RWANDA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,967	4	3,605	+ 7,361
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,933	25	657	+ 7,276
Stroke	3	5,258	2	5,060	+ 198
Lung Cancers	4	4,463	39	234	+ 4,228
Lung Disease	5	4,319	13	1,555	+ 2,765
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,160	28	591	+ 2,569
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,276	11	1,858	+ 417
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,263	1	5,280	- 3,017
Prostate Cancer	9	1,917	32	396	+ 1,521
Breast Cancer	10	1,733	27	600	+ 1,133
Suicide	11	1,603	24	704	+ 899
Kidney Disease	12	1,598	15	1,206	+ 392
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,587	43	214	+ 1,373
Falls	14	1,586	31	412	+ 1,173
Lymphomas	15	1,546	30	450	+ 1,097
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,185	41	219	+ 965
Skin Cancers	17	1,180	50	113	+ 1,067
Leukemia	18	1,082	35	317	+ 765
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,036	47	146	+ 890
Liver Cancer	20	1,036	23	706	+ 330
Drug Use	21	907	60	45	+ 863
Other Injuries	22	836	17	944	- 108
Hypertension	23	830	14	1,357	- 527
Inflammatory/Heart	24	800	34	347	+ 453
Oesophagus Cancer	25	760	44	213	+ 547
Liver Disease	26	723	8	2,548	- 1,825
Stomach Cancer	27	655	20	780	- 125
Other Neoplasms	28	637	64	16	+ 621
Road Traffic Accidents	29	634	3	3,718	- 3,085
Bladder Cancer	30	604	62	35	+ 569
Ovary Cancer	31	510	53	92	+ 418
Oral Cancer	32	495	37	272	+ 223
Congenital Anomalies	33	362	12	1,777	- 1,416
Skin Disease	34	302	52	103	+ 200
Uterin Cancer	35	267	56	58	+ 208
Asthma	36	232	22	717	- 485
Alcohol	37	193	49	125	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	193	48	136	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	39	174	18	941	- 767
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	150	6	3,121	- 2,971
Epilepsy	41	145	45	191	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	140	33	362	- 222
Low Birth Weight	43	126	9	2,193	- 2,066
Violence	44	124	29	548	- 424
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	116	63	23	+ 93
Multiple Sclerosis	46	96	66	7	+ 88
Drownings	47	90	36	285	- 194
Hepatitis C	48	88	65	12	+ 76
Anemia	49	80	86	0	+ 80
Birth Trauma	50	71	10	1,888	- 1,817
Malnutrition	51	59	16	1,168	- 1,108
Osteoarthritis	52	58	81	0	+ 58
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	36	80	0	+ 36
Schizophrenia	54	33	83	0	+ 33
Fires	55	28	38	270	- 242
Tuberculosis	56	27	26	625	- 598
HIV/AIDS	57	25	7	2,826	- 2,800
Hepatitis B	58	21	55	68	- 47
Oral conditions	59	20	82	0	+ 20
Meningitis	60	19	19	847	- 828
Poisonings	61	18	40	220	- 202
Appendicitis	62	13	54	70	- 57
Maternal Conditions	63	10	21	722	- 712
Upper Respiratory	64	9	57	58	- 50
War	65	4	69	3	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	3	68	4	- 1
Syphilis	67	1	46	173	- 171
Encephalitis	68	1	61	39	- 37
Pertussis	69	1	42	218	- 217
Tetanus	70	1	58	53	- 52
Diphtheria	71	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	5	- 5
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	59	51	- 51
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	111	- 111
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Australia

Rwanda

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.