FIJI VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,516	2	1,481	+ 35
Stroke	2	978	3	583	+ 395
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	647	19	63	+ 584
Lung Cancers	4	533	22	48	+ 485
Lung Disease	5	505	9	141	+ 365
Hypertension	6	467	7	170	+ 297
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	332	24	45	+ 287
Diabetes Mellitus	8	310	1	1,628	- 1,318
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	255	5	228	+ 27
Breast Cancer	10	216	8	162	+ 54
Kidney Disease	11	199	4	277	- 78
Other Injuries	12	189	17	77	+ 112
Pancreas Cancer	13	189	38	21	+ 168
Stomach Cancer	14	160	37	23	+ 137
Other Neoplasms	15	156	53	3	+ 153
Lymphomas	16	151	35	27	+ 124
Liver Cancer	17	150	18	68	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	18	132	34	28	+ 104
Parkinson's Disease	19	132	26	40	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	20	131	25	41	+ 91
Leukemia	21	105	30	31	+ 74
Bladder Cancer	22	105	50	8	+ 97
Liver Disease	23	87	15	82	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	24	86	23	45	+ 41
Falls	25	66	36	27	+ 39
Suicide	26	63	16	80	- 17
Oral Cancer	27	52	46	13	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	28	51	32	29	+ 22
Skin Cancers	29	51	61	1	+ 50
Road Traffic Accidents	30	50	11	120	- 70
Hepatitis C	31	38	65	0	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	35	20	62	- 27
Uterin Cancer	33	34	39	20	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	34	32	42	18	+ 14
Anemia	35	26	82	0	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	25	12	96	- 71
Congenital Anomalies	37	23	10	129	- 107
Skin Disease	38	22	41	19	+ 3
Epilepsy	39	21	44	16	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	40	18	13	86	- 68
Malnutrition	41	12	45	14	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	11	62	0	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	11	29	34	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	44	11	60	1	+ 10
Drug Use	45	10	52	4	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	46	8	31	30	- 22
Asthma	47	8	6	226	- 218
Osteoarthritis	48	8	85	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	49	7	81	0	+ 7
Violence	50	6	40	19	- 13
Low Birth Weight	51	6	14	86	- 80
Drownings	52	5	21	60	- 54
Tuberculosis	53	5	27	39	- 34
Hepatitis B	54	5	59	1	+ 4
Alcohol	55	4	57	2	+ 3
Fires	56	4	33	28	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	4	84	0	+ 4
Poisonings	58	2	56	2	+ 0
Birth Trauma	59	2	28	36	- 34
Meningitis	60	2	43	17	- 15
Appendicitis	61	1	54	3	- 2
Oral conditions	62	1	86	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	58	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	0	70	0	+ 0
War	66	0	66	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	49	9	- 9
Encephalitis	68	0	51	7	- 7
Syphilis	69	0	47	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	63	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	48	10	- 10
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	64	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

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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.