RWANDA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,510	4	3,605	+ 23,904
Stroke	2	18,333	2	5,060	+ 13,273
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	10,786	1	5,280	+ 5,506
Lung Cancers	4	9,579	39	234	+ 9,345
Lung Disease	5	7,197	13	1,555	+ 5,642
Kidney Disease	6	6,197	15	1,206	+ 4,991
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	5,130	25	657	+ 4,473
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	4,250	28	591	+ 3,659
Hypertension	9	3,806	14	1,357	+ 2,448
Parkinson's Disease	10	3,446	47	146	+ 3,300
Breast Cancer	11	3,282	27	600	+ 2,682
Prostate Cancer	12	2,635	32	396	+ 2,239
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,480	43	214	+ 2,266
Liver Cancer	14	2,039	23	706	+ 1,332
Bladder Cancer	15	2,019	62	35	+ 1,984
Stomach Cancer	16	2,000	20	780	+ 1,219
Other Injuries	17	1,893	17	944	+ 949
Leukemia	18	1,763	35	317	+ 1,446
Lymphomas	19	1,652	30	450	+ 1,202
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,648	11	1,858	- 210
Falls	21	1,621	31	412	+ 1,209
Road Traffic Accidents	22	1,133	3	3,718	- 2,585
Liver Disease	23	1,054	8	2,548	- 1,494
Inflammatory/Heart	24	944	34	347	+ 597
Other Neoplasms	25	884	64	16	+ 867
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	795	33	362	+ 433
Ovary Cancer	27	726	53	92	+ 634
Suicide	28	694	24	704	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	29	685	41	219	+ 465
Oral Cancer	30	573	37	272	+ 301
Skin Cancers	31	571	50	113	+ 458
Drownings	32	567	36	285	+ 282
Uterin Cancer	33	485	56	58	+ 427
Epilepsy	34	324	45	191	+ 133
Oesophagus Cancer	35	320	44	213	+ 107
Cervical Cancer	36	317	18	941	- 624
Drug Use	37	252	60	45	+ 207
Congenital Anomalies	38	227	12	1,777	- 1,550
Fires	39	191	38	270	- 79
Multiple Sclerosis	40	176	66	7	+ 169
Low Birth Weight	41	166	9	2,193	- 2,027
Violence	42	135	29	548	- 413
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	130	48	136	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	124	6	3,121	- 2,998
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	87	63	23	+ 64
Tuberculosis	46	87	26	625	- 538
Skin Disease	47	73	52	103	- 30
Hepatitis B	48	73	55	68	+ 5
Alcohol	49	66	49	125	- 60
HIV/AIDS	50	61	7	2,826	- 2,764
Anemia	51	61	86	0	+ 61
Hepatitis C	52	50	65	12	+ 38
Meningitis	53	43	19	847	- 804
Schizophrenia	54	36	83	0	+ 36
Asthma	55	36	22	717	- 681
Poisonings	56	25	40	220	- 195
Birth Trauma	57	22	10	1,888	- 1,866
Appendicitis	58	12	54	70	- 58
Upper Respiratory	59	10	57	58	- 48
Leishmaniasis	60	5	77	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	61	3	21	722	- 720
Tetanus	62	2	58	53	- 50
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
War	64	1	69	3	- 1
Syphilis	65	1	46	173	- 171
Malnutrition	66	1	16	1,168	- 1,167
Encephalitis	67	1	61	39	- 38
Measles	68	0	59	51	- 51
Pertussis	69	0	42	218	- 218
Diphtheria	70	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	111	- 111
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	2	- 2
Leprosy	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Greece

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.