FIJI VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,445	2	1,481	- 36
Stroke	2	1,351	3	583	+ 768
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,253	1	1,628	- 375
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	461	5	228	+ 232
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	444	12	96	+ 348
Asthma	6	387	6	226	+ 161
Tuberculosis	7	353	27	39	+ 313
Kidney Disease	8	345	4	277	+ 68
Suicide	9	272	16	80	+ 192
Lung Disease	10	263	9	141	+ 122
Cervical Cancer	11	248	13	86	+ 162
Liver Disease	12	245	15	82	+ 163
Low Birth Weight	13	224	14	86	+ 138
Birth Trauma	14	189	28	36	+ 152
Congenital Anomalies	15	188	10	129	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	150	20	62	+ 88
Malnutrition	17	122	45	14	+ 108
Breast Cancer	18	122	8	162	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	116	29	34	+ 83
Lung Cancers	20	114	22	48	+ 66
Hypertension	21	111	7	170	- 59
Meningitis	22	110	43	17	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	23	95	37	23	+ 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	89	19	63	+ 26
Other Injuries	25	85	17	77	+ 8
Oral Cancer	26	85	46	13	+ 72
Liver Cancer	27	76	18	68	+ 8
Drownings	28	75	21	60	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	29	62	23	45	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	30	59	34	28	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	57	24	45	+ 12
Pertussis	32	52	48	10	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	33	49	26	40	+ 9
Violence	34	46	40	19	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	35	46	49	9	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	36	45	42	18	+ 27
Syphilis	37	36	47	11	+ 25
Epilepsy	38	36	44	16	+ 20
Leukemia	39	34	30	31	+ 3
Skin Disease	40	32	41	19	+ 13
Lymphomas	41	26	35	27	- 2
Falls	42	25	36	27	- 1
Poisonings	43	25	56	2	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	44	22	25	41	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	45	18	11	120	- 102
Uterin Cancer	46	17	39	20	- 3
Fires	47	17	33	28	- 11
Hepatitis B	48	16	59	1	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	49	16	38	21	- 5
Ovary Cancer	50	9	32	29	- 20
Bladder Cancer	51	8	50	8	- 0
Appendicitis	52	7	54	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	6	51	7	- 1
Alcohol	54	5	57	2	+ 4
Tetanus	55	4	58	1	+ 2
Skin Cancers	56	4	61	1	+ 3
Drug Use	57	3	52	4	- 1
Other Neoplasms	58	3	53	3	- 1
Dengue	59	2	55	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	60	2	69	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	60	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	62	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	64	0	+ 0
War	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	31	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Kiribati

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.