UGANDA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	84,317	14	4,794	+ 79,523
Coronary Heart Disease	2	76,712	9	8,784	+ 67,928
Stroke	3	30,176	6	11,181	+ 18,995
Kidney Disease	4	14,341	19	3,168	+ 11,173
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,832	2	18,865	- 7,033
Asthma	6	11,696	27	1,745	+ 9,951
Hypertension	7	8,806	21	3,120	+ 5,686
Breast Cancer	8	8,413	32	1,128	+ 7,285
Lung Disease	9	7,284	22	3,051	+ 4,233
Congenital Anomalies	10	6,703	11	6,641	+ 62
Road Traffic Accidents	11	6,229	4	13,012	- 6,783
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	4,990	5	12,103	- 7,113
Cervical Cancer	13	4,472	15	4,378	+ 95
Low Birth Weight	14	4,450	8	9,673	- 5,223
Liver Disease	15	4,232	13	5,122	- 890
Suicide	16	4,130	24	2,033	+ 2,097
Other Injuries	17	3,978	20	3,130	+ 848
Liver Cancer	18	3,526	29	1,522	+ 2,004
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	3,257	30	1,286	+ 1,970
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	3,210	50	348	+ 2,862
Drownings	21	3,082	31	1,238	+ 1,845
Lung Cancers	22	2,475	46	441	+ 2,034
Inflammatory/Heart	23	2,345	37	859	+ 1,486
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	2,341	35	919	+ 1,422
Prostate Cancer	25	2,098	34	950	+ 1,149
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,087	48	351	+ 1,736
Tuberculosis	27	2,028	10	7,255	- 5,226
Birth Trauma	28	1,884	7	10,405	- 8,521
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,744	41	687	+ 1,057
Leukemia	30	1,603	42	599	+ 1,004
HIV/AIDS	31	1,554	1	21,188	- 19,634
Ovary Cancer	32	1,505	44	519	+ 986
Fires	33	1,434	36	872	+ 562
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,428	38	761	+ 667
Lymphomas	35	1,412	26	1,762	- 350
Falls	36	1,384	33	1,127	+ 258
Stomach Cancer	37	1,210	45	515	+ 695
Pancreas Cancer	38	1,078	47	358	+ 720
Uterin Cancer	39	1,034	56	234	+ 801
Violence	40	1,007	12	6,175	- 5,168
Skin Disease	41	990	55	242	+ 748
Oesophagus Cancer	42	920	28	1,674	- 754
Meningitis	43	889	16	3,718	- 2,829
Epilepsy	44	845	43	599	+ 247
Malnutrition	45	742	18	3,317	- 2,575
Oral Cancer	46	648	40	731	- 83
Syphilis	47	573	23	2,235	- 1,662
Pertussis	48	509	25	1,909	- 1,400
Maternal Conditions	49	446	17	3,641	- 3,195
Bladder Cancer	50	422	59	181	+ 242
Encephalitis	51	379	62	122	+ 257
Drug Use	52	201	57	233	- 32
Other Neoplasms	53	171	66	37	+ 134
Appendicitis	54	144	58	211	- 67
Dengue	55	136	74	1	+ 135
Poisonings	56	116	39	745	- 629
Alcohol	57	90	54	256	- 166
Tetanus	58	72	53	271	- 199
Hepatitis B	59	55	61	123	- 69
Multiple Sclerosis	60	42	69	16	+ 26
Skin Cancers	61	33	49	349	- 315
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	18	64	55	- 37
Measles	63	13	51	343	- 330
Chlamydia	64	10	73	6	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	7	67	30	- 24
War	66	5	63	88	- 82
Ascariasis	67	4	70	16	- 12
Diphtheria	68	2	72	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	69	1	60	144	- 143
Otitis Media	70	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	65	50	- 50
Leishmaniasis	73	0	68	28	- 28
Schistosomiasis	74	0	52	286	- 286
Malaria	75	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Fiji

Uganda

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.