FIJI VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	705	27	39	+ 666
HIV/AIDS	2	437	31	30	+ 407
Coronary Heart Disease	3	395	2	1,481	- 1,086
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	374	5	228	+ 146
Stroke	5	347	3	583	- 235
Diabetes Mellitus	6	249	1	1,628	- 1,379
Malaria	7	209	75	0	+ 209
Road Traffic Accidents	8	201	11	120	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	9	192	14	86	+ 106
Liver Disease	10	161	15	82	+ 80
Hypertension	11	160	7	170	- 10
Kidney Disease	12	149	4	277	- 128
Birth Trauma	13	140	28	36	+ 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	123	12	96	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	15	111	10	129	- 19
Lung Disease	16	83	9	141	- 57
Violence	17	71	40	19	+ 52
Suicide	18	71	16	80	- 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	59	19	63	- 4
Measles	20	57	63	0	+ 56
Maternal Conditions	21	56	49	9	+ 48
Other Injuries	22	54	17	77	- 23
Meningitis	23	44	43	17	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	24	39	23	45	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	25	38	34	28	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	26	37	13	86	- 49
Breast Cancer	27	36	8	162	- 127
Asthma	28	35	6	226	- 191
Lung Cancers	29	34	22	48	- 14
Falls	30	33	36	27	+ 6
Pertussis	31	31	48	10	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	32	31	25	41	- 10
Malnutrition	33	30	45	14	+ 16
Oral Cancer	34	27	46	13	+ 14
Liver Cancer	35	20	18	68	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	36	18	26	40	- 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	17	24	45	- 29
Drownings	38	16	21	60	- 43
Fires	39	15	33	28	- 13
Epilepsy	40	14	44	16	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	14	29	34	- 20
Trypanosomiasis	42	14	72	0	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	43	13	50	8	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	44	13	42	18	- 4
Drug Use	45	13	52	4	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	13	61	1	+ 12
Syphilis	47	13	47	11	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	48	13	37	23	- 11
Lymphomas	49	12	35	27	- 15
Poisonings	50	11	56	2	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	51	10	32	29	- 19
Skin Disease	52	8	41	19	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	38	21	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	20	62	- 54
Uterin Cancer	55	8	39	20	- 12
Alcohol	56	7	57	2	+ 6
Leukemia	57	7	30	31	- 24
Schistosomiasis	58	5	74	0	+ 5
Tetanus	59	3	58	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	60	3	51	7	- 5
Appendicitis	61	3	54	3	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	3	59	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	62	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	64	2	53	3	- 1
War	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	60	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Gabon

Fiji

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.