RWANDA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,696	4	3,605	+ 11,090
Lung Disease	2	8,505	13	1,555	+ 6,951
Stroke	3	6,739	2	5,060	+ 1,679
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	6,481	6	3,121	+ 3,359
Tuberculosis	5	4,214	26	625	+ 3,589
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,794	1	5,280	- 1,486
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,625	11	1,858	+ 766
Liver Disease	8	2,597	8	2,548	+ 49
Low Birth Weight	9	2,308	9	2,193	+ 115
Falls	10	2,183	31	412	+ 1,770
Kidney Disease	11	2,155	15	1,206	+ 949
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,055	3	3,718	- 1,663
Asthma	13	1,895	22	717	+ 1,178
Suicide	14	1,676	24	704	+ 972
Other Injuries	15	1,446	17	944	+ 502
Oral Cancer	16	1,297	37	272	+ 1,025
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,224	25	657	+ 567
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	1,219	48	136	+ 1,083
Hypertension	19	1,045	14	1,357	- 313
Birth Trauma	20	994	10	1,888	- 894
Lung Cancers	21	853	39	234	+ 619
Breast Cancer	22	801	27	600	+ 201
Congenital Anomalies	23	800	12	1,777	- 977
Stomach Cancer	24	784	20	780	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	748	28	591	+ 157
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	658	33	362	+ 296
Violence	27	500	29	548	- 48
Drownings	28	472	36	285	+ 187
Encephalitis	29	465	61	39	+ 426
Cervical Cancer	30	438	18	941	- 502
HIV/AIDS	31	429	7	2,826	- 2,396
Parkinson's Disease	32	420	47	146	+ 274
Lymphomas	33	388	30	450	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	34	376	44	213	+ 163
Leukemia	35	323	35	317	+ 6
Meningitis	36	322	19	847	- 525
Pancreas Cancer	37	317	43	214	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	38	299	32	396	- 97
Liver Cancer	39	294	23	706	- 413
Epilepsy	40	293	45	191	+ 102
Maternal Conditions	41	251	21	722	- 472
Fires	42	225	38	270	- 45
Alcohol	43	223	49	125	+ 98
Ovary Cancer	44	212	53	92	+ 120
Skin Disease	45	173	52	103	+ 70
Dengue	46	170	72	0	+ 169
Endocrine Disorders	47	148	41	219	- 72
Bladder Cancer	48	136	62	35	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	49	122	34	347	- 225
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	115	63	23	+ 92
Measles	51	115	59	51	+ 64
Drug Use	52	114	60	45	+ 69
Appendicitis	53	109	54	70	+ 39
Pertussis	54	98	42	218	- 120
Malnutrition	55	83	16	1,168	- 1,084
Hepatitis B	56	79	55	68	+ 11
Malaria	57	74	5	3,298	- 3,224
Tetanus	58	69	58	53	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	59	66	56	58	+ 8
Skin Cancers	60	49	50	113	- 64
Poisonings	61	34	40	220	- 186
Other Neoplasms	62	29	64	16	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	63	23	66	7	+ 15
Syphilis	64	19	46	173	- 153
Hepatitis C	65	13	65	12	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	9	77	0	+ 9
War	67	9	69	3	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	68	6	57	58	- 53
Chlamydia	69	4	70	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	67	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	68	4	- 3
Diphtheria	72	1	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	111	- 111
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	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.