ALBANIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,204	6	634	+ 570
Stroke	2	1,154	2	8,790	- 7,636
Road Traffic Accidents	3	848	14	337	+ 511
Coronary Heart Disease	4	822	1	8,797	- 7,975
Malaria	5	752	70	0	+ 752
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	712	52	9	+ 703
HIV/AIDS	7	644	42	26	+ 619
Liver Disease	8	581	12	376	+ 205
Low Birth Weight	9	500	25	106	+ 394
Birth Trauma	10	431	41	32	+ 398
Diabetes Mellitus	11	424	19	208	+ 215
Congenital Anomalies	12	405	28	102	+ 303
Lung Disease	13	355	5	876	- 522
Hypertension	14	310	10	425	- 116
Kidney Disease	15	275	11	399	- 124
Malnutrition	16	266	58	3	+ 264
Other Injuries	17	215	26	105	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	18	215	36	48	+ 167
Meningitis	19	193	49	14	+ 179
Stomach Cancer	20	178	7	493	- 315
Maternal Conditions	21	165	59	2	+ 163
Asthma	22	164	21	193	- 29
Liver Cancer	23	161	9	434	- 273
Suicide	24	160	24	125	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	150	3	1,827	- 1,677
Tuberculosis	26	143	54	8	+ 134
Breast Cancer	27	137	17	229	- 93
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	135	20	197	- 62
Violence	29	125	27	103	+ 22
Lymphomas	30	103	31	69	+ 34
Falls	31	94	23	125	- 31
Prostate Cancer	32	90	16	311	- 220
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	83	33	57	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	34	79	8	465	- 386
Leukemia	35	72	22	131	- 59
Drownings	36	65	43	25	+ 40
Oral Cancer	37	62	30	90	- 28
Fires	38	62	45	20	+ 42
Lung Cancers	39	53	4	1,026	- 973
Poisonings	40	50	53	9	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	41	50	29	91	- 41
Pertussis	42	50	60	1	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	43	49	18	225	- 176
Oesophagus Cancer	44	49	34	52	- 3
Epilepsy	45	44	37	44	- 0
Syphilis	46	39	62	1	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	47	33	13	369	- 335
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	31	35	50	- 19
Alcohol	49	29	48	18	+ 10
Skin Cancers	50	26	32	64	- 38
Schistosomiasis	51	25	72	0	+ 25
Skin Disease	52	23	55	6	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	53	21	39	39	- 18
Appendicitis	54	16	56	5	+ 11
Hepatitis B	55	16	63	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	56	13	38	42	- 29
Upper Respiratory	57	13	50	12	+ 1
Tetanus	58	12	57	3	+ 9
Measles	59	12	65	0	+ 12
Drug Use	60	10	44	25	- 15
Encephalitis	61	9	46	20	- 11
Bladder Cancer	62	8	15	330	- 322
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	51	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	64	4	47	19	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	40	39	- 37
Ascariasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 1
War	69	1	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Rwanda

Albania

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.