FIJI VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	369	5	228	+ 140
Stroke	2	353	3	583	- 229
Road Traffic Accidents	3	260	11	120	+ 139
Coronary Heart Disease	4	252	2	1,481	- 1,229
Malaria	5	230	75	0	+ 230
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	218	12	96	+ 122
HIV/AIDS	7	197	31	30	+ 167
Liver Disease	8	178	15	82	+ 96
Low Birth Weight	9	153	14	86	+ 67
Birth Trauma	10	132	28	36	+ 96
Diabetes Mellitus	11	130	1	1,628	- 1,498
Congenital Anomalies	12	124	10	129	- 5
Lung Disease	13	109	9	141	- 32
Hypertension	14	95	7	170	- 75
Kidney Disease	15	84	4	277	- 193
Malnutrition	16	82	45	14	+ 67
Other Injuries	17	66	17	77	- 11
Cervical Cancer	18	66	13	86	- 21
Meningitis	19	59	43	17	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	20	54	37	23	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	21	50	49	9	+ 42
Asthma	22	50	6	226	- 176
Liver Cancer	23	49	18	68	- 19
Suicide	24	49	16	80	- 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	46	19	63	- 17
Tuberculosis	26	44	27	39	+ 4
Breast Cancer	27	42	8	162	- 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	41	24	45	- 4
Violence	29	38	40	19	+ 19
Lymphomas	30	31	35	27	+ 4
Falls	31	29	36	27	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	32	28	25	41	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	25	29	34	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	34	24	23	45	- 21
Leukemia	35	22	30	31	- 9
Drownings	36	20	21	60	- 40
Oral Cancer	37	19	46	13	+ 6
Fires	38	19	33	28	- 9
Lung Cancers	39	16	22	48	- 31
Poisonings	40	15	56	2	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	41	15	34	28	- 12
Pertussis	42	15	48	10	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	43	15	38	21	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	44	15	42	18	- 3
Epilepsy	45	13	44	16	- 3
Syphilis	46	12	47	11	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	47	10	26	40	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	9	20	62	- 52
Alcohol	49	9	57	2	+ 7
Skin Cancers	50	8	61	1	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	51	8	74	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	7	41	19	- 12
Ovary Cancer	53	6	32	29	- 23
Appendicitis	54	5	54	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	5	59	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	4	39	20	- 16
Upper Respiratory	57	4	69	0	+ 4
Tetanus	58	4	58	1	+ 2
Measles	59	4	63	0	+ 3
Drug Use	60	3	52	4	- 1
Encephalitis	61	3	51	7	- 5
Bladder Cancer	62	2	50	8	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	62	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	1	53	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	60	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
War	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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

Rwanda

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.