AUSTRIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,475	13	1,563	+ 1,912
Stroke	2	3,331	2	5,208	- 1,877
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,448	31	436	+ 2,012
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,373	1	17,638	- 15,264
Malaria	5	2,171	75	0	+ 2,171
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,055	40	152	+ 1,902
HIV/AIDS	7	1,860	49	41	+ 1,819
Liver Disease	8	1,677	16	1,366	+ 312
Low Birth Weight	9	1,443	51	40	+ 1,403
Birth Trauma	10	1,243	54	34	+ 1,209
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,223	9	2,093	- 870
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,170	34	327	+ 843
Lung Disease	13	1,023	5	4,107	- 3,083
Hypertension	14	894	6	3,601	- 2,707
Kidney Disease	15	794	8	2,247	- 1,454
Malnutrition	16	769	46	71	+ 698
Other Injuries	17	622	12	1,700	- 1,079
Cervical Cancer	18	619	37	205	+ 414
Meningitis	19	558	58	22	+ 536
Stomach Cancer	20	514	24	817	- 303
Maternal Conditions	21	476	64	4	+ 472
Asthma	22	472	45	81	+ 391
Liver Cancer	23	465	22	922	- 457
Suicide	24	463	17	1,307	- 844
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	433	4	4,174	- 3,742
Tuberculosis	26	411	50	41	+ 371
Breast Cancer	27	395	11	1,857	- 1,462
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	389	7	2,324	- 1,935
Violence	29	361	47	47	+ 314
Lymphomas	30	296	18	1,167	- 871
Falls	31	271	21	982	- 711
Prostate Cancer	32	261	15	1,501	- 1,240
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	238	42	142	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	34	228	14	1,515	- 1,287
Leukemia	35	209	23	878	- 670
Drownings	36	187	48	42	+ 145
Oral Cancer	37	179	27	614	- 435
Fires	38	178	52	36	+ 142
Lung Cancers	39	154	3	4,217	- 4,063
Poisonings	40	145	60	15	+ 130
Endocrine Disorders	41	144	20	1,077	- 933
Pertussis	42	143	70	0	+ 143
Pancreas Cancer	43	141	10	1,901	- 1,761
Oesophagus Cancer	44	140	32	406	- 266
Epilepsy	45	126	36	222	- 96
Syphilis	46	114	66	1	+ 113
Parkinson's Disease	47	96	19	1,102	- 1,006
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	89	33	379	- 289
Alcohol	49	83	29	538	- 456
Skin Cancers	50	74	28	585	- 510
Schistosomiasis	51	73	74	0	+ 73
Skin Disease	52	68	43	99	- 32
Ovary Cancer	53	61	30	513	- 453
Appendicitis	54	46	59	15	+ 31
Hepatitis B	55	45	62	8	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	56	38	35	275	- 237
Upper Respiratory	57	38	55	26	+ 12
Tetanus	58	35	72	0	+ 35
Measles	59	34	73	0	+ 34
Drug Use	60	29	39	161	- 132
Encephalitis	61	26	68	1	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	62	23	26	617	- 594
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	15	53	35	- 20
Other Neoplasms	64	11	25	814	- 804
Hepatitis C	65	8	41	147	- 139
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	38	170	- 165
Ascariasis	67	3	79	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	2	65	1	+ 1
War	69	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	78	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	99	- 99
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Rwanda

Austria

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.