RWANDA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,835	2	5,060	+ 5,774
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,764	4	3,605	+ 5,159
Lung Disease	3	3,690	13	1,555	+ 2,136
Tuberculosis	4	3,002	26	625	+ 2,377
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,916	6	3,121	- 205
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,389	1	5,280	- 2,890
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,340	11	1,858	+ 482
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,021	3	3,718	- 1,698
Liver Disease	9	1,698	8	2,548	- 850
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,577	44	213	+ 1,364
Low Birth Weight	11	1,410	9	2,193	- 783
Oral Cancer	12	1,253	37	272	+ 981
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,211	25	657	+ 553
Hypertension	14	1,193	14	1,357	- 164
Birth Trauma	15	1,082	10	1,888	- 807
Lung Cancers	16	983	39	234	+ 749
Kidney Disease	17	875	15	1,206	- 330
Congenital Anomalies	18	817	12	1,777	- 961
Measles	19	728	59	51	+ 677
Asthma	20	718	22	717	+ 1
Other Injuries	21	616	17	944	- 328
Drownings	22	573	36	285	+ 288
Breast Cancer	23	550	27	600	- 50
Stomach Cancer	24	549	20	780	- 231
Suicide	25	484	24	704	- 219
Cervical Cancer	26	414	18	941	- 526
Violence	27	373	29	548	- 175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	366	28	591	- 225
Maternal Conditions	29	317	21	722	- 406
Parkinson's Disease	30	305	47	146	+ 159
Falls	31	269	31	412	- 144
Drug Use	32	240	60	45	+ 195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	236	48	136	+ 100
Liver Cancer	34	233	23	706	- 473
Lymphomas	35	215	30	450	- 234
Malnutrition	36	195	16	1,168	- 973
Ovary Cancer	37	180	53	92	+ 88
Meningitis	38	170	19	847	- 677
Pertussis	39	162	42	218	- 55
Leukemia	40	153	35	317	- 164
Prostate Cancer	41	134	32	396	- 262
Inflammatory/Heart	42	120	34	347	- 227
Pancreas Cancer	43	114	43	214	- 99
Epilepsy	44	109	45	191	- 82
Endocrine Disorders	45	108	41	219	- 112
Fires	46	103	38	270	- 167
Appendicitis	47	102	54	70	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	101	33	362	- 261
Syphilis	49	99	46	173	- 73
Skin Disease	50	91	52	103	- 11
Hepatitis B	51	91	55	68	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	52	80	62	35	+ 45
Skin Cancers	53	69	50	113	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	66	63	23	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	55	45	7	2,826	- 2,780
Poisonings	56	43	40	220	- 177
Tetanus	57	36	58	53	- 16
Uterin Cancer	58	33	56	58	- 26
Encephalitis	59	30	61	39	- 9
Alcohol	60	21	49	125	- 104
Other Neoplasms	61	20	64	16	+ 3
Hepatitis C	62	17	65	12	+ 4
War	63	16	69	3	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	64	14	66	7	+ 7
Dengue	65	13	72	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	66	8	57	58	- 50
Leishmaniasis	67	5	77	0	+ 5
Malaria	68	4	5	3,298	- 3,294
Ascariasis	69	3	67	5	- 2
Chlamydia	70	2	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	68	4	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	111	- 111
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Bangladesh

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.