BURUNDI VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,267	1	7,810	- 2,543
Stroke	2	5,048	4	4,323	+ 725
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,709	5	4,089	- 380
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,597	6	3,718	- 121
Malaria	5	3,290	3	5,163	- 1,873
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,114	2	6,046	- 2,933
HIV/AIDS	7	2,819	11	1,814	+ 1,005
Liver Disease	8	2,542	13	1,767	+ 775
Low Birth Weight	9	2,187	8	3,171	- 984
Birth Trauma	10	1,884	7	3,183	- 1,299
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,854	16	1,383	+ 471
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,773	12	1,788	- 15
Lung Disease	13	1,551	17	1,349	+ 202
Hypertension	14	1,354	20	1,113	+ 241
Kidney Disease	15	1,203	21	1,001	+ 202
Malnutrition	16	1,165	9	2,500	- 1,335
Other Injuries	17	942	15	1,413	- 471
Cervical Cancer	18	938	14	1,474	- 536
Meningitis	19	845	19	1,322	- 477
Stomach Cancer	20	778	44	180	+ 599
Maternal Conditions	21	721	18	1,332	- 612
Asthma	22	715	22	836	- 121
Liver Cancer	23	705	29	389	+ 316
Suicide	24	702	24	720	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	656	27	426	+ 230
Tuberculosis	26	623	10	2,385	- 1,761
Breast Cancer	27	598	35	355	+ 243
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	590	37	324	+ 265
Violence	29	547	23	760	- 213
Lymphomas	30	448	31	379	+ 69
Falls	31	411	30	385	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	32	395	33	374	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	361	36	340	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	34	346	38	311	+ 35
Leukemia	35	316	47	135	+ 181
Drownings	36	284	25	598	- 314
Oral Cancer	37	271	39	285	- 13
Fires	38	269	28	425	- 156
Lung Cancers	39	234	56	76	+ 158
Poisonings	40	220	34	369	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	41	219	40	275	- 56
Pertussis	42	217	32	378	- 161
Pancreas Cancer	43	213	58	66	+ 147
Oesophagus Cancer	44	213	26	455	- 242
Epilepsy	45	191	41	234	- 43
Syphilis	46	172	59	60	+ 112
Parkinson's Disease	47	146	52	103	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	136	43	181	- 45
Alcohol	49	125	55	76	+ 49
Skin Cancers	50	112	48	121	- 8
Schistosomiasis	51	111	42	211	- 100
Skin Disease	52	103	54	91	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	53	92	51	106	- 15
Appendicitis	54	70	49	109	- 39
Hepatitis B	55	68	62	44	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	56	58	57	67	- 9
Upper Respiratory	57	58	46	136	- 78
Tetanus	58	53	45	178	- 125
Measles	59	51	63	17	+ 34
Drug Use	60	44	60	52	- 8
Encephalitis	61	39	61	46	- 7
Bladder Cancer	62	35	50	109	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	23	65	17	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	64	16	67	10	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	12	64	17	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	69	5	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	5	66	16	- 11
Otitis Media	68	4	68	10	- 6
War	69	3	53	96	- 94
Chlamydia	70	2	70	2	- 0
Diphtheria	71	1	71	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

Rwanda

Burundi

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.