FIJI VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	690	3	583	+ 108
Coronary Heart Disease	2	621	2	1,481	- 860
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	337	5	228	+ 109
Tuberculosis	4	233	27	39	+ 194
Kidney Disease	5	197	4	277	- 80
Lung Disease	6	195	9	141	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	186	12	96	+ 89
Diabetes Mellitus	8	175	1	1,628	- 1,453
Road Traffic Accidents	9	153	11	120	+ 33
Liver Disease	10	140	15	82	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	11	138	14	86	+ 52
Birth Trauma	12	133	28	36	+ 97
Liver Cancer	13	132	18	68	+ 64
Lung Cancers	14	110	22	48	+ 62
Hypertension	15	106	7	170	- 64
Asthma	16	101	6	226	- 125
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	78	29	34	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	18	77	10	129	- 52
Drownings	19	68	21	60	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	20	63	37	23	+ 40
Other Injuries	21	62	17	77	- 15
Violence	22	57	40	19	+ 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	55	19	63	- 8
Falls	24	53	36	27	+ 26
Breast Cancer	25	52	8	162	- 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	51	24	45	+ 5
Suicide	27	47	16	80	- 33
Oral Cancer	28	42	46	13	+ 29
HIV/AIDS	29	37	31	30	+ 7
Pertussis	30	36	48	10	+ 27
Leukemia	31	35	30	31	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	32	26	49	9	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	33	26	42	18	+ 8
Lymphomas	34	25	35	27	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	25	20	62	- 37
Inflammatory/Heart	36	25	23	45	- 21
Cervical Cancer	37	22	13	86	- 64
Endocrine Disorders	38	22	34	28	- 5
Malnutrition	39	20	45	14	+ 6
Meningitis	40	18	43	17	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	41	17	26	40	- 24
Fires	42	13	33	28	- 15
Ovary Cancer	43	12	32	29	- 17
Tetanus	44	11	58	1	+ 10
Skin Disease	45	11	41	19	- 8
Encephalitis	46	8	51	7	+ 1
Alcohol	47	7	57	2	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	48	7	38	21	- 14
Skin Cancers	49	7	61	1	+ 6
Epilepsy	50	7	44	16	- 9
Bladder Cancer	51	6	50	8	- 2
Poisonings	52	5	56	2	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	53	4	25	41	- 36
Drug Use	54	4	52	4	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	55	3	39	20	- 16
Measles	56	3	63	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	3	54	3	+ 1
Syphilis	58	3	47	11	- 8
Dengue	59	2	55	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	53	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	62	1	74	0	+ 1
Malaria	63	1	75	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	60	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	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.