CENTRAL AFRICA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,190	1	5,231	- 3,041
Stroke	2	2,099	5	3,284	- 1,185
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,542	10	1,790	- 247
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,496	7	2,900	- 1,404
Malaria	5	1,368	6	3,279	- 1,911
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,295	3	4,684	- 3,389
HIV/AIDS	7	1,172	4	3,753	- 2,581
Liver Disease	8	1,057	14	1,153	- 96
Low Birth Weight	9	910	8	2,228	- 1,318
Birth Trauma	10	783	9	2,192	- 1,408
Diabetes Mellitus	11	771	15	1,141	- 370
Congenital Anomalies	12	737	19	776	- 38
Lung Disease	13	645	18	956	- 311
Hypertension	14	563	12	1,252	- 689
Kidney Disease	15	500	21	710	- 210
Malnutrition	16	484	22	691	- 206
Other Injuries	17	392	23	621	- 229
Cervical Cancer	18	390	32	230	+ 160
Meningitis	19	351	16	1,015	- 663
Stomach Cancer	20	324	49	65	+ 258
Maternal Conditions	21	300	13	1,174	- 875
Asthma	22	297	20	761	- 463
Liver Cancer	23	293	44	117	+ 176
Suicide	24	292	24	585	- 293
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	273	33	204	+ 69
Tuberculosis	26	259	2	4,704	- 4,445
Breast Cancer	27	249	26	344	- 95
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	245	45	116	+ 129
Violence	29	227	17	1,009	- 781
Lymphomas	30	186	42	119	+ 67
Falls	31	171	36	181	- 10
Prostate Cancer	32	164	38	156	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	150	27	317	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	34	144	30	270	- 126
Leukemia	35	131	47	88	+ 43
Drownings	36	118	34	202	- 84
Oral Cancer	37	113	46	91	+ 22
Fires	38	112	39	142	- 30
Lung Cancers	39	97	55	47	+ 50
Poisonings	40	91	40	134	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	41	91	25	423	- 332
Pertussis	42	90	31	265	- 175
Pancreas Cancer	43	89	60	37	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	44	88	53	48	+ 40
Epilepsy	45	79	43	119	- 39
Syphilis	46	72	41	120	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	47	61	48	67	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	56	35	194	- 137
Alcohol	49	52	52	62	- 10
Skin Cancers	50	47	58	43	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	51	46	37	169	- 123
Skin Disease	52	43	54	48	- 6
Ovary Cancer	53	38	50	64	- 26
Appendicitis	54	29	51	62	- 33
Hepatitis B	55	28	61	33	- 5
Uterin Cancer	56	24	65	20	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	57	24	63	24	- 0
Tetanus	58	22	29	280	- 258
Measles	59	21	11	1,625	- 1,604
Drug Use	60	18	57	44	- 25
Encephalitis	61	16	62	28	- 12
Bladder Cancer	62	15	64	23	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	10	66	15	- 5
Other Neoplasms	64	7	70	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	5	69	6	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	72	4	- 1
Ascariasis	67	2	71	5	- 3
Otitis Media	68	2	68	6	- 5
War	69	1	28	314	- 312
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	67	11	- 10
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	56	46	- 46
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Rwanda

Central Africa

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.