TANZANIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	115,419	15	6,247	+ 109,173
Coronary Heart Disease	2	105,008	9	13,215	+ 91,794
Stroke	3	41,307	7	16,894	+ 24,413
Kidney Disease	4	19,631	19	4,547	+ 15,084
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	16,196	2	26,028	- 9,832
Asthma	6	16,010	30	1,700	+ 14,310
Hypertension	7	12,054	17	5,209	+ 6,846
Breast Cancer	8	11,517	37	1,285	+ 10,232
Lung Disease	9	9,971	22	3,051	+ 6,919
Congenital Anomalies	10	9,175	11	9,791	- 616
Road Traffic Accidents	11	8,527	5	18,054	- 9,527
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	6,830	6	17,587	- 10,756
Cervical Cancer	13	6,122	14	6,424	- 301
Low Birth Weight	14	6,091	10	12,173	- 6,081
Liver Disease	15	5,792	13	6,586	- 793
Suicide	16	5,653	24	2,474	+ 3,179
Other Injuries	17	5,445	20	4,270	+ 1,175
Liver Cancer	18	4,827	36	1,413	+ 3,413
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	4,458	27	2,048	+ 2,410
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	4,394	50	401	+ 3,994
Drownings	21	4,219	32	1,642	+ 2,578
Lung Cancers	22	3,388	61	159	+ 3,229
Inflammatory/Heart	23	3,210	38	1,227	+ 1,982
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	3,204	33	1,567	+ 1,637
Prostate Cancer	25	2,872	28	1,819	+ 1,053
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,857	45	513	+ 2,344
Tuberculosis	27	2,776	4	20,269	- 17,493
Birth Trauma	28	2,579	8	15,086	- 12,507
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	2,387	46	462	+ 1,925
Leukemia	30	2,194	47	416	+ 1,778
HIV/AIDS	31	2,127	1	27,402	- 25,275
Ovary Cancer	32	2,060	53	337	+ 1,723
Fires	33	1,962	35	1,424	+ 538
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,955	29	1,778	+ 178
Lymphomas	35	1,932	41	805	+ 1,127
Falls	36	1,895	34	1,533	+ 361
Stomach Cancer	37	1,656	39	1,190	+ 466
Pancreas Cancer	38	1,476	62	158	+ 1,318
Uterin Cancer	39	1,416	57	218	+ 1,198
Violence	40	1,379	18	4,713	- 3,334
Skin Disease	41	1,356	52	359	+ 996
Oesophagus Cancer	42	1,260	25	2,247	- 987
Meningitis	43	1,217	21	3,188	- 1,972
Epilepsy	44	1,157	43	707	+ 450
Malnutrition	45	1,016	16	5,574	- 4,558
Oral Cancer	46	887	31	1,646	- 759
Syphilis	47	785	26	2,115	- 1,330
Pertussis	48	697	23	2,774	- 2,077
Maternal Conditions	49	611	12	6,835	- 6,224
Bladder Cancer	50	578	44	667	- 89
Encephalitis	51	519	59	199	+ 320
Drug Use	52	275	48	404	- 129
Other Neoplasms	53	234	64	58	+ 176
Appendicitis	54	198	58	218	- 20
Dengue	55	187	73	2	+ 185
Poisonings	56	159	40	1,170	- 1,011
Alcohol	57	123	56	270	- 147
Tetanus	58	98	49	402	- 303
Hepatitis B	59	75	60	168	- 93
Multiple Sclerosis	60	57	68	27	+ 30
Skin Cancers	61	45	42	744	- 699
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	24	63	81	- 57
Measles	63	18	55	295	- 277
Chlamydia	64	14	71	9	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	9	66	40	- 30
War	66	7	67	30	- 22
Ascariasis	67	6	65	56	- 50
Diphtheria	68	3	70	11	- 7
Upper Respiratory	69	1	54	299	- 298
Otitis Media	70	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	371	- 371
Malaria	75	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Fiji

Tanzania

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.