BELARUS VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,682	15	1,086	+ 2,596
Stroke	2	3,529	2	16,393	- 12,864
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,593	19	722	+ 1,871
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,515	1	53,186	- 50,671
Malaria	5	2,300	76	0	+ 2,300
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,177	57	13	+ 2,164
HIV/AIDS	7	1,971	42	167	+ 1,804
Liver Disease	8	1,777	8	2,078	- 301
Low Birth Weight	9	1,529	47	64	+ 1,465
Birth Trauma	10	1,317	52	25	+ 1,292
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,296	30	373	+ 924
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,240	41	202	+ 1,037
Lung Disease	13	1,084	7	2,208	- 1,124
Hypertension	14	947	31	367	+ 579
Kidney Disease	15	841	26	480	+ 361
Malnutrition	16	815	53	22	+ 793
Other Injuries	17	658	14	1,099	- 440
Cervical Cancer	18	656	34	303	+ 353
Meningitis	19	591	50	36	+ 555
Stomach Cancer	20	544	10	1,690	- 1,146
Maternal Conditions	21	504	60	2	+ 502
Asthma	22	500	44	122	+ 379
Liver Cancer	23	493	32	363	+ 130
Suicide	24	491	9	2,004	- 1,513
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	458	3	3,530	- 3,072
Tuberculosis	26	436	37	269	+ 167
Breast Cancer	27	418	12	1,230	- 812
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	412	5	2,886	- 2,474
Violence	29	382	38	255	+ 127
Lymphomas	30	314	20	672	- 358
Falls	31	288	16	952	- 664
Prostate Cancer	32	276	17	936	- 660
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	253	40	235	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	34	242	11	1,361	- 1,119
Leukemia	35	221	23	554	- 333
Drownings	36	199	24	543	- 345
Oral Cancer	37	190	18	901	- 711
Fires	38	188	22	620	- 432
Lung Cancers	39	163	4	2,950	- 2,787
Poisonings	40	153	33	311	- 158
Endocrine Disorders	41	153	43	141	+ 12
Pertussis	42	152	65	0	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	43	149	13	1,171	- 1,022
Oesophagus Cancer	44	149	25	493	- 344
Epilepsy	45	133	45	116	+ 17
Syphilis	46	120	63	1	+ 120
Parkinson's Disease	47	102	21	621	- 520
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	95	39	239	- 144
Alcohol	49	88	6	2,761	- 2,673
Skin Cancers	50	79	36	272	- 193
Schistosomiasis	51	77	74	0	+ 77
Skin Disease	52	72	51	31	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	53	64	27	429	- 364
Appendicitis	54	49	54	20	+ 29
Hepatitis B	55	48	56	14	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	56	41	28	391	- 350
Upper Respiratory	57	41	58	5	+ 36
Tetanus	58	37	64	0	+ 37
Measles	59	36	68	0	+ 36
Drug Use	60	31	29	389	- 358
Encephalitis	61	27	46	93	- 66
Bladder Cancer	62	25	35	295	- 271
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	16	55	15	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	11	48	52	- 41
Hepatitis C	65	9	62	1	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	49	42	- 37
Ascariasis	67	3	70	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	3	66	0	+ 3
War	69	2	59	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	2	61	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	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	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Rwanda

Belarus

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.