58	2	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	1	57	6	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	63	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	61	1	42	20	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	58	5	- 5
Measles	63	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	- 0
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	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 SWAZILAND

Fiji

Swaziland

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.