RWANDA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,831	4	3,605	+ 8,226
Violence	2	5,294	29	548	+ 4,746
Stroke	3	4,553	2	5,060	- 507
Lung Disease	4	4,376	13	1,555	+ 2,821
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,960	1	5,280	- 2,320
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,133	3	3,718	- 1,585
Kidney Disease	7	1,877	15	1,206	+ 672
Hypertension	8	1,758	14	1,357	+ 401
Stomach Cancer	9	1,679	20	780	+ 899
Lung Cancers	10	1,442	39	234	+ 1,208
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,381	11	1,858	- 477
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,201	28	591	+ 610
Breast Cancer	13	1,008	27	600	+ 408
Prostate Cancer	14	985	32	396	+ 589
Other Neoplasms	15	880	64	16	+ 864
Congenital Anomalies	16	814	12	1,777	- 963
HIV/AIDS	17	737	7	2,826	- 2,088
Lymphomas	18	715	30	450	+ 266
Liver Disease	19	667	8	2,548	- 1,882
Cervical Cancer	20	623	18	941	- 318
Leukemia	21	607	35	317	+ 290
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	593	25	657	- 65
Low Birth Weight	23	576	9	2,193	- 1,617
Liver Cancer	24	567	23	706	- 139
Pancreas Cancer	25	556	43	214	+ 342
Suicide	26	540	24	704	- 164
Malnutrition	27	516	16	1,168	- 652
Other Injuries	28	437	17	944	- 507
Falls	29	417	31	412	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	30	376	41	219	+ 156
Inflammatory/Heart	31	365	34	347	+ 18
Tuberculosis	32	349	26	625	- 275
Ovary Cancer	33	308	53	92	+ 216
Skin Disease	34	303	52	103	+ 200
Skin Cancers	35	283	50	113	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	36	229	44	213	+ 16
Oral Cancer	37	222	37	272	- 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	205	6	3,121	- 2,916
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	192	33	362	- 170
Drownings	40	189	36	285	- 95
Birth Trauma	41	178	10	1,888	- 1,710
Bladder Cancer	42	167	62	35	+ 132
Epilepsy	43	164	45	191	- 27
Drug Use	44	135	60	45	+ 91
Uterin Cancer	45	116	56	58	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	46	108	21	722	- 614
Parkinson's Disease	47	105	47	146	- 41
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	91	80	0	+ 91
War	49	71	69	3	+ 69
Meningitis	50	67	19	847	- 780
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	67	63	23	+ 43
Appendicitis	52	58	54	70	- 12
Chagas disease	53	56	79	0	+ 56
Asthma	54	53	22	717	- 665
Dengue	55	37	72	0	+ 36
Fires	56	35	38	270	- 235
Anemia	57	28	86	0	+ 28
Osteoarthritis	58	18	81	0	+ 18
Hepatitis C	59	18	65	12	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	17	66	7	+ 10
Poisonings	61	17	40	220	- 203
Hepatitis B	62	14	55	68	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	10	48	136	- 126
Encephalitis	64	10	61	39	- 28
Syphilis	65	8	46	173	- 164
Upper Respiratory	66	7	57	58	- 51
Malaria	67	7	5	3,298	- 3,291
Alcohol	68	6	49	125	- 119
Pertussis	69	5	42	218	- 213
Schizophrenia	70	5	83	0	+ 5
Tetanus	71	4	58	53	- 49
Leprosy	72	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	68	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	74	2	77	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	67	5	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	111	- 111
Measles	78	0	59	51	- 51
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	1	- 1
Chlamydia	81	0	70	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Colombia

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.