FIJI VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	766	2	1,481	- 715
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	554	19	63	+ 491
Stroke	3	367	3	583	- 215
Lung Cancers	4	312	22	48	+ 264
Lung Disease	5	302	9	141	+ 161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	221	24	45	+ 176
Diabetes Mellitus	7	159	1	1,628	- 1,469
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	158	5	228	- 70
Prostate Cancer	9	134	25	41	+ 93
Breast Cancer	10	121	8	162	- 41
Suicide	11	112	16	80	+ 32
Kidney Disease	12	112	4	277	- 165
Pancreas Cancer	13	111	38	21	+ 90
Falls	14	111	36	27	+ 84
Lymphomas	15	108	35	27	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	16	83	34	28	+ 55
Skin Cancers	17	82	61	1	+ 82
Leukemia	18	76	30	31	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	19	72	26	40	+ 32
Liver Cancer	20	72	18	68	+ 4
Drug Use	21	63	52	4	+ 59
Other Injuries	22	58	17	77	- 18
Hypertension	23	58	7	170	- 112
Inflammatory/Heart	24	56	23	45	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	25	53	42	18	+ 35
Liver Disease	26	51	15	82	- 31
Stomach Cancer	27	46	37	23	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	28	45	53	3	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	29	44	11	120	- 76
Bladder Cancer	30	42	50	8	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	31	36	32	29	+ 7
Oral Cancer	32	35	46	13	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	33	25	10	129	- 104
Skin Disease	34	21	41	19	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	35	19	39	20	- 1
Asthma	36	16	6	226	- 210
Alcohol	37	14	57	2	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	13	20	62	- 49
Cervical Cancer	39	12	13	86	- 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	11	12	96	- 86
Epilepsy	41	10	44	16	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	10	29	34	- 24
Low Birth Weight	43	9	14	86	- 77
Violence	44	9	40	19	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	8	62	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	46	7	60	1	+ 6
Drownings	47	6	21	60	- 53
Hepatitis C	48	6	65	0	+ 6
Anemia	49	6	82	0	+ 6
Birth Trauma	50	5	28	36	- 31
Malnutrition	51	4	45	14	- 10
Osteoarthritis	52	4	85	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	3	84	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	54	2	81	0	+ 2
Fires	55	2	33	28	- 26
Tuberculosis	56	2	27	39	- 37
HIV/AIDS	57	2	31	30	- 28
Hepatitis B	58	1	59	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	59	1	86	0	+ 1
Meningitis	60	1	43	17	- 16
Poisonings	61	1	56	2	- 1
Appendicitis	62	1	54	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	49	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	64	1	69	0	+ 1
War	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	47	11	- 11
Encephalitis	68	0	51	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	48	10	- 10
Tetanus	70	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	64	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	63	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.