ERITREA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,459	1	3,277	- 818
Stroke	2	2,356	2	2,564	- 208
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,732	5	1,326	+ 405
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,679	4	2,154	- 475
Malaria	5	1,536	17	437	+ 1,099
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,453	3	2,292	- 839
HIV/AIDS	7	1,316	25	308	+ 1,008
Liver Disease	8	1,187	6	1,215	- 28
Low Birth Weight	9	1,021	16	531	+ 490
Birth Trauma	10	879	11	616	+ 263
Diabetes Mellitus	11	865	7	944	- 79
Congenital Anomalies	12	828	18	432	+ 396
Lung Disease	13	724	9	662	+ 62
Hypertension	14	632	8	926	- 294
Kidney Disease	15	562	12	578	- 16
Malnutrition	16	544	10	660	- 116
Other Injuries	17	440	15	540	- 100
Cervical Cancer	18	438	30	132	+ 306
Meningitis	19	395	19	404	- 10
Stomach Cancer	20	363	48	48	+ 315
Maternal Conditions	21	336	13	544	- 207
Asthma	22	334	22	326	+ 8
Liver Cancer	23	329	45	69	+ 260
Suicide	24	328	21	382	- 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	306	24	310	- 4
Tuberculosis	26	291	14	543	- 252
Breast Cancer	27	279	23	311	- 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	275	35	113	+ 162
Violence	29	255	20	384	- 129
Lymphomas	30	209	28	147	+ 63
Falls	31	192	26	168	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	32	184	47	54	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	169	27	147	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	34	162	32	123	+ 39
Leukemia	35	148	29	144	+ 3
Drownings	36	133	33	118	+ 15
Oral Cancer	37	127	44	71	+ 56
Fires	38	126	31	132	- 6
Lung Cancers	39	109	46	62	+ 47
Poisonings	40	102	34	114	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	41	102	43	71	+ 31
Pertussis	42	101	36	90	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	43	100	58	20	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	44	99	39	81	+ 18
Epilepsy	45	89	38	81	+ 8
Syphilis	46	80	54	35	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	47	68	37	85	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	63	41	77	- 13
Alcohol	49	58	49	45	+ 13
Skin Cancers	50	53	56	30	+ 23
Schistosomiasis	51	52	42	73	- 21
Skin Disease	52	48	50	45	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	53	43	40	79	- 37
Appendicitis	54	33	55	31	+ 1
Hepatitis B	55	32	57	28	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	27	61	18	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	57	27	60	18	+ 9
Tetanus	58	25	52	37	- 13
Measles	59	24	63	13	+ 11
Drug Use	60	21	53	36	- 15
Encephalitis	61	18	62	16	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	62	16	51	42	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	64	12	- 1
Other Neoplasms	64	8	66	6	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	6	65	6	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	67	4	- 0
Ascariasis	67	2	68	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	2	69	2	- 0
War	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	1	72	0	+ 0
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	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	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	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Rwanda

Eritrea

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.