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Fiji
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Fiji and United States health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

United States
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Fiji Population Pyramid
1,071,252
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Fiji FIJI   United States UNITED STATES
  Fiji FIJI   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
54.0
58.2
56.0
75
74
74
 
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
58.0
62.2
60.0
81
81
82
 
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
62.0
66.2
64.0
79
84
84
 
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
64.6
68.8
66.7
89
99
97
 
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
65.2
70.3
67.7
102
110
105
 
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
66.3
72.3
69.1
112
112
109
 
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
65.9
70.3
68.0
131
131
133
 
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Fiji FIJI   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
65.9
70.3
131
131
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
65.9
70.3
131
131
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
67.9
72.0
141
139
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
68.0
72.1
146
142
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
68.2
72.3
146
144
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
68.4
72.5
146
146
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
68.8
72.7
146
147
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
69.2
73.0
148
147
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
69.6
73.3
152
151
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
70.1
73.7
158
156
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
70.8
74.3
164
159
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
71.8
75.0
165
161
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
73.2
76.1
167
166
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
74.9
77.5
167
165
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
77.0
79.3
169
162
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
79.4
81.4
171
157
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
82.1
83.9
175
146
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
85.1
86.6
174
152
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
88.4
89.7
178
154
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Fiji FIJI   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diabetes Mellitus
243.61
1
10.58
144
2. Coronary Heart Disease
229.26
21
73.49
142
3. Stroke
96.45
75
22.27
164
4. Kidney Disease
43.25
17
13.08
127
5. Breast Cancer
41.41
2
15.93
105
6. Asthma
38.33
5
0.84
141
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
32.87
80
8.86
163
8. Hypertension
27.17
51
10.26
133
9. Lung Disease
24.76
80
28.49
60
10. Cervical Cancer
21.82
34
2.77
151
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
16.40
62
1.55
114
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.70
127
33.26
8
13. Prostate Cancer
15.69
93
11.64
126
14. Road Traffic Accidents
14.33
100
11.10
120
15. Congenital Anomalies
11.65
3
3.78
140
16. Liver Disease
10.90
120
8.98
134
17. Suicide
9.51
78
14.51
31
18. Other Injuries
9.37
72
5.11
130
19. Liver Cancer
9.03
38
4.69
110
20. Parkinson's Disease
8.32
5
4.55
68
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8.19
12
0.55
152
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.43
113
10.28
71
23. Ovary Cancer
7.28
14
4.70
79
24. Lung Cancers
6.89
123
25.54
24
25. Drownings
6.65
15
1.19
140
26. Inflammatory/Heart
6.47
57
5.64
73
27. Low Birth Weight
6.04
78
2.37
138
28. Tuberculosis
5.68
82
0.09
178
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.41
53
0.55
170
30. Uterin Cancer
4.99
17
3.11
50
31. Falls
4.37
117
5.68
90
32. Leukemia
3.99
72
4.43
49
33. Endocrine Disorders
3.84
84
8.22
28
34. HIV/AIDS
3.43
86
1.37
113
35. Fires
3.39
38
0.73
124
36. Lymphomas
3.38
137
6.36
31
37. Stomach Cancer
3.19
150
2.24
173
38. Skin Disease
3.06
26
0.86
115
39. Pancreas Cancer
3.05
110
7.26
36
40. Malnutrition
2.71
77
0.90
104
41. Birth Trauma
2.70
85
0.42
157
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.55
88
3.04
71
43. Violence
2.26
125
6.00
81
44. Oral Cancer
1.90
140
2.01
132
45. Epilepsy
1.89
75
0.78
159
46. Meningitis
1.89
63
0.15
166
47. Bladder Cancer
1.04
156
2.84
61
48. Pertussis
0.98
66
0.01
135
49. Maternal Conditions
0.98
85
0.26
129
50. Syphilis
0.87
42
0.01
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Fiji FIJI   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Diabetes Mellitus
1,628
24.37
61,418
2.45
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1,481
22.17
504,904
20.15
3. Stroke
583
8.73
158,520
6.33
4. Kidney Disease
277
4.15
85,861
3.43
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
228
3.41
60,317
2.41
6. Asthma
226
3.38
3,818
0.15
7. Hypertension
170
2.55
65,960
2.63
8. Breast Cancer
162
2.43
48,671
1.94
9. Lung Disease
141
2.11
195,387
7.80
10. Congenital Anomalies
129
1.93
11,762
0.47
11. Road Traffic Accidents
120
1.80
41,694
1.66
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
96
1.44
9,955
0.40
13. Low Birth Weight
86
1.29
6,924
0.28
14. Cervical Cancer
86
1.29
6,984
0.28
15. Liver Disease
82
1.23
43,402
1.73
16. Suicide
80
1.20
53,099
2.12
17. Other Injuries
77
1.15
25,997
1.04
18. Liver Cancer
68
1.02
27,064
1.08
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
63
0.94
287,198
11.46
20. Rheumatic Heart Disease
62
0.93
3,646
0.15
21. Drownings
60
0.90
4,070
0.16
22. Lung Cancers
48
0.72
155,533
6.21
23. Colon-Rectum Cancers
45
0.67
61,827
2.47
24. Inflammatory/Heart
45
0.67
32,529
1.30
25. Prostate Cancer
41
0.61
35,612
1.42
26. Parkinson's Disease
40
0.60
34,491
1.38
27. Tuberculosis
39
0.58
546
0.02
28. Birth Trauma
36
0.54
1,233
0.05
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
34
0.51
3,461
0.14
30. Leukemia
31
0.46
26,966
1.08
31. HIV/AIDS
30
0.45
5,660
0.23
32. Ovary Cancer
29
0.43
14,591
0.58
33. Endocrine Disorders
28
0.42
46,985
1.87
34. Fires
28
0.42
3,183
0.13
35. Lymphomas
27
0.40
40,281
1.61
36. Falls
27
0.40
40,418
1.61
37. Stomach Cancer
23
0.34
13,077
0.52
38. Pancreas Cancer
21
0.31
44,293
1.77
39. Uterin Cancer
20
0.30
10,063
0.40
40. Skin Disease
19
0.28
5,409
0.22
41. Violence
19
0.28
18,976
0.76
42. Oesophagus Cancer
18
0.27
17,829
0.71
43. Meningitis
17
0.25
606
0.02
44. Epilepsy
16
0.24
3,162
0.13
45. Malnutrition
14
0.21
6,762
0.27
46. Oral Cancer
13
0.19
11,555
0.46
47. Syphilis
11
0.16
49
0.00
48. Pertussis
10
0.15
16
0.00
49. Maternal Conditions
9
0.13
779
0.03
50. Bladder Cancer
8
0.12
19,622
0.78
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Fiji FIJI   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
41.41
2
15.93
105
2. Cervical Cancer
21.82
34
2.77
151
3. Prostate Cancer
15.69
93
11.64
126
4. Liver Cancer
9.03
38
4.69
110
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.43
113
10.28
71
6. Ovary Cancer
7.28
14
4.70
79
7. Lung Cancers
6.89
123
25.54
24
8. Uterin Cancer
4.99
17
3.11
50
9. Leukemia
3.99
72
4.43
49
10. Lymphomas
3.38
137
6.36
31
11. Stomach Cancer
3.19
150
2.24
173
12. Pancreas Cancer
3.05
110
7.26
36
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.55
88
3.04
71
14. Oral Cancer
1.90
140
2.01
132
15. Bladder Cancer
1.04
156
2.84
61
16. Skin Cancers
0.26
170
2.36
57
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.