EQU. GUINEA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	696	2	913	- 217
Stroke	2	667	6	437	+ 230
Road Traffic Accidents	3	490	8	368	+ 122
Coronary Heart Disease	4	475	7	419	+ 56
Malaria	5	435	3	668	- 233
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	411	9	349	+ 63
HIV/AIDS	7	372	1	1,838	- 1,466
Liver Disease	8	336	13	199	+ 137
Low Birth Weight	9	289	4	457	- 168
Birth Trauma	10	249	5	441	- 192
Diabetes Mellitus	11	245	11	299	- 54
Congenital Anomalies	12	234	12	249	- 15
Lung Disease	13	205	20	120	+ 84
Hypertension	14	179	16	165	+ 14
Kidney Disease	15	159	14	198	- 39
Malnutrition	16	154	31	48	+ 106
Other Injuries	17	124	23	105	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	18	124	28	56	+ 68
Meningitis	19	112	19	127	- 15
Stomach Cancer	20	103	49	16	+ 87
Maternal Conditions	21	95	17	139	- 43
Asthma	22	95	26	65	+ 29
Liver Cancer	23	93	34	43	+ 50
Suicide	24	93	22	107	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	87	29	55	+ 31
Tuberculosis	26	82	10	321	- 238
Breast Cancer	27	79	24	84	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	78	40	29	+ 49
Violence	29	72	33	45	+ 28
Lymphomas	30	59	45	19	+ 40
Falls	31	54	32	46	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	32	52	35	43	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	48	43	22	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	34	46	27	63	- 17
Leukemia	35	42	61	4	+ 38
Drownings	36	38	36	39	- 2
Oral Cancer	37	36	37	35	+ 1
Fires	38	36	39	30	+ 5
Lung Cancers	39	31	41	27	+ 4
Poisonings	40	29	44	21	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	41	29	25	73	- 44
Pertussis	42	29	21	109	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	43	28	55	11	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	44	28	54	12	+ 16
Epilepsy	45	25	38	32	- 7
Syphilis	46	23	18	134	- 111
Parkinson's Disease	47	19	46	18	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	18	50	14	+ 4
Alcohol	49	17	53	12	+ 5
Skin Cancers	50	15	48	16	- 1
Schistosomiasis	51	15	60	4	+ 10
Skin Disease	52	14	51	13	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	53	12	52	13	- 1
Appendicitis	54	9	59	6	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	9	65	3	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	8	58	8	- 0
Upper Respiratory	57	8	66	2	+ 6
Tetanus	58	7	42	23	- 16
Measles	59	7	15	181	- 174
Drug Use	60	6	30	50	- 44
Encephalitis	61	5	57	8	- 3
Bladder Cancer	62	5	56	9	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	62	4	- 1
Other Neoplasms	64	2	63	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
War	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Rwanda

Equ. Guinea

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.