ZIMBABWE VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	29,342	9	3,344	+ 25,998
Coronary Heart Disease	2	26,695	3	8,493	+ 18,203
Stroke	3	10,501	5	5,126	+ 5,375
Kidney Disease	4	4,991	12	2,214	+ 2,777
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,117	2	10,779	- 6,662
Asthma	6	4,070	21	1,531	+ 2,540
Hypertension	7	3,065	24	1,146	+ 1,919
Breast Cancer	8	2,928	28	839	+ 2,089
Lung Disease	9	2,535	23	1,163	+ 1,371
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,332	11	2,217	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,168	4	6,037	- 3,870
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,736	6	4,595	- 2,858
Cervical Cancer	13	1,556	14	2,023	- 467
Low Birth Weight	14	1,549	7	4,038	- 2,489
Liver Disease	15	1,473	17	1,941	- 469
Suicide	16	1,437	13	2,069	- 631
Other Injuries	17	1,384	20	1,656	- 271
Liver Cancer	18	1,227	38	510	+ 717
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,133	31	768	+ 366
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	1,117	36	542	+ 575
Drownings	21	1,073	27	956	+ 117
Lung Cancers	22	861	43	286	+ 575
Inflammatory/Heart	23	816	25	1,047	- 231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	815	40	505	+ 310
Prostate Cancer	25	730	32	628	+ 102
Parkinson's Disease	26	726	46	226	+ 501
Tuberculosis	27	706	16	1,999	- 1,293
Birth Trauma	28	656	8	3,405	- 2,750
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	607	35	548	+ 59
Leukemia	30	558	45	244	+ 314
HIV/AIDS	31	541	1	19,988	- 19,448
Ovary Cancer	32	524	51	173	+ 350
Fires	33	499	30	793	- 294
Endocrine Disorders	34	497	34	553	- 56
Lymphomas	35	491	26	960	- 468
Falls	36	482	41	465	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	37	421	33	559	- 138
Pancreas Cancer	38	375	47	217	+ 158
Uterin Cancer	39	360	50	182	+ 178
Violence	40	350	18	1,916	- 1,566
Skin Disease	41	345	52	173	+ 172
Oesophagus Cancer	42	320	29	801	- 481
Meningitis	43	309	22	1,325	- 1,016
Epilepsy	44	294	39	508	- 214
Malnutrition	45	258	10	2,396	- 2,138
Oral Cancer	46	225	49	208	+ 18
Syphilis	47	199	55	124	+ 75
Pertussis	48	177	42	419	- 242
Maternal Conditions	49	155	19	1,749	- 1,594
Bladder Cancer	50	147	54	125	+ 22
Encephalitis	51	132	56	117	+ 14
Drug Use	52	70	48	213	- 143
Other Neoplasms	53	59	62	37	+ 22
Appendicitis	54	50	58	66	- 16
Dengue	55	47	73	0	+ 47
Poisonings	56	40	37	515	- 475
Alcohol	57	31	61	48	- 17
Tetanus	58	25	57	102	- 77
Hepatitis B	59	19	60	57	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	67	14	+ 0
Skin Cancers	61	12	44	264	- 252
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	64	26	- 20
Measles	63	5	63	30	- 26
Chlamydia	64	3	69	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	14	- 12
War	66	2	65	26	- 24
Ascariasis	67	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	1	72	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	59	65	- 65
Otitis Media	70	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	71	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	53	172	- 172
Malaria	75	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	76	0	76	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	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	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Fiji

Zimbabwe

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.