FIJI VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,935	31	30	+ 1,905
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	770	5	228	+ 541
Diabetes Mellitus	3	746	1	1,628	- 882
Stroke	4	669	3	583	+ 87
Coronary Heart Disease	5	631	2	1,481	- 850
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	432	12	96	+ 336
Road Traffic Accidents	7	321	11	120	+ 201
Kidney Disease	8	319	4	277	+ 42
Suicide	9	282	16	80	+ 203
Hypertension	10	244	7	170	+ 74
Liver Disease	11	229	15	82	+ 147
Lung Disease	12	221	9	141	+ 80
Tuberculosis	13	214	27	39	+ 175
Low Birth Weight	14	195	14	86	+ 109
Cervical Cancer	15	180	13	86	+ 93
Violence	16	178	40	19	+ 158
Other Injuries	17	159	17	77	+ 82
Birth Trauma	18	139	28	36	+ 103
Congenital Anomalies	19	134	10	129	+ 5
Asthma	20	125	6	226	- 101
Maternal Conditions	21	97	49	9	+ 88
Malnutrition	22	88	45	14	+ 74
Meningitis	23	81	43	17	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	24	78	23	45	+ 33
Drownings	25	73	21	60	+ 13
Fires	26	70	33	28	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	64	19	63	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	28	62	34	28	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	43	29	34	+ 9
Epilepsy	30	38	44	16	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	31	38	25	41	- 3
Falls	32	34	36	27	+ 8
Pertussis	33	32	48	10	+ 23
Poisonings	34	31	56	2	+ 29
Breast Cancer	35	31	8	162	- 132
Lymphomas	36	26	35	27	- 1
Liver Cancer	37	25	18	68	- 44
Drug Use	38	22	52	4	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	22	20	62	- 40
Skin Disease	40	21	41	19	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	41	20	26	40	- 20
Skin Cancers	42	17	61	1	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	16	24	45	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	44	15	42	18	- 2
Syphilis	45	15	47	11	+ 3
Lung Cancers	46	14	22	48	- 34
Leukemia	47	14	30	31	- 17
Alcohol	48	13	57	2	+ 12
Schistosomiasis	49	11	74	0	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	50	10	39	20	- 10
Oral Cancer	51	9	46	13	- 4
Ovary Cancer	52	8	32	29	- 21
Stomach Cancer	53	6	37	23	- 18
Appendicitis	54	6	54	3	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	55	5	50	8	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	56	5	38	21	- 16
Hepatitis B	57	5	59	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	62	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	4	51	7	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	3	69	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	61	3	53	3	- 0
Tetanus	62	3	58	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	60	1	+ 0
Measles	64	1	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
War	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	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
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Swaziland

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.