RWANDA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,648	4	3,605	+ 10,043
War	2	8,699	69	3	+ 8,697
Stroke	3	6,472	2	5,060	+ 1,412
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,974	1	5,280	- 305
Low Birth Weight	5	4,289	9	2,193	+ 2,096
Birth Trauma	6	3,641	10	1,888	+ 1,753
Tuberculosis	7	3,341	26	625	+ 2,716
Hypertension	8	2,715	14	1,357	+ 1,357
Maternal Conditions	9	2,651	21	722	+ 1,928
Kidney Disease	10	2,238	15	1,206	+ 1,032
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,049	3	3,718	- 1,670
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,952	11	1,858	+ 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,886	6	3,121	- 1,235
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,698	12	1,777	- 79
Lung Disease	15	1,579	13	1,555	+ 24
Liver Disease	16	1,562	8	2,548	- 986
Asthma	17	1,155	22	717	+ 438
Other Injuries	18	1,101	17	944	+ 157
Violence	19	1,092	29	548	+ 544
Meningitis	20	892	19	847	+ 44
Pertussis	21	716	42	218	+ 498
Breast Cancer	22	619	27	600	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	599	25	657	- 58
Suicide	24	534	24	704	- 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	511	33	362	+ 149
Stomach Cancer	26	510	20	780	- 271
Oral Cancer	27	498	37	272	+ 226
Endocrine Disorders	28	463	41	219	+ 244
Oesophagus Cancer	29	446	44	213	+ 233
Tetanus	30	426	58	53	+ 373
Encephalitis	31	404	61	39	+ 365
Lung Cancers	32	365	39	234	+ 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	353	48	136	+ 217
Drownings	34	338	36	285	+ 54
Epilepsy	35	337	45	191	+ 146
Lymphomas	36	321	30	450	- 128
Falls	37	307	31	412	- 105
Hepatitis B	38	293	55	68	+ 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	252	28	591	- 339
Liver Cancer	40	223	23	706	- 483
Parkinson's Disease	41	213	47	146	+ 67
Leukemia	42	207	35	317	- 110
Malnutrition	43	200	16	1,168	- 968
Cervical Cancer	44	184	18	941	- 757
Inflammatory/Heart	45	179	34	347	- 168
HIV/AIDS	46	158	7	2,826	- 2,668
Poisonings	47	130	40	220	- 90
Ovary Cancer	48	125	53	92	+ 33
Measles	49	119	59	51	+ 68
Fires	50	118	38	270	- 152
Drug Use	51	111	60	45	+ 67
Appendicitis	52	101	54	70	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	53	98	56	58	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	54	92	62	35	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	55	88	32	396	- 308
Pancreas Cancer	56	78	43	214	- 136
Malaria	57	63	5	3,298	- 3,235
Alcohol	58	51	49	125	- 75
Skin Cancers	59	49	50	113	- 64
Syphilis	60	32	46	173	- 141
Skin Disease	61	32	52	103	- 71
Multiple Sclerosis	62	28	66	7	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	63	10	64	16	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	9	65	12	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	9	63	23	- 14
Ascariasis	66	6	67	5	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	6	71	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	3	57	58	- 55
Chlamydia	69	0	70	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	4	- 4
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	111	- 111
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.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.