COTE D IVOIRE VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		COTE D IVOIRE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,619	1	21,327	- 9,708
Stroke	2	11,136	6	10,048	+ 1,089
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,183	9	6,202	+ 1,982
Coronary Heart Disease	4	7,935	4	11,073	- 3,139
Malaria	5	7,258	7	9,478	- 2,220
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,869	3	11,257	- 4,387
HIV/AIDS	7	6,218	2	12,791	- 6,572
Liver Disease	8	5,608	12	4,720	+ 888
Low Birth Weight	9	4,826	5	10,784	- 5,958
Birth Trauma	10	4,156	8	9,380	- 5,225
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,090	14	4,144	- 54
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,911	11	5,208	- 1,297
Lung Disease	13	3,421	19	2,296	+ 1,125
Hypertension	14	2,987	23	1,916	+ 1,071
Kidney Disease	15	2,654	13	4,151	- 1,498
Malnutrition	16	2,570	31	1,081	+ 1,489
Other Injuries	17	2,078	16	3,283	- 1,205
Cervical Cancer	18	2,070	26	1,439	+ 631
Meningitis	19	1,865	15	3,303	- 1,439
Stomach Cancer	20	1,717	42	468	+ 1,248
Maternal Conditions	21	1,590	21	1,958	- 368
Asthma	22	1,578	24	1,665	- 87
Liver Cancer	23	1,555	30	1,118	+ 437
Suicide	24	1,548	20	2,288	- 740
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,447	32	1,026	+ 420
Tuberculosis	26	1,375	10	5,521	- 4,146
Breast Cancer	27	1,320	27	1,330	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,301	41	555	+ 746
Violence	29	1,206	17	2,955	- 1,749
Lymphomas	30	989	40	593	+ 396
Falls	31	907	29	1,207	- 300
Prostate Cancer	32	872	25	1,478	- 607
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	797	37	812	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	34	763	34	915	- 152
Leukemia	35	697	57	147	+ 550
Drownings	36	626	28	1,232	- 605
Oral Cancer	37	599	48	280	+ 319
Fires	38	594	35	893	- 299
Lung Cancers	39	515	50	272	+ 243
Poisonings	40	484	39	655	- 171
Endocrine Disorders	41	483	22	1,925	- 1,442
Pertussis	42	479	18	2,908	- 2,429
Pancreas Cancer	43	470	47	293	+ 178
Oesophagus Cancer	44	469	58	88	+ 381
Epilepsy	45	421	36	829	- 408
Syphilis	46	380	33	984	- 604
Parkinson's Disease	47	321	43	412	- 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	299	46	327	- 28
Alcohol	49	276	52	218	+ 58
Skin Cancers	50	248	56	149	+ 99
Schistosomiasis	51	244	45	376	- 132
Skin Disease	52	226	49	277	- 50
Ovary Cancer	53	203	51	256	- 53
Appendicitis	54	154	60	80	+ 74
Hepatitis B	55	150	53	201	- 51
Uterin Cancer	56	128	55	154	- 26
Upper Respiratory	57	128	63	32	+ 96
Tetanus	58	116	44	398	- 282
Measles	59	113	69	12	+ 101
Drug Use	60	98	38	784	- 686
Encephalitis	61	86	54	178	- 92
Bladder Cancer	62	78	59	86	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	51	66	19	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	64	36	62	42	- 7
Hepatitis C	65	27	67	18	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	66	16	64	30	- 14
Ascariasis	67	10	61	48	- 37
Otitis Media	68	8	72	0	+ 8
War	69	6	65	29	- 23
Chlamydia	70	5	71	3	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	2	68	18	- 15
Dengue	72	1	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
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	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COTE D IVOIRE

Rwanda

Cote d Ivoire

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.