FIJI VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	447	5	228	+ 219
Stroke	2	417	3	583	- 166
Coronary Heart Disease	3	388	2	1,481	- 1,093
HIV/AIDS	4	373	31	30	+ 343
Malaria	5	307	75	0	+ 307
Tuberculosis	6	281	27	39	+ 242
Road Traffic Accidents	7	215	11	120	+ 95
Low Birth Weight	8	183	14	86	+ 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	180	12	96	+ 84
Birth Trauma	10	170	28	36	+ 134
Liver Disease	11	167	15	82	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	12	163	1	1,628	- 1,465
Kidney Disease	13	114	4	277	- 162
Congenital Anomalies	14	108	10	129	- 21
Lung Disease	15	86	9	141	- 55
Meningitis	16	82	43	17	+ 65
Liver Cancer	17	78	18	68	+ 10
Other Injuries	18	67	17	77	- 10
Hypertension	19	61	7	170	- 109
Cervical Cancer	20	59	13	86	- 27
Suicide	21	55	16	80	- 25
Maternal Conditions	22	55	49	9	+ 46
Asthma	23	54	6	226	- 171
Endocrine Disorders	24	54	34	28	+ 26
Breast Cancer	25	53	8	162	- 109
Malnutrition	26	51	45	14	+ 37
Violence	27	51	40	19	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	28	44	23	45	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	36	19	63	- 27
Falls	30	32	36	27	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	31	28	25	41	- 12
Lymphomas	32	24	35	27	- 3
Stomach Cancer	33	24	37	23	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	22	24	45	- 23
Pertussis	35	20	48	10	+ 11
Drownings	36	20	21	60	- 39
Fires	37	20	33	28	- 8
Ovary Cancer	38	19	32	29	- 10
Drug Use	39	17	52	4	+ 13
Poisonings	40	14	56	2	+ 12
Syphilis	41	13	47	11	+ 2
Oral Cancer	42	13	46	13	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	43	11	26	40	- 30
Encephalitis	44	10	51	7	+ 3
Leukemia	45	9	30	31	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	46	9	38	21	- 12
Epilepsy	47	9	44	16	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	9	29	34	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	49	8	42	18	- 10
Skin Disease	50	7	41	19	- 12
Schistosomiasis	51	7	74	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	7	20	62	- 55
Bladder Cancer	53	7	50	8	- 1
Alcohol	54	7	57	2	+ 5
Lung Cancers	55	7	22	48	- 41
Tetanus	56	6	58	1	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	57	6	39	20	- 14
Skin Cancers	58	6	61	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	4	54	3	+ 1
Measles	60	4	63	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	60	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	3	59	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	53	3	- 2
War	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	55	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Ghana

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.