RWANDA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,430	4	3,605	+ 22,824
Diabetes Mellitus	2	16,786	11	1,858	+ 14,928
Stroke	3	16,292	2	5,060	+ 11,232
Kidney Disease	4	7,692	15	1,206	+ 6,486
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,082	1	5,280	+ 1,802
Lung Disease	6	5,638	13	1,555	+ 4,084
Suicide	7	4,392	24	704	+ 3,689
Hypertension	8	3,709	14	1,357	+ 2,351
Liver Disease	9	3,243	8	2,548	+ 695
Lung Cancers	10	3,137	39	234	+ 2,903
Drownings	11	2,356	36	285	+ 2,071
Breast Cancer	12	2,323	27	600	+ 1,723
Asthma	13	2,176	22	717	+ 1,459
Low Birth Weight	14	2,047	9	2,193	- 146
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,877	48	136	+ 1,741
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,836	6	3,121	- 1,285
Other Injuries	17	1,820	17	944	+ 876
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,816	12	1,777	+ 39
Tuberculosis	19	1,711	26	625	+ 1,087
Stomach Cancer	20	1,606	20	780	+ 826
Birth Trauma	21	1,480	10	1,888	- 409
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,153	28	591	+ 562
Cervical Cancer	23	1,139	18	941	+ 198
Liver Cancer	24	1,116	23	706	+ 410
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	905	33	362	+ 543
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	892	25	657	+ 234
Falls	27	841	31	412	+ 429
Inflammatory/Heart	28	824	34	347	+ 477
Prostate Cancer	29	753	32	396	+ 357
Endocrine Disorders	30	726	41	219	+ 506
Violence	31	721	29	548	+ 173
Leukemia	32	687	35	317	+ 370
Parkinson's Disease	33	638	47	146	+ 492
Maternal Conditions	34	501	21	722	- 221
Pancreas Cancer	35	496	43	214	+ 282
Lymphomas	36	492	30	450	+ 42
Pertussis	37	482	42	218	+ 264
Oral Cancer	38	462	37	272	+ 190
Meningitis	39	437	19	847	- 411
Syphilis	40	413	46	173	+ 241
Uterin Cancer	41	392	56	58	+ 333
Skin Disease	42	375	52	103	+ 272
Epilepsy	43	373	45	191	+ 182
Malnutrition	44	363	16	1,168	- 804
Ovary Cancer	45	316	53	92	+ 224
Alcohol	46	311	49	125	+ 186
Oesophagus Cancer	47	298	44	213	+ 85
Fires	48	275	38	270	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	49	214	62	35	+ 178
Poisonings	50	139	40	220	- 81
Skin Cancers	51	124	50	113	+ 12
Drug Use	52	85	60	45	+ 40
Encephalitis	53	81	61	39	+ 43
Appendicitis	54	61	54	70	- 10
Other Neoplasms	55	51	64	16	+ 35
Measles	56	48	59	51	- 4
Hepatitis B	57	41	55	68	- 27
Road Traffic Accidents	58	25	3	3,718	- 3,694
Tetanus	59	23	58	53	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	20	63	23	- 3
Dengue	61	19	72	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	66	7	+ 12
Hepatitis C	63	5	65	12	- 7
Diphtheria	64	5	71	1	+ 4
Ascariasis	65	4	67	5	- 0
War	66	2	69	3	- 1
Chlamydia	67	2	70	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	57	58	- 57
Otitis Media	69	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	7	2,826	- 2,826
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	111	- 111
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Micronesia

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.