MALTA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	804	6	163	+ 641
Coronary Heart Disease	2	731	1	876	- 145
Stroke	3	288	2	291	- 4
Kidney Disease	4	137	11	79	+ 58
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	113	3	213	- 100
Asthma	6	111	36	8	+ 103
Hypertension	7	84	20	33	+ 51
Breast Cancer	8	80	10	85	- 5
Lung Disease	9	69	8	127	- 57
Congenital Anomalies	10	64	32	17	+ 47
Road Traffic Accidents	11	59	31	18	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	48	55	1	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	13	43	39	4	+ 38
Low Birth Weight	14	42	35	11	+ 31
Liver Disease	15	40	24	23	+ 17
Suicide	16	39	22	27	+ 13
Other Injuries	17	38	33	16	+ 22
Liver Cancer	18	34	18	34	- 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	31	4	207	- 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	31	49	2	+ 28
Drownings	21	29	48	2	+ 27
Lung Cancers	22	24	5	197	- 173
Inflammatory/Heart	23	22	27	22	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	22	7	147	- 125
Prostate Cancer	25	20	13	53	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	26	20	16	50	- 30
Tuberculosis	27	19	52	2	+ 18
Birth Trauma	28	18	44	3	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	17	37	7	+ 9
Leukemia	30	15	21	28	- 12
HIV/AIDS	31	15	41	4	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	32	14	17	34	- 20
Fires	33	14	62	0	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	34	14	30	19	- 5
Lymphomas	35	13	12	53	- 40
Falls	36	13	14	52	- 38
Stomach Cancer	37	12	15	50	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	38	10	9	90	- 80
Uterin Cancer	39	10	28	21	- 11
Violence	40	10	40	4	+ 5
Skin Disease	41	9	25	23	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	42	9	29	20	- 11
Meningitis	43	8	56	1	+ 8
Epilepsy	44	8	43	3	+ 5
Malnutrition	45	7	60	0	+ 7
Oral Cancer	46	6	23	25	- 19
Syphilis	47	5	81	0	+ 5
Pertussis	48	5	72	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	49	4	64	0	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	50	4	19	33	- 29
Encephalitis	51	4	65	0	+ 4
Drug Use	52	2	38	7	- 5
Other Neoplasms	53	2	26	22	- 20
Appendicitis	54	1	63	0	+ 1
Dengue	55	1	78	0	+ 1
Poisonings	56	1	58	1	+ 1
Alcohol	57	1	47	3	- 2
Tetanus	58	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	61	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	0	45	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	61	0	34	14	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	51	2	- 2
Measles	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	53	1	- 1
War	66	0	54	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	59	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.