FIJI VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,405	2	1,481	- 76
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	799	19	63	+ 736
Lung Disease	3	544	9	141	+ 403
Stroke	4	441	3	583	- 142
Lung Cancers	5	433	22	48	+ 385
Kidney Disease	6	239	4	277	- 38
Drug Use	7	207	52	4	+ 203
Hypertension	8	184	7	170	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	172	24	45	+ 127
Diabetes Mellitus	10	171	1	1,628	- 1,457
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	168	5	228	- 61
Suicide	12	148	16	80	+ 68
Breast Cancer	13	135	8	162	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	14	131	34	28	+ 103
Pancreas Cancer	15	123	38	21	+ 102
Liver Disease	16	121	15	82	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	17	116	11	120	- 4
Falls	18	112	36	27	+ 86
Lymphomas	19	112	35	27	+ 85
Prostate Cancer	20	99	25	41	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	21	96	26	40	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	22	91	23	45	+ 45
Liver Cancer	23	75	18	68	+ 7
Leukemia	24	75	30	31	+ 44
Other Injuries	25	72	17	77	- 4
Bladder Cancer	26	55	50	8	+ 46
Violence	27	53	40	19	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	28	50	42	18	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	29	49	53	3	+ 46
Alcohol	30	41	57	2	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	31	41	32	29	+ 12
Skin Cancers	32	40	61	1	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	33	36	37	23	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	34	33	10	129	- 97
Oral Cancer	35	32	46	13	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	36	28	39	20	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	28	12	96	- 69
Cervical Cancer	38	19	13	86	- 67
Low Birth Weight	39	19	14	86	- 67
Malnutrition	40	19	45	14	+ 4
Hepatitis C	41	16	65	0	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	42	16	31	30	- 14
Skin Disease	43	15	41	19	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	44	14	60	1	+ 13
Drownings	45	11	21	60	- 48
Asthma	46	11	6	226	- 215
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	10	20	62	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	10	29	34	- 24
Fires	49	9	33	28	- 19
Epilepsy	50	9	44	16	- 8
Anemia	51	9	82	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	62	0	+ 7
Poisonings	53	5	56	2	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	3	28	36	- 33
War	55	3	66	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	56	2	49	9	- 6
Schizophrenia	57	2	81	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	59	1	+ 1
Meningitis	60	2	43	17	- 15
Osteoarthritis	61	2	85	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	62	2	27	39	- 38
Appendicitis	63	1	54	3	- 2
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	0	47	11	- 11
Otitis Media	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	51	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	48	10	- 10
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	58	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	3	- 3
Malaria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	63	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	64	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

United States

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.