URUGUAY VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	5,860	11	747	+ 5,113
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,332	1	4,265	+ 1,067
Stroke	3	2,097	2	2,850	- 752
Kidney Disease	4	997	8	1,040	- 43
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	822	6	1,370	- 548
Asthma	6	813	37	127	+ 686
Hypertension	7	612	15	648	- 36
Breast Cancer	8	585	9	848	- 263
Lung Disease	9	506	4	1,706	- 1,200
Congenital Anomalies	10	466	30	170	+ 296
Road Traffic Accidents	11	433	16	512	- 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	347	35	134	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	13	311	29	172	+ 139
Low Birth Weight	14	309	42	73	+ 236
Liver Disease	15	294	27	206	+ 88
Suicide	16	287	12	735	- 448
Other Injuries	17	276	10	774	- 497
Liver Cancer	18	245	34	147	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	226	3	1,899	- 1,672
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	223	50	39	+ 184
Drownings	21	214	45	65	+ 150
Lung Cancers	22	172	5	1,463	- 1,291
Inflammatory/Heart	23	163	22	314	- 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	163	7	1,245	- 1,082
Prostate Cancer	25	146	13	707	- 561
Parkinson's Disease	26	145	21	320	- 175
Tuberculosis	27	141	41	81	+ 60
Birth Trauma	28	131	53	22	+ 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	121	46	57	+ 64
Leukemia	30	111	25	280	- 169
HIV/AIDS	31	108	28	195	- 87
Ovary Cancer	32	105	32	160	- 56
Fires	33	100	48	54	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	34	99	17	487	- 388
Lymphomas	35	98	20	457	- 359
Falls	36	96	47	55	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	37	84	18	480	- 396
Pancreas Cancer	38	75	14	656	- 581
Uterin Cancer	39	72	38	115	- 43
Violence	40	70	23	295	- 225
Skin Disease	41	69	36	130	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	42	64	24	286	- 222
Meningitis	43	62	58	10	+ 52
Epilepsy	44	59	40	86	- 27
Malnutrition	45	52	43	73	- 21
Oral Cancer	46	45	31	167	- 122
Syphilis	47	40	66	3	+ 37
Pertussis	48	35	72	0	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	49	31	60	9	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	50	29	26	276	- 247
Encephalitis	51	26	64	4	+ 22
Drug Use	52	14	49	41	- 27
Other Neoplasms	53	12	19	464	- 452
Appendicitis	54	10	59	9	+ 1
Dengue	55	9	83	0	+ 9
Poisonings	56	8	55	17	- 8
Alcohol	57	6	39	104	- 98
Tetanus	58	5	71	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	63	4	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	56	13	- 10
Skin Cancers	61	2	33	149	- 147
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	35	- 33
Measles	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	3	- 3
War	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	62	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Fiji

Uruguay

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.