COMOROS VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	349	1	594	- 246
Stroke	2	334	3	356	- 21
Road Traffic Accidents	3	246	6	226	+ 20
Coronary Heart Disease	4	238	4	349	- 110
Malaria	5	218	29	29	+ 189
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	206	2	363	- 157
HIV/AIDS	7	187	76	0	+ 187
Liver Disease	8	168	8	160	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	9	145	5	328	- 183
Birth Trauma	10	125	7	211	- 86
Diabetes Mellitus	11	123	9	136	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	12	117	10	131	- 13
Lung Disease	13	103	17	83	+ 19
Hypertension	14	90	12	115	- 25
Kidney Disease	15	80	14	101	- 22
Malnutrition	16	77	15	96	- 19
Other Injuries	17	62	16	90	- 28
Cervical Cancer	18	62	13	104	- 42
Meningitis	19	56	11	115	- 60
Stomach Cancer	20	52	45	11	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	21	48	22	47	+ 1
Asthma	22	47	21	49	- 2
Liver Cancer	23	47	28	29	+ 18
Suicide	24	46	24	46	+ 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	43	23	46	- 3
Tuberculosis	26	41	19	79	- 38
Breast Cancer	27	40	33	23	+ 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	39	39	19	+ 20
Violence	29	36	20	63	- 27
Lymphomas	30	30	37	19	+ 10
Falls	31	27	32	26	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	32	26	27	33	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	24	34	21	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	34	23	31	26	- 3
Leukemia	35	21	57	3	+ 18
Drownings	36	19	25	35	- 16
Oral Cancer	37	18	41	15	+ 3
Fires	38	18	30	27	- 9
Lung Cancers	39	15	60	1	+ 14
Poisonings	40	15	35	20	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	41	15	36	19	- 5
Pertussis	42	14	18	80	- 66
Pancreas Cancer	43	14	82	0	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	44	14	26	34	- 20
Epilepsy	45	13	40	17	- 5
Syphilis	46	11	38	19	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	47	10	44	11	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	9	47	10	- 1
Alcohol	49	8	51	6	+ 3
Skin Cancers	50	7	42	12	- 5
Schistosomiasis	51	7	75	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	7	48	9	- 2
Ovary Cancer	53	6	56	3	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	5	50	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	5	52	5	- 1
Uterin Cancer	56	4	55	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	4	53	4	- 0
Tetanus	58	3	43	12	- 8
Measles	59	3	78	0	+ 3
Drug Use	60	3	49	7	- 4
Encephalitis	61	3	54	4	- 2
Bladder Cancer	62	2	46	10	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	58	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	64	1	59	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	61	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	62	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	- 0
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.