ZAMBIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	35,585	14	2,395	+ 33,190
Coronary Heart Disease	2	32,375	10	4,432	+ 27,943
Stroke	3	12,735	3	7,948	+ 4,787
Kidney Disease	4	6,053	18	1,760	+ 4,292
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,994	2	9,517	- 4,523
Asthma	6	4,936	26	741	+ 4,195
Hypertension	7	3,716	13	2,616	+ 1,100
Breast Cancer	8	3,551	35	366	+ 3,185
Lung Disease	9	3,074	21	1,273	+ 1,801
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,829	12	3,146	- 317
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,629	11	3,654	- 1,025
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	2,106	5	6,275	- 4,169
Cervical Cancer	13	1,888	17	1,799	+ 89
Low Birth Weight	14	1,878	8	4,857	- 2,979
Liver Disease	15	1,786	9	4,501	- 2,715
Suicide	16	1,743	20	1,303	+ 440
Other Injuries	17	1,679	19	1,729	- 50
Liver Cancer	18	1,488	46	177	+ 1,311
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,374	29	590	+ 785
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	1,355	45	190	+ 1,165
Drownings	21	1,301	27	689	+ 612
Lung Cancers	22	1,044	41	226	+ 819
Inflammatory/Heart	23	990	33	501	+ 488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	988	43	203	+ 785
Prostate Cancer	25	886	30	561	+ 324
Parkinson's Disease	26	881	47	164	+ 717
Tuberculosis	27	856	6	5,941	- 5,085
Birth Trauma	28	795	7	5,062	- 4,267
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	736	40	246	+ 490
Leukemia	30	676	39	261	+ 415
HIV/AIDS	31	656	1	17,234	- 16,579
Ovary Cancer	32	635	57	82	+ 553
Fires	33	605	32	546	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	34	603	37	354	+ 249
Lymphomas	35	596	31	548	+ 48
Falls	36	584	28	596	- 12
Stomach Cancer	37	511	42	206	+ 304
Pancreas Cancer	38	455	62	42	+ 413
Uterin Cancer	39	437	64	30	+ 407
Violence	40	425	23	1,153	- 728
Skin Disease	41	418	52	126	+ 292
Oesophagus Cancer	42	388	36	359	+ 30
Meningitis	43	375	16	1,976	- 1,601
Epilepsy	44	357	38	332	+ 25
Malnutrition	45	313	15	2,303	- 1,989
Oral Cancer	46	273	48	155	+ 118
Syphilis	47	242	24	885	- 643
Pertussis	48	215	25	743	- 528
Maternal Conditions	49	188	22	1,188	- 1,000
Bladder Cancer	50	178	50	132	+ 47
Encephalitis	51	160	59	70	+ 90
Drug Use	52	85	53	122	- 38
Other Neoplasms	53	72	65	20	+ 52
Appendicitis	54	61	56	84	- 23
Dengue	55	58	74	1	+ 56
Poisonings	56	49	34	456	- 407
Alcohol	57	38	49	140	- 102
Tetanus	58	30	44	190	- 160
Hepatitis B	59	23	55	104	- 81
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	67	13	+ 4
Skin Cancers	61	14	54	108	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	63	30	- 22
Measles	63	5	61	48	- 43
Chlamydia	64	4	71	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	18	- 15
War	66	2	69	6	- 4
Ascariasis	67	2	68	9	- 7
Diphtheria	68	1	73	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	0	60	68	- 67
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	73	0	58	72	- 72
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	128	- 128
Malaria	75	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Fiji

Zambia

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.