RWANDA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	19,657	2	5,060	+ 14,597
Coronary Heart Disease	2	17,043	4	3,605	+ 13,438
Lung Disease	3	9,319	13	1,555	+ 7,764
Lung Cancers	4	6,872	39	234	+ 6,638
Stomach Cancer	5	3,833	20	780	+ 3,053
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,929	25	657	+ 2,272
Hypertension	7	2,898	14	1,357	+ 1,540
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,408	3	3,718	- 1,311
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,390	28	591	+ 1,799
Oesophagus Cancer	10	2,337	44	213	+ 2,124
Kidney Disease	11	1,850	15	1,206	+ 644
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	1,764	1	5,280	- 3,516
Liver Cancer	13	1,741	23	706	+ 1,034
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,555	11	1,858	- 303
Liver Disease	15	1,401	8	2,548	- 1,147
Falls	16	1,336	31	412	+ 924
Suicide	17	1,119	24	704	+ 416
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,073	43	214	+ 859
Breast Cancer	19	892	27	600	+ 293
Parkinson's Disease	20	680	47	146	+ 534
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	629	48	136	+ 493
Leukemia	22	559	35	317	+ 242
Lymphomas	23	556	30	450	+ 107
Oral Cancer	24	526	37	272	+ 254
Other Injuries	25	520	17	944	- 424
Drownings	26	508	36	285	+ 223
Cervical Cancer	27	497	18	941	- 444
Prostate Cancer	28	491	32	396	+ 95
Bladder Cancer	29	364	62	35	+ 329
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	363	33	362	+ 1
Congenital Anomalies	31	352	12	1,777	- 1,425
Tuberculosis	32	335	26	625	- 290
Inflammatory/Heart	33	288	34	347	- 59
HIV/AIDS	34	277	7	2,826	- 2,549
Ovary Cancer	35	270	53	92	+ 178
Poisonings	36	248	40	220	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	37	246	41	219	+ 27
Drug Use	38	233	60	45	+ 188
Asthma	39	223	22	717	- 495
Low Birth Weight	40	208	9	2,193	- 1,985
Skin Cancers	41	189	50	113	+ 76
Alcohol	42	183	49	125	+ 58
Birth Trauma	43	170	10	1,888	- 1,718
Malnutrition	44	125	16	1,168	- 1,043
Uterin Cancer	45	113	56	58	+ 55
Epilepsy	46	109	45	191	- 82
Violence	47	107	29	548	- 441
Fires	48	101	38	270	- 169
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	97	63	23	+ 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	84	6	3,121	- 3,037
Meningitis	51	55	19	847	- 792
Skin Disease	52	50	52	103	- 53
Other Neoplasms	53	42	64	16	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	54	35	21	722	- 688
Encephalitis	55	27	61	39	- 12
Hepatitis B	56	27	55	68	- 42
Upper Respiratory	57	26	57	58	- 33
Syphilis	58	18	46	173	- 155
Multiple Sclerosis	59	17	66	7	+ 9
Appendicitis	60	14	54	70	- 56
War	61	9	69	3	+ 6
Measles	62	5	59	51	- 46
Tetanus	63	5	58	53	- 48
Pertussis	64	5	42	218	- 213
Schistosomiasis	65	4	51	111	- 107
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	12	- 11
Chlamydia	67	1	70	2	- 2
Ascariasis	68	0	67	5	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	68	4	- 4
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.