THAILAND VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	119,626	10	18,776	+ 100,850
Coronary Heart Disease	2	108,836	1	51,305	+ 57,530
Stroke	3	42,813	2	50,273	- 7,461
Kidney Disease	4	20,347	4	26,822	- 6,475
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	16,787	3	31,289	- 14,503
Asthma	6	16,594	24	4,182	+ 12,412
Hypertension	7	12,494	34	2,179	+ 10,315
Breast Cancer	8	11,936	17	6,053	+ 5,884
Lung Disease	9	10,334	9	19,474	- 9,140
Congenital Anomalies	10	9,509	35	2,107	+ 7,402
Road Traffic Accidents	11	8,837	7	22,428	- 13,590
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	7,079	15	6,863	+ 216
Cervical Cancer	13	6,345	19	5,110	+ 1,235
Low Birth Weight	14	6,313	40	1,548	+ 4,766
Liver Disease	15	6,004	11	17,596	- 11,592
Suicide	16	5,859	16	6,147	- 288
Other Injuries	17	5,644	21	4,869	+ 775
Liver Cancer	18	5,003	5	23,883	- 18,880
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	4,620	6	22,851	- 18,231
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	4,554	51	436	+ 4,119
Drownings	21	4,373	25	3,956	+ 417
Lung Cancers	22	3,511	8	22,296	- 18,785
Inflammatory/Heart	23	3,327	32	2,879	+ 448
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	3,321	13	9,908	- 6,587
Prostate Cancer	25	2,977	30	3,013	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,962	23	4,292	- 1,331
Tuberculosis	27	2,877	14	9,551	- 6,674
Birth Trauma	28	2,672	50	533	+ 2,139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	2,474	39	1,679	+ 796
Leukemia	30	2,274	26	3,902	- 1,628
HIV/AIDS	31	2,204	12	13,922	- 11,718
Ovary Cancer	32	2,135	36	2,003	+ 132
Fires	33	2,034	48	617	+ 1,416
Endocrine Disorders	34	2,027	37	1,888	+ 139
Lymphomas	35	2,003	22	4,539	- 2,536
Falls	36	1,964	18	5,409	- 3,445
Stomach Cancer	37	1,717	27	3,451	- 1,734
Pancreas Cancer	38	1,529	33	2,383	- 854
Uterin Cancer	39	1,468	44	864	+ 603
Violence	40	1,429	31	2,965	- 1,536
Skin Disease	41	1,405	28	3,375	- 1,970
Oesophagus Cancer	42	1,306	29	3,156	- 1,850
Meningitis	43	1,261	43	931	+ 330
Epilepsy	44	1,199	47	689	+ 510
Malnutrition	45	1,053	42	962	+ 92
Oral Cancer	46	919	20	4,961	- 4,042
Syphilis	47	813	64	36	+ 777
Pertussis	48	722	62	77	+ 645
Maternal Conditions	49	633	52	227	+ 406
Bladder Cancer	50	599	38	1,798	- 1,199
Encephalitis	51	538	46	722	- 184
Drug Use	52	286	45	794	- 508
Other Neoplasms	53	242	54	192	+ 51
Appendicitis	54	205	59	114	+ 91
Dengue	55	193	55	172	+ 22
Poisonings	56	165	57	132	+ 33
Alcohol	57	127	49	548	- 421
Tetanus	58	102	58	116	- 15
Hepatitis B	59	78	56	153	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	60	59	61	86	- 27
Skin Cancers	61	47	41	1,133	- 1,086
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	25	53	194	- 169
Measles	63	18	63	56	- 37
Chlamydia	64	14	70	3	+ 11
Hepatitis C	65	10	67	7	+ 2
War	66	8	60	87	- 80
Ascariasis	67	6	69	4	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	3	71	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	69	1	65	18	- 17
Otitis Media	70	0	68	7	- 7
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	66	13	- 13
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	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	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Fiji

Thailand

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.