RWANDA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,702	4	3,605	+ 18,096
Stroke	2	13,996	2	5,060	+ 8,936
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	9,261	25	657	+ 8,604
Lung Cancers	4	7,632	39	234	+ 7,398
Lung Disease	5	7,236	13	1,555	+ 5,682
Hypertension	6	6,688	14	1,357	+ 5,331
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,749	28	591	+ 4,158
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,433	11	1,858	+ 2,574
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,651	1	5,280	- 1,629
Breast Cancer	10	3,099	27	600	+ 2,499
Kidney Disease	11	2,844	15	1,206	+ 1,638
Other Injuries	12	2,707	17	944	+ 1,762
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,703	43	214	+ 2,489
Stomach Cancer	14	2,291	20	780	+ 1,511
Other Neoplasms	15	2,231	64	16	+ 2,215
Lymphomas	16	2,161	30	450	+ 1,711
Liver Cancer	17	2,150	23	706	+ 1,443
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,884	41	219	+ 1,664
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,883	47	146	+ 1,737
Prostate Cancer	20	1,879	32	396	+ 1,483
Leukemia	21	1,504	35	317	+ 1,187
Bladder Cancer	22	1,500	62	35	+ 1,464
Liver Disease	23	1,242	8	2,548	- 1,306
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,236	34	347	+ 889
Falls	25	944	31	412	+ 531
Suicide	26	903	24	704	+ 200
Oral Cancer	27	747	37	272	+ 475
Ovary Cancer	28	733	53	92	+ 641
Skin Cancers	29	724	50	113	+ 611
Road Traffic Accidents	30	720	3	3,718	- 2,999
Hepatitis C	31	548	65	12	+ 535
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	495	48	136	+ 359
Uterin Cancer	33	491	56	58	+ 433
Oesophagus Cancer	34	457	44	213	+ 244
Anemia	35	374	86	0	+ 374
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	362	6	3,121	- 2,759
Congenital Anomalies	37	322	12	1,777	- 1,455
Skin Disease	38	322	52	103	+ 219
Epilepsy	39	299	45	191	+ 107
Cervical Cancer	40	258	18	941	- 683
Malnutrition	41	173	16	1,168	- 995
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	157	63	23	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	154	33	362	- 208
Multiple Sclerosis	44	151	66	7	+ 144
Drug Use	45	146	60	45	+ 102
HIV/AIDS	46	116	7	2,826	- 2,709
Asthma	47	110	22	717	- 607
Osteoarthritis	48	108	81	0	+ 108
Schizophrenia	49	95	83	0	+ 95
Violence	50	91	29	548	- 457
Low Birth Weight	51	80	9	2,193	- 2,113
Drownings	52	77	36	285	- 208
Tuberculosis	53	75	26	625	- 550
Hepatitis B	54	75	55	68	+ 6
Alcohol	55	62	49	125	- 64
Fires	56	61	38	270	- 209
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	54	80	0	+ 54
Poisonings	58	34	40	220	- 186
Birth Trauma	59	31	10	1,888	- 1,857
Meningitis	60	29	19	847	- 819
Appendicitis	61	11	54	70	- 59
Oral conditions	62	11	82	0	+ 11
Tetanus	63	5	58	53	- 48
Upper Respiratory	64	5	57	58	- 54
Otitis Media	65	4	68	4	- 0
War	66	1	69	3	- 1
Maternal Conditions	67	1	21	722	- 721
Encephalitis	68	1	61	39	- 38
Syphilis	69	1	46	173	- 172
Leishmaniasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	59	51	- 51
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	42	218	- 218
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	79	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Ascariasis	80	0	67	5	- 5
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.