RWANDA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	29,157	7	2,826	+ 26,331
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	19,658	1	5,280	+ 14,378
Stroke	3	17,227	2	5,060	+ 12,167
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	14,398	6	3,121	+ 11,276
Coronary Heart Disease	5	12,849	4	3,605	+ 9,243
Diabetes Mellitus	6	12,229	11	1,858	+ 10,371
Suicide	7	9,415	24	704	+ 8,711
Tuberculosis	8	7,390	26	625	+ 6,765
Lung Disease	9	6,739	13	1,555	+ 5,184
Kidney Disease	10	6,205	15	1,206	+ 4,999
Hypertension	11	6,054	14	1,357	+ 4,697
Low Birth Weight	12	5,852	9	2,193	+ 3,659
Violence	13	5,650	29	548	+ 5,102
Liver Disease	14	4,844	8	2,548	+ 2,296
Birth Trauma	15	4,387	10	1,888	+ 2,498
Road Traffic Accidents	16	4,150	3	3,718	+ 431
Asthma	17	4,145	22	717	+ 3,428
Other Injuries	18	3,259	17	944	+ 2,314
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,381	12	1,777	+ 604
Cervical Cancer	20	2,278	18	941	+ 1,337
Malnutrition	21	2,184	16	1,168	+ 1,016
Meningitis	22	1,943	19	847	+ 1,096
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,866	34	347	+ 1,519
Maternal Conditions	24	1,787	21	722	+ 1,065
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,704	33	362	+ 1,342
Fires	26	1,644	38	270	+ 1,374
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,437	41	219	+ 1,217
Drownings	28	1,222	36	285	+ 938
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,188	25	657	+ 530
Epilepsy	30	877	45	191	+ 686
Falls	31	782	31	412	+ 369
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	768	48	136	+ 632
Poisonings	33	679	40	220	+ 459
Breast Cancer	34	594	27	600	- 6
Prostate Cancer	35	493	32	396	+ 97
Lymphomas	36	476	30	450	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	37	449	44	213	+ 236
Alcohol	38	433	49	125	+ 308
Liver Cancer	39	432	23	706	- 274
Skin Disease	40	427	52	103	+ 324
Parkinson's Disease	41	335	47	146	+ 189
Oral Cancer	42	316	37	272	+ 44
Lung Cancers	43	312	39	234	+ 78
Pertussis	44	312	42	218	+ 94
Syphilis	45	309	46	173	+ 136
Skin Cancers	46	283	50	113	+ 170
Tetanus	47	276	58	53	+ 223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	242	28	591	- 349
Leukemia	49	238	35	317	- 79
Drug Use	50	193	60	45	+ 149
Hepatitis B	51	163	55	68	+ 95
Appendicitis	52	152	54	70	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	53	150	53	92	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	54	143	56	58	+ 85
Upper Respiratory	55	111	57	58	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	110	63	23	+ 87
Encephalitis	57	83	61	39	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	58	75	43	214	- 139
Measles	59	72	59	51	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	60	66	20	780	- 714
Bladder Cancer	61	59	62	35	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	62	56	64	16	+ 40
Multiple Sclerosis	63	36	66	7	+ 29
Hepatitis C	64	15	65	12	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	9	70	2	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	7	68	4	+ 4
Ascariasis	67	4	67	5	- 0
War	68	2	69	3	- 1
Diphtheria	69	2	71	1	+ 1
Dengue	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	111	- 111
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	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.