FIJI VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	369	5	228	+ 140
HIV/AIDS	2	341	31	30	+ 311
Tuberculosis	3	321	27	39	+ 282
Stroke	4	260	3	583	- 323
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	252	12	96	+ 156
Road Traffic Accidents	6	243	11	120	+ 123
Liver Disease	7	219	15	82	+ 137
Malaria	8	207	75	0	+ 207
Coronary Heart Disease	9	196	2	1,481	- 1,286
Birth Trauma	10	163	28	36	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	11	156	14	86	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	12	100	10	129	- 30
Maternal Conditions	13	92	49	9	+ 84
Diabetes Mellitus	14	92	1	1,628	- 1,536
Meningitis	15	88	43	17	+ 70
Kidney Disease	16	73	4	277	- 204
Hypertension	17	72	7	170	- 98
Oesophagus Cancer	18	71	42	18	+ 54
Other Injuries	19	71	17	77	- 6
Lung Disease	20	70	9	141	- 71
Malnutrition	21	69	45	14	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	22	55	13	86	- 31
Suicide	23	53	16	80	- 27
Violence	24	48	40	19	+ 29
Breast Cancer	25	43	8	162	- 119
Asthma	26	38	6	226	- 188
Tetanus	27	35	58	1	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	28	33	37	23	+ 9
Lymphomas	29	32	35	27	+ 4
Oral Cancer	30	30	46	13	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	30	19	63	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	24	24	45	- 21
Falls	33	24	36	27	- 3
Liver Cancer	34	22	18	68	- 46
Leukemia	35	22	30	31	- 9
Fires	36	22	33	28	- 6
Prostate Cancer	37	21	25	41	- 19
Poisonings	38	21	56	2	+ 18
Drownings	39	20	21	60	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	40	18	23	45	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	29	34	- 16
Pertussis	42	17	48	10	+ 7
Epilepsy	43	14	44	16	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	44	14	34	28	- 14
Ovary Cancer	45	13	32	29	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	46	12	38	21	- 9
Lung Cancers	47	11	22	48	- 37
Skin Cancers	48	10	61	1	+ 10
Hepatitis B	49	9	59	1	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	50	8	26	40	- 33
Skin Disease	51	7	41	19	- 12
Syphilis	52	7	47	11	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	20	62	- 55
Schistosomiasis	54	6	74	0	+ 6
Alcohol	55	6	57	2	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	5	39	20	- 15
Bladder Cancer	57	5	50	8	- 3
Appendicitis	58	4	54	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	59	3	73	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	60	3	51	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	61	2	65	0	+ 2
Drug Use	62	2	52	4	- 2
Measles	63	2	63	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	2	69	0	+ 2
War	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	62	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	67	1	53	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	60	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	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

Kenya

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.