ANGOLA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ANGOLA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	14,417	1	24,897	- 10,480
Stroke	2	13,818	8	10,687	+ 3,131
Road Traffic Accidents	3	10,154	10	8,317	+ 1,837
Coronary Heart Disease	4	9,846	9	10,020	- 174
Malaria	5	9,006	4	13,608	- 4,602
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,523	3	15,245	- 6,722
HIV/AIDS	7	7,716	6	12,805	- 5,089
Liver Disease	8	6,958	12	6,103	+ 855
Low Birth Weight	9	5,988	7	11,184	- 5,197
Birth Trauma	10	5,156	5	12,983	- 7,827
Diabetes Mellitus	11	5,075	13	4,413	+ 662
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,853	11	7,402	- 2,549
Lung Disease	13	4,245	22	2,447	+ 1,798
Hypertension	14	3,707	15	3,667	+ 39
Kidney Disease	15	3,293	20	2,746	+ 546
Malnutrition	16	3,189	17	3,509	- 320
Other Injuries	17	2,578	21	2,682	- 104
Cervical Cancer	18	2,568	24	1,931	+ 637
Meningitis	19	2,314	16	3,564	- 1,251
Stomach Cancer	20	2,130	47	349	+ 1,782
Maternal Conditions	21	1,973	18	3,268	- 1,295
Asthma	22	1,959	25	1,681	+ 278
Liver Cancer	23	1,929	39	579	+ 1,350
Suicide	24	1,921	23	1,936	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,795	29	1,198	+ 597
Tuberculosis	26	1,706	2	16,991	- 15,284
Breast Cancer	27	1,638	31	1,141	+ 497
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,614	42	477	+ 1,137
Violence	29	1,496	19	2,928	- 1,432
Lymphomas	30	1,228	38	608	+ 620
Falls	31	1,126	30	1,147	- 21
Prostate Cancer	32	1,082	33	1,071	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	989	35	679	+ 310
Inflammatory/Heart	34	947	28	1,305	- 358
Leukemia	35	865	46	361	+ 505
Drownings	36	777	26	1,600	- 822
Oral Cancer	37	743	41	507	+ 236
Fires	38	736	34	839	- 102
Lung Cancers	39	639	45	401	+ 238
Poisonings	40	601	37	639	- 38
Endocrine Disorders	41	599	32	1,119	- 520
Pertussis	42	595	14	4,197	- 3,602
Pancreas Cancer	43	584	59	142	+ 442
Oesophagus Cancer	44	582	48	310	+ 272
Epilepsy	45	522	36	647	- 125
Syphilis	46	471	27	1,316	- 845
Parkinson's Disease	47	399	49	293	+ 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	371	44	436	- 65
Alcohol	49	343	51	219	+ 124
Skin Cancers	50	308	43	467	- 159
Schistosomiasis	51	303	52	216	+ 87
Skin Disease	52	281	50	224	+ 56
Ovary Cancer	53	252	53	210	+ 41
Appendicitis	54	192	54	207	- 15
Hepatitis B	55	186	61	117	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	56	159	64	76	+ 83
Upper Respiratory	57	159	60	130	+ 29
Tetanus	58	144	40	510	- 366
Measles	59	141	63	95	+ 45
Drug Use	60	122	55	206	- 84
Encephalitis	61	106	56	190	- 84
Bladder Cancer	62	96	58	162	- 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	63	65	61	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	64	44	67	40	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	34	70	15	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	66	20	69	19	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	13	66	40	- 28
Otitis Media	68	10	72	8	+ 2
War	69	7	68	23	- 16
Chlamydia	70	6	73	5	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	3	62	111	- 108
Dengue	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	57	166	- 166
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	12	- 12
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ANGOLA

Rwanda

Angola

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.