FIJI VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,011	2	1,481	- 470
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	646	5	228	+ 418
Stroke	3	594	3	583	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	4	198	11	120	+ 77
Lung Disease	5	183	9	141	+ 42
Kidney Disease	6	183	4	277	- 94
Liver Disease	7	141	15	82	+ 59
Lung Cancers	8	119	22	48	+ 71
Diabetes Mellitus	9	113	1	1,628	- 1,515
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	110	19	63	+ 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	106	24	45	+ 60
Breast Cancer	12	85	8	162	- 78
HIV/AIDS	13	74	31	30	+ 44
Other Injuries	14	61	17	77	- 16
Skin Disease	15	57	41	19	+ 38
Liver Cancer	16	55	18	68	- 13
Oral Cancer	17	51	46	13	+ 39
Falls	18	51	36	27	+ 24
Suicide	19	50	16	80	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	49	12	96	- 48
Stomach Cancer	21	40	37	23	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	39	29	34	+ 6
Leukemia	23	39	30	31	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	24	39	10	129	- 91
Lymphomas	25	36	35	27	+ 9
Tuberculosis	26	34	27	39	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	27	33	23	45	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	28	30	26	40	- 10
Low Birth Weight	29	28	14	86	- 58
Asthma	30	28	6	226	- 198
Cervical Cancer	31	28	13	86	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	32	27	38	21	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	33	25	25	41	- 16
Violence	34	24	40	19	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	35	23	32	29	- 6
Drownings	36	23	21	60	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	37	22	34	28	- 5
Hypertension	38	18	7	170	- 152
Bladder Cancer	39	13	50	8	+ 5
Encephalitis	40	12	51	7	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	41	12	42	18	- 6
Birth Trauma	42	10	28	36	- 26
Uterin Cancer	43	10	39	20	- 10
Fires	44	9	33	28	- 18
Drug Use	45	9	52	4	+ 5
Meningitis	46	8	43	17	- 9
Dengue	47	8	55	3	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	48	7	53	3	+ 4
Malnutrition	49	7	45	14	- 7
Skin Cancers	50	7	61	1	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	7	20	62	- 55
Epilepsy	52	6	44	16	- 10
Poisonings	53	6	56	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	54	6	59	1	+ 5
Alcohol	55	5	57	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	56	5	49	9	- 4
Pertussis	57	2	48	10	- 8
Appendicitis	58	2	54	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	60	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	62	0	+ 0
Tetanus	61	1	58	1	- 1
Syphilis	62	1	47	11	- 11
War	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Malaysia

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.