FIJI VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	647	2	1,481	- 834
Stroke	2	483	3	583	- 100
Lung Disease	3	430	9	141	+ 289
Diabetes Mellitus	4	429	1	1,628	- 1,199
Tuberculosis	5	376	27	39	+ 337
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	246	5	228	+ 17
Malaria	7	232	75	0	+ 232
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	217	12	96	+ 121
Asthma	9	174	6	226	- 51
Low Birth Weight	10	157	14	86	+ 71
Birth Trauma	11	142	28	36	+ 106
Road Traffic Accidents	12	105	11	120	- 16
Hypertension	13	104	7	170	- 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	102	20	62	+ 40
Violence	15	92	40	19	+ 72
Congenital Anomalies	16	90	10	129	- 39
Breast Cancer	17	72	8	162	- 90
Kidney Disease	18	65	4	277	- 212
Cervical Cancer	19	63	13	86	- 23
Other Injuries	20	61	17	77	- 16
Liver Cancer	21	61	18	68	- 7
Liver Disease	22	59	15	82	- 23
Lung Cancers	23	59	22	48	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	24	58	31	30	+ 28
Oral Cancer	25	55	46	13	+ 42
Falls	26	48	36	27	+ 21
Fires	27	46	33	28	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	28	42	37	23	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	42	24	45	- 3
Maternal Conditions	30	40	49	9	+ 31
Skin Cancers	31	39	61	1	+ 39
Lymphomas	32	33	35	27	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	32	19	63	- 30
Meningitis	34	31	43	17	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	29	29	34	- 5
Prostate Cancer	36	27	25	41	- 14
Suicide	37	24	16	80	- 55
Leukemia	38	24	30	31	- 7
Pertussis	39	23	48	10	+ 14
Drownings	40	23	21	60	- 37
Measles	41	23	63	0	+ 22
Syphilis	42	22	47	11	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	43	22	23	45	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	44	19	42	18	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	45	17	26	40	- 23
Ovary Cancer	46	17	32	29	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	47	15	34	28	- 13
Malnutrition	48	13	45	14	- 2
Skin Disease	49	12	41	19	- 7
Poisonings	50	12	56	2	+ 9
Epilepsy	51	10	44	16	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	52	10	38	21	- 11
Alcohol	53	9	57	2	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	54	8	50	8	- 0
Uterin Cancer	55	8	39	20	- 12
Tetanus	56	5	58	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	57	3	51	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	58	3	59	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	2	54	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	60	1	53	3	- 2
Drug Use	61	1	52	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	55	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	60	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	69	0	+ 0
War	69	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	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

New Guinea

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.