FIJI VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,067	3	583	+ 484
Coronary Heart Disease	2	842	2	1,481	- 639
Diabetes Mellitus	3	791	1	1,628	- 837
Kidney Disease	4	451	4	277	+ 174
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	372	5	228	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	6	319	25	41	+ 278
Road Traffic Accidents	7	309	11	120	+ 189
Lung Disease	8	299	9	141	+ 159
Hypertension	9	297	7	170	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	269	19	63	+ 207
Violence	11	210	40	19	+ 190
Liver Disease	12	197	15	82	+ 116
Inflammatory/Heart	13	178	23	45	+ 133
Breast Cancer	14	144	8	162	- 18
Stomach Cancer	15	124	37	23	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	120	24	45	+ 74
Endocrine Disorders	17	114	34	28	+ 87
Lung Cancers	18	106	22	48	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	19	97	14	86	+ 11
Skin Disease	20	92	41	19	+ 72
Other Injuries	21	84	17	77	+ 7
Suicide	22	82	16	80	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	23	79	26	40	+ 38
Lymphomas	24	74	35	27	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	25	67	13	86	- 19
Falls	26	60	36	27	+ 33
Asthma	27	54	6	226	- 172
Drownings	28	53	21	60	- 7
Alcohol	29	52	57	2	+ 51
Congenital Anomalies	30	46	10	129	- 84
Pancreas Cancer	31	46	38	21	+ 25
Epilepsy	32	40	44	16	+ 24
Malnutrition	33	37	45	14	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	30	29	34	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	26	12	96	- 70
Leukemia	36	25	30	31	- 6
Liver Cancer	37	23	18	68	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	22	20	62	- 40
Fires	39	19	33	28	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	40	18	42	18	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	41	18	32	29	- 11
Birth Trauma	42	18	28	36	- 19
Oral Cancer	43	17	46	13	+ 5
Tuberculosis	44	17	27	39	- 23
Uterin Cancer	45	12	39	20	- 8
Drug Use	46	11	52	4	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	47	10	49	9	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	48	10	53	3	+ 7
Meningitis	49	8	43	17	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	62	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	51	6	54	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	52	6	51	7	- 1
Dengue	53	3	55	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	60	1	+ 2
Poisonings	55	1	56	2	- 1
Tetanus	56	1	58	1	- 0
Syphilis	57	1	47	11	- 10
War	58	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	59	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	61	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	48	10	- 10
Ascariasis	64	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	61	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	50	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	63	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	31	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	85	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Saint Lucia

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.