FIJI VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	919	2	1,481	- 562
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	771	19	63	+ 708
Lung Disease	3	470	9	141	+ 330
Stroke	4	428	3	583	- 155
Lung Cancers	5	401	22	48	+ 353
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	310	5	228	+ 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	309	24	45	+ 263
Prostate Cancer	8	202	25	41	+ 162
Falls	9	134	36	27	+ 108
Pancreas Cancer	10	133	38	21	+ 112
Breast Cancer	11	121	8	162	- 42
Lymphomas	12	112	35	27	+ 84
Suicide	13	109	16	80	+ 30
Kidney Disease	14	105	4	277	- 171
Other Injuries	15	101	17	77	+ 24
Diabetes Mellitus	16	97	1	1,628	- 1,531
Parkinson's Disease	17	96	26	40	+ 55
Skin Cancers	18	70	61	1	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	19	62	34	28	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	20	62	50	8	+ 53
Leukemia	21	61	30	31	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	22	59	37	23	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	23	56	53	3	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	24	53	32	29	+ 24
Drug Use	25	46	52	4	+ 42
Liver Cancer	26	45	18	68	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	27	43	42	18	+ 25
Hypertension	28	40	7	170	- 130
Inflammatory/Heart	29	38	23	45	- 7
Liver Disease	30	37	15	82	- 45
Alcohol	31	35	57	2	+ 34
Oral Cancer	32	29	46	13	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	28	29	34	- 6
Congenital Anomalies	34	24	10	129	- 106
Malnutrition	35	23	45	14	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	36	23	39	20	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	22	12	96	- 74
Skin Disease	38	22	41	19	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	39	22	13	86	- 65
Epilepsy	40	21	44	16	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	41	21	60	1	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	42	20	11	120	- 101
Asthma	43	15	6	226	- 211
Anemia	44	13	82	0	+ 13
Drownings	45	11	21	60	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	11	20	62	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	10	62	0	+ 10
Fires	48	8	33	28	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	6	84	0	+ 6
Violence	50	6	40	19	- 14
Osteoarthritis	51	5	85	0	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	52	4	14	86	- 82
Schizophrenia	53	4	81	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	54	3	28	36	- 33
Hepatitis C	55	3	65	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	56	3	27	39	- 37
Poisonings	57	2	56	2	+ 0
Meningitis	58	2	43	17	- 15
Appendicitis	59	2	54	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	2	69	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	61	2	31	30	- 28
Oral conditions	62	1	86	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	1	- 0
Pertussis	64	0	48	10	- 10
Otitis Media	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	49	9	- 8
Syphilis	67	0	47	11	- 11
War	68	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	58	1	- 1
Encephalitis	70	0	51	7	- 7
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	55	3	- 3
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	75	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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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.