FIJI VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,109	31	30	+ 1,079
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	598	5	228	+ 370
Coronary Heart Disease	3	471	2	1,481	- 1,010
Road Traffic Accidents	4	335	11	120	+ 215
Stroke	5	284	3	583	- 298
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	255	12	96	+ 159
Low Birth Weight	7	224	14	86	+ 138
Birth Trauma	8	189	28	36	+ 153
Diabetes Mellitus	9	186	1	1,628	- 1,443
Malnutrition	10	133	45	14	+ 119
Congenital Anomalies	11	123	10	129	- 6
Kidney Disease	12	123	4	277	- 154
Suicide	13	115	16	80	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	14	112	13	86	+ 26
Malaria	15	111	75	0	+ 111
Tuberculosis	16	111	27	39	+ 72
Liver Disease	17	108	15	82	+ 26
Violence	18	106	40	19	+ 87
Maternal Conditions	19	97	49	9	+ 88
Other Injuries	20	92	17	77	+ 15
Asthma	21	85	6	226	- 141
Meningitis	22	74	43	17	+ 56
Lung Disease	23	65	9	141	- 76
Hypertension	24	64	7	170	- 106
Inflammatory/Heart	25	58	23	45	+ 13
Lymphomas	26	53	35	27	+ 26
Drownings	27	53	21	60	- 6
Breast Cancer	28	47	8	162	- 116
Oesophagus Cancer	29	44	42	18	+ 27
Fires	30	44	33	28	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	43	19	63	- 20
Prostate Cancer	32	35	25	41	- 6
Stomach Cancer	33	31	37	23	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	34	31	34	28	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	30	29	34	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	30	20	62	- 32
Poisonings	37	29	56	2	+ 26
Liver Cancer	38	28	18	68	- 40
Epilepsy	39	28	44	16	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	28	24	45	- 17
Falls	41	26	36	27	- 1
Pertussis	42	23	48	10	+ 13
Lung Cancers	43	16	22	48	- 32
Skin Cancers	44	15	61	1	+ 14
Leukemia	45	14	30	31	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	46	13	26	40	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	47	12	38	21	- 9
Drug Use	48	12	52	4	+ 8
Oral Cancer	49	12	46	13	- 1
Uterin Cancer	50	10	39	20	- 10
Ovary Cancer	51	10	32	29	- 19
Skin Disease	52	10	41	19	- 10
Schistosomiasis	53	10	74	0	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	54	7	50	8	- 1
Syphilis	55	7	47	11	- 4
Encephalitis	56	7	51	7	- 1
Tetanus	57	6	58	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	4	54	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	4	69	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	3	59	1	+ 2
Alcohol	61	3	57	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	2	53	3	- 1
Measles	63	2	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	62	0	+ 1
War	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	60	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	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.