CUBA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,250	3	8,564	- 4,314
Stroke	2	4,073	2	10,725	- 6,652
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,993	19	1,007	+ 1,986
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,902	1	22,079	- 19,177
Malaria	5	2,655	82	0	+ 2,655
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,512	43	206	+ 2,306
HIV/AIDS	7	2,274	34	471	+ 1,803
Liver Disease	8	2,051	11	1,873	+ 178
Low Birth Weight	9	1,765	48	98	+ 1,667
Birth Trauma	10	1,520	59	49	+ 1,471
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,496	13	1,791	- 295
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,431	37	368	+ 1,063
Lung Disease	13	1,251	6	5,492	- 4,241
Hypertension	14	1,093	7	3,469	- 2,376
Kidney Disease	15	971	14	1,700	- 729
Malnutrition	16	940	55	64	+ 877
Other Injuries	17	760	12	1,869	- 1,109
Cervical Cancer	18	757	29	666	+ 91
Meningitis	19	682	50	83	+ 599
Stomach Cancer	20	628	20	991	- 363
Maternal Conditions	21	582	61	43	+ 538
Asthma	22	577	40	301	+ 276
Liver Cancer	23	569	24	815	- 247
Suicide	24	566	16	1,638	- 1,071
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	529	5	5,841	- 5,312
Tuberculosis	26	503	60	45	+ 458
Breast Cancer	27	483	15	1,673	- 1,190
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	476	9	2,958	- 2,482
Violence	29	441	32	584	- 143
Lymphomas	30	362	18	1,089	- 728
Falls	31	332	10	2,810	- 2,478
Prostate Cancer	32	319	8	3,365	- 3,046
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	292	35	420	- 128
Inflammatory/Heart	34	279	17	1,156	- 877
Leukemia	35	255	30	633	- 378
Drownings	36	229	42	231	- 2
Oral Cancer	37	219	23	876	- 657
Fires	38	217	58	55	+ 162
Lung Cancers	39	188	4	5,985	- 5,796
Poisonings	40	177	62	17	+ 160
Endocrine Disorders	41	177	36	412	- 236
Pertussis	42	175	73	0	+ 175
Pancreas Cancer	43	172	21	905	- 733
Oesophagus Cancer	44	172	22	879	- 708
Epilepsy	45	154	46	108	+ 46
Syphilis	46	139	69	1	+ 138
Parkinson's Disease	47	118	27	691	- 573
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	109	44	162	- 52
Alcohol	49	101	28	675	- 574
Skin Cancers	50	91	33	514	- 423
Schistosomiasis	51	89	81	0	+ 89
Skin Disease	52	83	41	258	- 175
Ovary Cancer	53	74	39	323	- 249
Appendicitis	54	56	47	104	- 47
Hepatitis B	55	55	56	59	- 4
Uterin Cancer	56	47	31	602	- 555
Upper Respiratory	57	47	65	6	+ 41
Tetanus	58	42	71	1	+ 42
Measles	59	41	76	0	+ 41
Drug Use	60	36	51	82	- 46
Encephalitis	61	31	66	6	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	62	28	26	734	- 706
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	19	49	87	- 68
Other Neoplasms	64	13	25	769	- 755
Hepatitis C	65	10	45	112	- 102
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	57	55	- 50
Ascariasis	67	4	70	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	3	63	11	- 8
War	69	2	68	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	84	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	68	- 68
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	52	77	- 77
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Rwanda

Cuba

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.