FIJI VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,315	2	1,481	- 167
Stroke	2	565	3	583	- 18
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	286	5	228	+ 57
Liver Disease	4	189	15	82	+ 107
Hypertension	5	158	7	170	- 13
Diabetes Mellitus	6	148	1	1,628	- 1,480
Low Birth Weight	7	143	14	86	+ 57
Road Traffic Accidents	8	134	11	120	+ 13
Birth Trauma	9	116	28	36	+ 80
Lung Disease	10	108	9	141	- 33
Congenital Anomalies	11	99	10	129	- 30
Stomach Cancer	12	69	37	23	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	67	12	96	- 29
Tuberculosis	14	67	27	39	+ 28
Drownings	15	53	21	60	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	16	50	42	18	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	47	19	63	- 15
Epilepsy	18	39	44	16	+ 23
Kidney Disease	19	37	4	277	- 240
Suicide	20	37	16	80	- 43
Falls	21	34	36	27	+ 7
Meningitis	22	31	43	17	+ 14
Fires	23	29	33	28	+ 1
Lung Cancers	24	28	22	48	- 20
HIV/AIDS	25	27	31	30	- 3
Pertussis	26	27	48	10	+ 17
Other Injuries	27	26	17	77	- 50
Asthma	28	25	6	226	- 201
Parkinson's Disease	29	23	26	40	- 17
Liver Cancer	30	22	18	68	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	20	20	62	- 42
Lymphomas	32	20	35	27	- 7
Breast Cancer	33	20	8	162	- 143
Endocrine Disorders	34	19	34	28	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	18	24	45	- 27
Violence	36	16	40	19	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	15	29	34	- 19
Alcohol	38	12	57	2	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	39	10	13	86	- 76
Uterin Cancer	40	10	39	20	- 10
Oral Cancer	41	10	46	13	- 3
Leukemia	42	10	30	31	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	43	9	38	21	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	44	7	23	45	- 38
Maternal Conditions	45	6	49	9	- 3
Ovary Cancer	46	5	32	29	- 24
Upper Respiratory	47	5	69	0	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	48	5	50	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	49	4	59	1	+ 3
Poisonings	50	4	56	2	+ 1
Skin Cancers	51	3	61	1	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	52	3	25	41	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	3	62	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	3	51	7	- 5
Drug Use	55	2	52	4	- 2
Syphilis	56	2	47	11	- 9
Tetanus	57	2	58	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	2	54	3	- 1
Skin Disease	59	1	41	19	- 18
Hepatitis C	60	1	65	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	53	3	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	60	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	64	0	45	14	- 14
Chlamydia	65	0	64	0	- 0
War	66	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	69	0	55	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Tajikistan

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.