FIJI VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	814	3	583	+ 231
Diabetes Mellitus	2	700	1	1,628	- 928
Coronary Heart Disease	3	582	2	1,481	- 900
Violence	4	500	40	19	+ 481
Prostate Cancer	5	298	25	41	+ 257
Kidney Disease	6	267	4	277	- 10
HIV/AIDS	7	255	31	30	+ 225
Hypertension	8	219	7	170	+ 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	198	19	63	+ 135
Lung Cancers	10	159	22	48	+ 111
Lung Disease	11	152	9	141	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	12	150	11	120	+ 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	147	24	45	+ 102
Breast Cancer	14	139	8	162	- 23
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	132	5	228	- 96
Cervical Cancer	16	121	13	86	+ 34
Lymphomas	17	85	35	27	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	18	81	14	86	- 5
Stomach Cancer	19	78	37	23	+ 54
Endocrine Disorders	20	59	34	28	+ 32
Liver Disease	21	52	15	82	- 30
Skin Disease	22	49	41	19	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	23	47	10	129	- 83
Inflammatory/Heart	24	45	23	45	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	25	45	26	40	+ 4
Leukemia	26	43	30	31	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	27	40	38	21	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	28	36	39	20	+ 16
Liver Cancer	29	34	18	68	- 34
Ovary Cancer	30	33	32	29	+ 4
Other Injuries	31	31	17	77	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	28	29	34	- 6
Falls	33	28	36	27	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	34	25	42	18	+ 7
Suicide	35	24	16	80	- 56
Asthma	36	22	6	226	- 204
Birth Trauma	37	22	28	36	- 14
Bladder Cancer	38	20	50	8	+ 12
Oral Cancer	39	20	46	13	+ 7
Malnutrition	40	16	45	14	+ 2
Epilepsy	41	15	44	16	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	12	12	96	- 85
Maternal Conditions	43	12	49	9	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	9	20	62	- 53
Other Neoplasms	45	6	53	3	+ 3
Fires	46	5	33	28	- 22
Meningitis	47	5	43	17	- 12
Drug Use	48	4	52	4	+ 1
Encephalitis	49	4	51	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	62	0	+ 3
Drownings	51	3	21	60	- 56
Skin Cancers	52	3	61	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	53	3	54	3	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	3	27	39	- 37
Alcohol	55	3	57	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	60	1	+ 0
Poisonings	57	1	56	2	- 1
Dengue	58	0	55	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	0	59	1	- 1
Syphilis	60	0	47	11	- 11
War	61	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	64	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	58	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	48	10	- 10
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	63	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Jamaica

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.