RWANDA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,036	1	5,280	+ 1,757
Stroke	2	5,506	2	5,060	+ 446
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	4,922	6	3,121	+ 1,801
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,625	4	3,605	+ 1,020
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,848	3	3,718	- 871
Liver Disease	6	2,609	8	2,548	+ 61
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,028	11	1,858	+ 170
Hypertension	8	1,988	14	1,357	+ 630
Lung Disease	9	1,421	13	1,555	- 133
Malnutrition	10	1,417	16	1,168	+ 249
Birth Trauma	11	1,324	10	1,888	- 565
Kidney Disease	12	1,241	15	1,206	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	13	1,167	21	722	+ 445
Tuberculosis	14	1,167	26	625	+ 542
Other Injuries	15	1,160	17	944	+ 215
Low Birth Weight	16	1,140	9	2,193	- 1,052
Malaria	17	938	5	3,298	- 2,360
Congenital Anomalies	18	928	12	1,777	- 849
Meningitis	19	869	19	847	+ 21
Violence	20	825	29	548	+ 277
Suicide	21	820	24	704	+ 116
Asthma	22	700	22	717	- 17
Breast Cancer	23	669	27	600	+ 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	665	25	657	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	25	660	7	2,826	- 2,165
Falls	26	361	31	412	- 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	316	33	362	- 47
Lymphomas	28	315	30	450	- 134
Leukemia	29	309	35	317	- 8
Cervical Cancer	30	284	18	941	- 656
Fires	31	283	38	270	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	32	264	34	347	- 83
Drownings	33	253	36	285	- 32
Poisonings	34	245	40	220	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	243	28	591	- 348
Pertussis	36	192	42	218	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	37	182	47	146	+ 36
Epilepsy	38	175	45	191	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	39	174	44	213	- 39
Ovary Cancer	40	171	53	92	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	165	48	136	+ 29
Schistosomiasis	42	156	51	111	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	43	153	41	219	- 66
Oral Cancer	44	152	37	272	- 119
Liver Cancer	45	149	23	706	- 558
Lung Cancers	46	132	39	234	- 102
Prostate Cancer	47	116	32	396	- 280
Stomach Cancer	48	104	20	780	- 676
Alcohol	49	98	49	125	- 28
Skin Disease	50	96	52	103	- 7
Bladder Cancer	51	90	62	35	+ 55
Tetanus	52	81	58	53	+ 28
Drug Use	53	78	60	45	+ 33
Syphilis	54	75	46	173	- 98
Appendicitis	55	67	54	70	- 3
Skin Cancers	56	64	50	113	- 49
Hepatitis B	57	59	55	68	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	58	42	43	214	- 172
Leishmaniasis	59	41	77	0	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	60	38	57	58	- 20
Uterin Cancer	61	38	56	58	- 21
Encephalitis	62	33	61	39	- 5
Measles	63	27	59	51	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	26	63	23	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	14	65	12	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	13	64	16	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	66	7	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	4	67	5	- 1
Otitis Media	69	4	68	4	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	2	70	2	- 0
War	71	1	69	3	- 2
Diphtheria	72	1	71	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Eritrea

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.