BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,472	17	440	+ 1,032
Stroke	2	1,411	2	7,871	- 6,460
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,037	16	446	+ 591
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,005	1	9,201	- 8,195
Malaria	5	920	79	0	+ 920
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	870	54	8	+ 862
HIV/AIDS	7	788	70	0	+ 788
Liver Disease	8	710	10	613	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	9	611	41	48	+ 563
Birth Trauma	10	527	49	14	+ 513
Diabetes Mellitus	11	518	3	2,406	- 1,887
Congenital Anomalies	12	496	35	69	+ 427
Lung Disease	13	433	5	1,163	- 729
Hypertension	14	378	11	546	- 167
Kidney Disease	15	336	9	689	- 353
Malnutrition	16	326	57	2	+ 323
Other Injuries	17	263	26	157	+ 107
Cervical Cancer	18	262	29	132	+ 130
Meningitis	19	236	53	10	+ 227
Stomach Cancer	20	218	12	532	- 315
Maternal Conditions	21	201	58	2	+ 199
Asthma	22	200	37	60	+ 140
Liver Cancer	23	197	14	480	- 283
Suicide	24	196	19	361	- 165
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	183	6	1,144	- 960
Tuberculosis	26	174	32	93	+ 81
Breast Cancer	27	167	13	528	- 361
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	165	7	998	- 833
Violence	29	153	40	49	+ 104
Lymphomas	30	125	24	184	- 59
Falls	31	115	21	267	- 152
Prostate Cancer	32	110	18	413	- 302
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	101	30	121	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	34	97	8	874	- 777
Leukemia	35	88	23	186	- 98
Drownings	36	79	42	48	+ 32
Oral Cancer	37	76	27	146	- 70
Fires	38	75	38	54	+ 21
Lung Cancers	39	65	4	2,076	- 2,011
Poisonings	40	61	50	13	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	41	61	39	53	+ 8
Pertussis	42	61	59	2	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	43	60	15	463	- 404
Oesophagus Cancer	44	59	31	110	- 51
Epilepsy	45	53	36	60	- 7
Syphilis	46	48	61	1	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	47	41	20	341	- 300
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	38	43	36	+ 2
Alcohol	49	35	34	90	- 55
Skin Cancers	50	31	28	133	- 102
Schistosomiasis	51	31	77	0	+ 31
Skin Disease	52	29	47	21	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	53	26	25	182	- 157
Appendicitis	54	20	52	11	+ 9
Hepatitis B	55	19	56	3	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	56	16	33	92	- 76
Upper Respiratory	57	16	63	0	+ 16
Tetanus	58	15	60	1	+ 14
Measles	59	14	55	5	+ 9
Drug Use	60	12	44	25	- 13
Encephalitis	61	11	51	13	- 2
Bladder Cancer	62	10	22	232	- 222
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	48	19	- 13
Other Neoplasms	64	5	45	23	- 18
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	46	22	- 20
Ascariasis	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 1
War	69	1	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	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 BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Rwanda

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.