ESTONIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	463	6	349	+ 114
Stroke	2	443	3	1,116	- 673
Road Traffic Accidents	3	326	35	59	+ 267
Coronary Heart Disease	4	316	1	3,009	- 2,693
Malaria	5	289	73	0	+ 289
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	274	53	8	+ 265
HIV/AIDS	7	248	39	40	+ 207
Liver Disease	8	223	7	328	- 105
Low Birth Weight	9	192	55	7	+ 185
Birth Trauma	10	165	57	5	+ 160
Diabetes Mellitus	11	163	19	146	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	12	156	43	25	+ 131
Lung Disease	13	136	13	229	- 93
Hypertension	14	119	2	2,700	- 2,581
Kidney Disease	15	106	17	176	- 71
Malnutrition	16	102	79	0	+ 102
Other Injuries	17	83	20	141	- 58
Cervical Cancer	18	82	32	68	+ 15
Meningitis	19	74	54	7	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	20	68	9	290	- 221
Maternal Conditions	21	63	61	1	+ 62
Asthma	22	63	44	24	+ 39
Liver Cancer	23	62	26	107	- 45
Suicide	24	62	16	197	- 136
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	58	12	229	- 172
Tuberculosis	26	55	47	16	+ 38
Breast Cancer	27	53	11	260	- 207
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	52	5	527	- 475
Violence	29	48	42	28	+ 20
Lymphomas	30	39	15	213	- 173
Falls	31	36	24	119	- 82
Prostate Cancer	32	35	8	298	- 264
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	32	36	55	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	34	30	14	217	- 187
Leukemia	35	28	22	126	- 98
Drownings	36	25	40	30	- 5
Oral Cancer	37	24	25	110	- 87
Fires	38	24	38	41	- 17
Lung Cancers	39	21	4	657	- 637
Poisonings	40	19	52	8	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	41	19	33	66	- 47
Pertussis	42	19	83	0	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	43	19	10	268	- 250
Oesophagus Cancer	44	19	27	99	- 80
Epilepsy	45	17	37	45	- 28
Syphilis	46	15	62	1	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	47	13	29	82	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	12	45	22	- 10
Alcohol	49	11	18	148	- 137
Skin Cancers	50	10	30	79	- 69
Schistosomiasis	51	10	72	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	52	9	41	29	- 20
Ovary Cancer	53	8	28	87	- 79
Appendicitis	54	6	59	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	6	65	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	5	34	60	- 55
Upper Respiratory	57	5	66	0	+ 5
Tetanus	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Measles	59	5	84	0	+ 5
Drug Use	60	4	31	75	- 71
Encephalitis	61	3	63	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	62	3	21	126	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	46	17	- 15
Other Neoplasms	64	1	23	123	- 122
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	48	16	- 16
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.