FIJI VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	893	2	1,481	- 588
Stroke	2	402	3	583	- 181
War	3	382	66	0	+ 382
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	355	5	228	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	5	261	14	86	+ 175
Road Traffic Accidents	6	253	11	120	+ 133
Birth Trauma	7	176	28	36	+ 139
Hypertension	8	157	7	170	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	129	12	96	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	10	127	10	129	- 2
Lung Disease	11	95	9	141	- 46
Measles	12	89	63	0	+ 89
Liver Disease	13	86	15	82	+ 4
Violence	14	84	40	19	+ 65
Kidney Disease	15	79	4	277	- 198
Other Injuries	16	66	17	77	- 11
Asthma	17	62	6	226	- 163
Tuberculosis	18	56	27	39	+ 17
Diabetes Mellitus	19	53	1	1,628	- 1,575
Malaria	20	51	75	0	+ 51
Suicide	21	50	16	80	- 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	42	19	63	- 21
Pertussis	23	37	48	10	+ 27
Falls	24	35	36	27	+ 8
Drownings	25	34	21	60	- 26
Breast Cancer	26	34	8	162	- 129
Malnutrition	27	31	45	14	+ 17
Meningitis	28	30	43	17	+ 13
Fires	29	29	33	28	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	27	24	45	- 18
Stomach Cancer	31	27	37	23	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	32	26	49	9	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	25	29	34	- 9
Leukemia	34	23	30	31	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	35	23	42	18	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	36	22	34	28	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	21	20	62	- 41
Drug Use	38	18	52	4	+ 14
Liver Cancer	39	18	18	68	- 50
Inflammatory/Heart	40	17	23	45	- 28
Lung Cancers	41	17	22	48	- 31
Oral Cancer	42	16	46	13	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	16	44	16	- 0
Poisonings	44	16	56	2	+ 14
Lymphomas	45	13	35	27	- 14
HIV/AIDS	46	12	31	30	- 18
Tetanus	47	12	58	1	+ 10
Encephalitis	48	11	51	7	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	49	11	26	40	- 30
Hepatitis B	50	9	59	1	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	51	8	38	21	- 12
Ovary Cancer	52	6	32	29	- 23
Syphilis	53	5	47	11	- 6
Appendicitis	54	5	54	3	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	55	5	50	8	- 3
Schistosomiasis	56	4	74	0	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	57	4	13	86	- 83
Skin Cancers	58	3	61	1	+ 2
Alcohol	59	2	57	2	+ 1
Dengue	60	2	55	3	- 1
Skin Disease	61	1	41	19	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	60	1	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	1	25	41	- 39
Other Neoplasms	64	1	53	3	- 3
Ascariasis	65	1	67	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	39	20	- 20
Upper Respiratory	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

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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.