RWANDA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,291	4	3,605	+ 2,686
Violence	2	4,776	29	548	+ 4,228
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,606	11	1,858	+ 2,748
Stroke	4	4,156	2	5,060	- 904
HIV/AIDS	5	3,904	7	2,826	+ 1,078
Kidney Disease	6	3,353	15	1,206	+ 2,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,162	1	5,280	- 2,117
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,885	3	3,718	- 834
Liver Disease	9	1,888	8	2,548	- 660
Prostate Cancer	10	1,551	32	396	+ 1,155
Lung Disease	11	1,505	13	1,555	- 50
Hypertension	12	1,499	14	1,357	+ 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,467	25	657	+ 809
Other Injuries	14	1,164	17	944	+ 220
Lung Cancers	15	999	39	234	+ 765
Suicide	16	904	24	704	+ 200
Cervical Cancer	17	901	18	941	- 39
Drownings	18	781	36	285	+ 496
Liver Cancer	19	780	23	706	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	20	759	20	780	- 21
Congenital Anomalies	21	755	12	1,777	- 1,022
Endocrine Disorders	22	737	41	219	+ 518
Breast Cancer	23	709	27	600	+ 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	656	28	591	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	25	647	9	2,193	- 1,546
Inflammatory/Heart	26	591	34	347	+ 244
Falls	27	421	31	412	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	28	360	47	146	+ 214
Malnutrition	29	321	16	1,168	- 847
Alcohol	30	318	49	125	+ 192
Pancreas Cancer	31	306	43	214	+ 93
Birth Trauma	32	302	10	1,888	- 1,586
Tuberculosis	33	288	26	625	- 337
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	284	6	3,121	- 2,837
Asthma	35	252	22	717	- 465
Epilepsy	36	251	45	191	+ 60
Skin Disease	37	179	52	103	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	169	33	362	- 193
Leukemia	39	131	35	317	- 186
Fires	40	119	38	270	- 150
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	112	48	136	- 24
Maternal Conditions	42	76	21	722	- 647
Oesophagus Cancer	43	72	44	213	- 141
Appendicitis	44	48	54	70	- 22
Poisonings	45	47	40	220	- 173
Meningitis	46	46	19	847	- 801
Drug Use	47	46	60	45	+ 1
Encephalitis	48	45	61	39	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	36	63	23	+ 13
Lymphomas	50	36	30	450	- 414
Uterin Cancer	51	36	56	58	- 22
Ovary Cancer	52	31	53	92	- 61
Other Neoplasms	53	30	64	16	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	66	7	+ 7
Dengue	55	7	72	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	6	55	68	- 62
Chagas disease	57	6	79	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	58	4	57	58	- 54
Tetanus	59	4	58	53	- 49
War	60	4	69	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	12	- 11
Syphilis	62	1	46	173	- 171
Pertussis	63	1	42	218	- 217
Ascariasis	64	1	67	5	- 4
Chlamydia	65	1	70	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	66	0	50	113	- 113
Oral Cancer	67	0	37	272	- 272
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	59	51	- 51
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	111	- 111
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	62	35	- 35
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	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.