CONGO VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,363	3	2,576	- 213
Stroke	2	2,265	5	2,267	- 2
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,664	7	1,598	+ 66
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,614	4	2,494	- 881
Malaria	5	1,476	6	1,977	- 501
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,397	8	1,304	+ 93
HIV/AIDS	7	1,265	1	4,509	- 3,245
Liver Disease	8	1,140	13	931	+ 210
Low Birth Weight	9	981	9	1,283	- 302
Birth Trauma	10	845	11	997	- 152
Diabetes Mellitus	11	832	10	1,050	- 218
Congenital Anomalies	12	795	14	729	+ 67
Lung Disease	13	696	17	541	+ 155
Hypertension	14	608	12	933	- 325
Kidney Disease	15	540	15	613	- 73
Malnutrition	16	523	24	272	+ 251
Other Injuries	17	423	20	333	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	18	421	29	196	+ 225
Meningitis	19	379	22	299	+ 80
Stomach Cancer	20	349	39	88	+ 261
Maternal Conditions	21	323	16	578	- 254
Asthma	22	321	23	291	+ 30
Liver Cancer	23	316	30	169	+ 147
Suicide	24	315	19	349	- 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	294	25	230	+ 64
Tuberculosis	26	280	2	2,781	- 2,501
Breast Cancer	27	268	32	159	+ 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	265	38	89	+ 176
Violence	29	245	18	539	- 293
Lymphomas	30	201	45	61	+ 140
Falls	31	185	33	149	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	32	177	28	198	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	162	35	105	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	34	155	26	220	- 64
Leukemia	35	142	46	57	+ 84
Drownings	36	127	36	104	+ 24
Oral Cancer	37	122	54	33	+ 89
Fires	38	121	37	90	+ 30
Lung Cancers	39	105	47	54	+ 51
Poisonings	40	98	41	71	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	41	98	27	208	- 110
Pertussis	42	97	21	329	- 232
Pancreas Cancer	43	96	52	42	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	44	95	57	19	+ 76
Epilepsy	45	86	40	76	+ 10
Syphilis	46	77	34	107	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	47	65	42	69	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	61	43	67	- 6
Alcohol	49	56	49	46	+ 10
Skin Cancers	50	50	53	36	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	51	50	51	45	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	46	50	46	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	53	41	48	49	- 8
Appendicitis	54	31	58	18	+ 13
Hepatitis B	55	31	62	14	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	56	26	60	15	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	57	26	64	7	+ 19
Tetanus	58	24	55	23	+ 1
Measles	59	23	31	159	- 136
Drug Use	60	20	44	65	- 45
Encephalitis	61	17	56	20	- 2
Bladder Cancer	62	16	61	15	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	10	59	15	- 5
Other Neoplasms	64	7	63	8	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	5	67	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	66	4	- 1
Ascariasis	67	2	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	2	71	1	+ 1
War	69	1	72	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.