RWANDA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,112	4	3,605	+ 8,507
Diabetes Mellitus	2	8,973	11	1,858	+ 7,114
Kidney Disease	3	4,650	15	1,206	+ 3,444
Stroke	4	4,146	2	5,060	- 914
Violence	5	3,381	29	548	+ 2,833
Liver Disease	6	3,109	8	2,548	+ 561
Lung Disease	7	3,035	13	1,555	+ 1,480
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,586	1	5,280	- 2,694
Hypertension	9	1,855	14	1,357	+ 498
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,699	3	3,718	- 2,020
Other Injuries	11	1,269	17	944	+ 324
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,179	41	219	+ 959
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,090	12	1,777	- 688
Malnutrition	14	787	16	1,168	- 381
Prostate Cancer	15	781	32	396	+ 385
Breast Cancer	16	769	27	600	+ 169
Lung Cancers	17	766	39	234	+ 532
Low Birth Weight	18	746	9	2,193	- 1,446
Stomach Cancer	19	723	20	780	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	716	28	591	+ 125
Liver Cancer	21	710	23	706	+ 4
Suicide	22	706	24	704	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	23	647	64	16	+ 630
Lymphomas	24	517	30	450	+ 67
Leukemia	25	503	35	317	+ 186
Cervical Cancer	26	499	18	941	- 442
Pancreas Cancer	27	470	43	214	+ 256
HIV/AIDS	28	430	7	2,826	- 2,395
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	362	6	3,121	- 2,759
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	359	25	657	- 298
Skin Disease	31	316	52	103	+ 213
Alcohol	32	307	49	125	+ 181
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	285	33	362	- 77
Ovary Cancer	34	276	53	92	+ 184
Falls	35	274	31	412	- 138
Birth Trauma	36	266	10	1,888	- 1,622
Anemia	37	227	86	0	+ 227
Tuberculosis	38	202	26	625	- 422
Epilepsy	39	199	45	191	+ 8
Skin Cancers	40	199	50	113	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	41	194	34	347	- 152
Drownings	42	187	36	285	- 97
Parkinson's Disease	43	163	47	146	+ 17
Drug Use	44	153	60	45	+ 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	147	63	23	+ 124
Oral Cancer	46	141	37	272	- 131
Asthma	47	140	22	717	- 577
Bladder Cancer	48	133	62	35	+ 97
Oesophagus Cancer	49	130	44	213	- 83
Uterin Cancer	50	94	56	58	+ 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	93	80	0	+ 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	90	48	136	- 46
Appendicitis	53	81	54	70	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	54	78	21	722	- 644
Hepatitis C	55	65	65	12	+ 53
Fires	56	63	38	270	- 207
Poisonings	57	55	40	220	- 165
Meningitis	58	37	19	847	- 810
Osteoarthritis	59	32	81	0	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	60	31	66	7	+ 24
Hepatitis B	61	22	55	68	- 46
Encephalitis	62	15	61	39	- 24
Schizophrenia	63	13	83	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	64	13	57	58	- 45
Oral conditions	65	13	82	0	+ 13
War	66	12	69	3	+ 9
Dengue	67	3	72	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	3	68	4	- 1
Chagas disease	69	3	79	0	+ 3
Pertussis	70	2	42	218	- 216
Tetanus	71	1	58	53	- 52
Ascariasis	72	1	67	5	- 4
Syphilis	73	0	46	173	- 172
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	59	51	- 51
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	84	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	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.