FIJI VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,005	2	1,481	- 477
Stroke	2	395	3	583	- 187
Road Traffic Accidents	3	192	11	120	+ 71
Hypertension	4	177	7	170	+ 7
Diabetes Mellitus	5	150	1	1,628	- 1,478
Kidney Disease	6	127	4	277	- 150
Lung Disease	7	123	9	141	- 18
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	121	5	228	- 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	119	19	63	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	10	106	37	23	+ 82
Lung Cancers	11	73	22	48	+ 25
Liver Disease	12	71	15	82	- 10
Low Birth Weight	13	52	14	86	- 34
Congenital Anomalies	14	52	10	129	- 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	49	24	45	+ 4
Suicide	16	47	16	80	- 33
Other Injuries	17	44	17	77	- 33
Leukemia	18	43	30	31	+ 12
Breast Cancer	19	40	8	162	- 122
Liver Cancer	20	40	18	68	- 28
Prostate Cancer	21	39	25	41	- 2
Asthma	22	36	6	226	- 190
Lymphomas	23	31	35	27	+ 4
Falls	24	30	36	27	+ 4
Birth Trauma	25	29	28	36	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	26	27	26	40	- 13
Violence	27	27	40	19	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	28	27	31	30	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	29	26	38	21	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	30	26	42	18	+ 8
Drug Use	31	24	52	4	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	32	23	34	28	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	20	12	96	- 77
Fires	34	20	33	28	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	35	17	23	45	- 28
Bladder Cancer	36	15	50	8	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	13	29	34	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	11	20	62	- 51
Ovary Cancer	39	10	32	29	- 19
Drownings	40	10	21	60	- 49
Tuberculosis	41	9	27	39	- 30
War	42	9	66	0	+ 9
Poisonings	43	9	56	2	+ 7
Epilepsy	44	8	44	16	- 9
Oral Cancer	45	7	46	13	- 5
Meningitis	46	7	43	17	- 10
Skin Cancers	47	6	61	1	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	48	5	13	86	- 81
Hepatitis B	49	5	59	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	50	4	60	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	51	4	39	20	- 16
Maternal Conditions	52	3	49	9	- 6
Alcohol	53	3	57	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	3	51	7	- 5
Skin Disease	55	3	41	19	- 17
Malnutrition	56	2	45	14	- 13
Appendicitis	57	2	54	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	58	1	53	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	62	0	+ 1
Pertussis	60	1	48	10	- 9
Syphilis	61	1	47	11	- 11
Tetanus	62	0	58	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	64	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	63	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	72	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
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

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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.