RWANDA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,799	4	3,605	+ 4,193
Stroke	2	7,103	2	5,060	+ 2,043
Kidney Disease	3	2,967	15	1,206	+ 1,761
Lung Disease	4	2,965	13	1,555	+ 1,411
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,919	25	657	+ 2,262
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,861	1	5,280	- 2,418
Hypertension	7	2,786	14	1,357	+ 1,428
Stomach Cancer	8	2,650	20	780	+ 1,870
Lung Cancers	9	2,520	39	234	+ 2,286
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,319	11	1,858	+ 460
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,206	28	591	+ 1,615
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,063	3	3,718	- 1,655
Liver Disease	13	1,932	8	2,548	- 616
Prostate Cancer	14	1,777	32	396	+ 1,381
Suicide	15	1,241	24	704	+ 537
Breast Cancer	16	1,232	27	600	+ 633
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,144	43	214	+ 930
Lymphomas	18	1,017	30	450	+ 568
Liver Cancer	19	999	23	706	+ 293
Other Neoplasms	20	991	64	16	+ 975
Other Injuries	21	956	17	944	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	22	939	41	219	+ 719
Falls	23	660	31	412	+ 248
Leukemia	24	642	35	317	+ 325
Congenital Anomalies	25	626	12	1,777	- 1,151
Parkinson's Disease	26	577	47	146	+ 431
Cervical Cancer	27	569	18	941	- 371
Skin Disease	28	557	52	103	+ 454
Violence	29	543	29	548	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	30	527	44	213	+ 314
Inflammatory/Heart	31	518	34	347	+ 171
Bladder Cancer	32	468	62	35	+ 433
HIV/AIDS	33	394	7	2,826	- 2,432
Skin Cancers	34	384	50	113	+ 271
Ovary Cancer	35	375	53	92	+ 283
Low Birth Weight	36	319	9	2,193	- 1,873
Malnutrition	37	307	16	1,168	- 861
Tuberculosis	38	299	26	625	- 325
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	244	6	3,121	- 2,877
Oral Cancer	40	224	37	272	- 48
Fires	41	216	38	270	- 54
Asthma	42	215	22	717	- 502
Epilepsy	43	215	45	191	+ 24
Drownings	44	207	36	285	- 78
Uterin Cancer	45	201	56	58	+ 142
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	163	33	362	- 199
Alcohol	47	151	49	125	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	136	63	23	+ 113
Anemia	49	131	86	0	+ 131
Drug Use	50	108	60	45	+ 64
Osteoarthritis	51	96	81	0	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	76	48	136	- 60
Meningitis	53	69	19	847	- 778
Birth Trauma	54	64	10	1,888	- 1,824
Chagas disease	55	57	79	0	+ 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	53	80	0	+ 53
Poisonings	57	50	40	220	- 170
Schizophrenia	58	28	83	0	+ 28
Appendicitis	59	27	54	70	- 43
Hepatitis B	60	22	55	68	- 46
Hepatitis C	61	19	65	12	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	66	7	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	63	17	21	722	- 705
War	64	10	69	3	+ 7
Oral conditions	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Syphilis	66	4	46	173	- 169
Upper Respiratory	67	3	57	58	- 55
Pertussis	68	2	42	218	- 216
Tetanus	69	1	58	53	- 51
Encephalitis	70	1	61	39	- 38
Otitis Media	71	1	68	4	- 2
Ascariasis	72	0	67	5	- 5
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	59	51	- 51
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	111	- 111
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	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.