FIJI VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	939	2	1,481	- 542
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	559	19	63	+ 496
Stroke	3	438	3	583	- 144
Lung Cancers	4	345	22	48	+ 298
Lung Disease	5	335	9	141	+ 194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	276	24	45	+ 230
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	170	5	228	- 59
Diabetes Mellitus	8	142	1	1,628	- 1,486
Prostate Cancer	9	136	25	41	+ 96
Breast Cancer	10	136	8	162	- 27
Falls	11	116	36	27	+ 89
Skin Cancers	12	113	61	1	+ 112
Lymphomas	13	112	35	27	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	14	100	38	21	+ 79
Suicide	15	97	16	80	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	16	84	11	120	- 36
Kidney Disease	17	80	4	277	- 197
Leukemia	18	72	30	31	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	19	65	26	40	+ 25
Hypertension	20	60	7	170	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	21	60	34	28	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	22	60	37	23	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	23	58	23	45	+ 12
Liver Cancer	24	53	18	68	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	25	51	42	18	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	26	49	50	8	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	27	45	53	3	+ 42
Other Injuries	28	40	17	77	- 37
Ovary Cancer	29	38	32	29	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	30	32	10	129	- 97
Oral Cancer	31	30	46	13	+ 18
Liver Disease	32	29	15	82	- 53
Uterin Cancer	33	27	39	20	+ 7
Skin Disease	34	22	41	19	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	21	20	62	- 41
Asthma	36	17	6	226	- 209
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	15	12	96	- 81
Low Birth Weight	38	14	14	86	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	13	29	34	- 21
Drug Use	40	13	52	4	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	41	11	13	86	- 75
Violence	42	11	40	19	- 9
Epilepsy	43	10	44	16	- 6
Drownings	44	10	21	60	- 49
Alcohol	45	9	57	2	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	9	62	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	47	8	60	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	48	5	65	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	49	4	85	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	4	84	0	+ 4
Anemia	51	3	82	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	52	3	27	39	- 36
Fires	53	3	33	28	- 25
Birth Trauma	54	3	28	36	- 34
Malnutrition	55	3	45	14	- 12
Hepatitis B	56	3	59	1	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	57	2	31	30	- 28
Poisonings	58	2	56	2	- 1
Meningitis	59	2	43	17	- 16
Schizophrenia	60	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	54	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	49	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Pertussis	65	0	48	10	- 10
Encephalitis	66	0	51	7	- 7
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	58	1	- 1
Syphilis	70	0	47	11	- 11
Chlamydia	71	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	55	3	- 3
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

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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.