RWANDA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,188	4	3,605	+ 13,582
Stroke	2	16,469	2	5,060	+ 11,409
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	9,598	25	657	+ 8,940
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,144	1	5,280	+ 3,865
Lung Cancers	5	5,881	39	234	+ 5,647
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,859	28	591	+ 5,267
Lung Disease	7	5,720	13	1,555	+ 4,166
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,807	11	1,858	+ 2,948
Kidney Disease	9	3,742	15	1,206	+ 2,536
Stomach Cancer	10	3,380	20	780	+ 2,599
Prostate Cancer	11	2,835	32	396	+ 2,439
Breast Cancer	12	2,665	27	600	+ 2,066
Other Injuries	13	2,585	17	944	+ 1,641
Hypertension	14	2,509	14	1,357	+ 1,152
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,228	43	214	+ 2,014
Lymphomas	16	2,146	30	450	+ 1,696
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,064	41	219	+ 1,845
Liver Cancer	18	1,696	23	706	+ 989
Suicide	19	1,564	24	704	+ 861
Bladder Cancer	20	1,562	62	35	+ 1,527
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,521	47	146	+ 1,375
Liver Disease	22	1,502	8	2,548	- 1,046
Falls	23	1,378	31	412	+ 966
Leukemia	24	1,355	35	317	+ 1,038
Oral Cancer	25	1,217	37	272	+ 945
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,213	34	347	+ 866
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,119	3	3,718	- 2,600
Other Neoplasms	28	870	64	16	+ 854
Oesophagus Cancer	29	831	44	213	+ 618
Skin Cancers	30	699	50	113	+ 586
Epilepsy	31	554	45	191	+ 363
Uterin Cancer	32	542	56	58	+ 483
Ovary Cancer	33	530	53	92	+ 438
Cervical Cancer	34	439	18	941	- 502
HIV/AIDS	35	427	7	2,826	- 2,399
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	308	6	3,121	- 2,813
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	305	33	362	- 57
Tuberculosis	38	284	26	625	- 341
Skin Disease	39	270	52	103	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	40	262	12	1,777	- 1,515
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	225	48	136	+ 89
Anemia	42	201	86	0	+ 201
Asthma	43	195	22	717	- 522
Drug Use	44	171	60	45	+ 127
Alcohol	45	148	49	125	+ 23
Fires	46	145	38	270	- 125
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	132	63	23	+ 109
Violence	48	129	29	548	- 419
Hepatitis C	49	116	65	12	+ 104
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	110	80	0	+ 110
Drownings	51	106	36	285	- 179
Low Birth Weight	52	105	9	2,193	- 2,088
Malnutrition	53	105	16	1,168	- 1,063
Multiple Sclerosis	54	75	66	7	+ 68
Schizophrenia	55	66	83	0	+ 66
Meningitis	56	57	19	847	- 790
Poisonings	57	39	40	220	- 181
Osteoarthritis	58	38	81	0	+ 38
Hepatitis B	59	35	55	68	- 33
Birth Trauma	60	32	10	1,888	- 1,856
Appendicitis	61	28	54	70	- 42
Upper Respiratory	62	20	57	58	- 39
Maternal Conditions	63	10	21	722	- 713
Syphilis	64	4	46	173	- 168
Oral conditions	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	68	4	- 0
Encephalitis	67	2	61	39	- 37
Leishmaniasis	68	2	77	0	+ 2
War	69	1	69	3	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	59	51	- 51
Pertussis	72	0	42	218	- 218
Tetanus	73	0	58	53	- 53
Diphtheria	74	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	78	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	5	- 5
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Portugal

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.