CROATIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,608	10	1,021	+ 587
Stroke	2	1,542	2	6,275	- 4,734
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,133	27	328	+ 805
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,098	1	12,307	- 11,209
Malaria	5	1,005	77	0	+ 1,005
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	951	39	82	+ 869
HIV/AIDS	7	861	59	8	+ 853
Liver Disease	8	776	13	924	- 148
Low Birth Weight	9	668	56	10	+ 658
Birth Trauma	10	575	55	11	+ 564
Diabetes Mellitus	11	566	6	1,963	- 1,397
Congenital Anomalies	12	541	37	94	+ 447
Lung Disease	13	474	5	2,111	- 1,637
Hypertension	14	414	8	1,102	- 688
Kidney Disease	15	367	7	1,392	- 1,025
Malnutrition	16	356	70	0	+ 356
Other Injuries	17	288	23	428	- 140
Cervical Cancer	18	287	34	156	+ 131
Meningitis	19	258	52	16	+ 242
Stomach Cancer	20	238	15	786	- 549
Maternal Conditions	21	220	61	2	+ 218
Asthma	22	218	41	74	+ 145
Liver Cancer	23	215	19	501	- 286
Suicide	24	214	17	676	- 462
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	200	9	1,066	- 866
Tuberculosis	26	190	44	61	+ 129
Breast Cancer	27	183	11	1,019	- 836
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	180	4	2,189	- 2,009
Violence	29	167	48	45	+ 122
Lymphomas	30	137	18	556	- 419
Falls	31	126	12	974	- 849
Prostate Cancer	32	121	14	852	- 731
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	110	31	207	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	34	106	21	457	- 351
Leukemia	35	97	22	435	- 339
Drownings	36	87	38	86	+ 1
Oral Cancer	37	83	25	338	- 255
Fires	38	82	50	34	+ 48
Lung Cancers	39	71	3	2,842	- 2,771
Poisonings	40	67	54	16	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	41	67	42	72	- 6
Pertussis	42	66	69	0	+ 66
Pancreas Cancer	43	65	16	754	- 689
Oesophagus Cancer	44	65	33	189	- 124
Epilepsy	45	58	36	94	- 36
Syphilis	46	53	71	0	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	47	44	24	423	- 379
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	41	35	137	- 95
Alcohol	49	38	30	219	- 181
Skin Cancers	50	34	26	332	- 297
Schistosomiasis	51	34	75	0	+ 34
Skin Disease	52	31	58	8	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	53	28	28	308	- 280
Appendicitis	54	21	57	9	+ 13
Hepatitis B	55	21	51	17	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	18	32	199	- 182
Upper Respiratory	57	18	63	2	+ 16
Tetanus	58	16	68	0	+ 16
Measles	59	16	73	0	+ 16
Drug Use	60	14	43	70	- 57
Encephalitis	61	12	65	1	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	62	11	20	499	- 488
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	46	47	- 40
Other Neoplasms	64	5	29	283	- 278
Hepatitis C	65	4	47	45	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	45	55	- 53
Ascariasis	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	60	3	- 2
War	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	40	79	- 79
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	16	- 16
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Rwanda

Croatia

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.