RWANDA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,449	4	3,605	+ 9,843
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	8,002	25	657	+ 7,345
Stroke	3	6,278	2	5,060	+ 1,217
Lung Cancers	4	4,945	39	234	+ 4,711
Lung Disease	5	4,790	13	1,555	+ 3,236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,945	28	591	+ 3,354
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,428	1	5,280	- 2,851
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,029	11	1,858	+ 170
Prostate Cancer	9	1,950	32	396	+ 1,554
Breast Cancer	10	1,945	27	600	+ 1,345
Falls	11	1,654	31	412	+ 1,242
Skin Cancers	12	1,614	50	113	+ 1,501
Lymphomas	13	1,605	30	450	+ 1,156
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,433	43	214	+ 1,219
Suicide	15	1,395	24	704	+ 691
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,209	3	3,718	- 2,510
Kidney Disease	17	1,140	15	1,206	- 66
Leukemia	18	1,032	35	317	+ 715
Parkinson's Disease	19	932	47	146	+ 786
Hypertension	20	863	14	1,357	- 495
Endocrine Disorders	21	857	41	219	+ 637
Stomach Cancer	22	852	20	780	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	23	826	34	347	+ 479
Liver Cancer	24	760	23	706	+ 53
Oesophagus Cancer	25	736	44	213	+ 523
Bladder Cancer	26	704	62	35	+ 669
Other Neoplasms	27	647	64	16	+ 630
Other Injuries	28	576	17	944	- 368
Ovary Cancer	29	546	53	92	+ 454
Congenital Anomalies	30	463	12	1,777	- 1,314
Oral Cancer	31	432	37	272	+ 160
Liver Disease	32	416	8	2,548	- 2,132
Uterin Cancer	33	381	56	58	+ 323
Skin Disease	34	311	52	103	+ 208
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	297	48	136	+ 161
Asthma	36	239	22	717	- 478
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	213	6	3,121	- 2,908
Low Birth Weight	38	207	9	2,193	- 1,986
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	185	33	362	- 177
Drug Use	40	182	60	45	+ 138
Cervical Cancer	41	160	18	941	- 780
Violence	42	151	29	548	- 397
Epilepsy	43	145	45	191	- 46
Drownings	44	143	36	285	- 141
Alcohol	45	136	49	125	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	124	63	23	+ 101
Multiple Sclerosis	47	115	66	7	+ 107
Hepatitis C	48	78	65	12	+ 66
Osteoarthritis	49	63	81	0	+ 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	58	80	0	+ 58
Anemia	51	46	86	0	+ 46
Tuberculosis	52	45	26	625	- 580
Fires	53	45	38	270	- 225
Birth Trauma	54	38	10	1,888	- 1,850
Malnutrition	55	37	16	1,168	- 1,131
Hepatitis B	56	37	55	68	- 32
HIV/AIDS	57	27	7	2,826	- 2,798
Poisonings	58	25	40	220	- 196
Meningitis	59	24	19	847	- 824
Schizophrenia	60	21	83	0	+ 21
Oral conditions	61	21	82	0	+ 21
Appendicitis	62	15	54	70	- 55
Maternal Conditions	63	13	21	722	- 710
Upper Respiratory	64	10	57	58	- 49
Pertussis	65	2	42	218	- 216
Encephalitis	66	2	61	39	- 37
Otitis Media	67	2	68	4	- 2
War	68	2	69	3	- 1
Tetanus	69	1	58	53	- 52
Syphilis	70	1	46	173	- 172
Chlamydia	71	0	70	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	78	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	59	51	- 51
Diphtheria	83	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

New Zealand

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.