FINLAND VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,180	21	436	+ 1,744
Stroke	2	2,090	3	4,115	- 2,025
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,536	33	215	+ 1,321
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,489	2	9,831	- 8,342
Malaria	5	1,362	74	0	+ 1,362
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,289	52	15	+ 1,274
HIV/AIDS	7	1,167	59	6	+ 1,161
Liver Disease	8	1,052	10	1,068	- 16
Low Birth Weight	9	906	48	26	+ 879
Birth Trauma	10	780	56	8	+ 772
Diabetes Mellitus	11	768	22	418	+ 350
Congenital Anomalies	12	734	35	192	+ 542
Lung Disease	13	642	8	1,289	- 647
Hypertension	14	561	5	2,030	- 1,469
Kidney Disease	15	498	26	342	+ 156
Malnutrition	16	482	57	7	+ 476
Other Injuries	17	390	20	437	- 47
Cervical Cancer	18	388	44	62	+ 326
Meningitis	19	350	55	9	+ 341
Stomach Cancer	20	322	19	447	- 125
Maternal Conditions	21	298	64	2	+ 297
Asthma	22	296	40	85	+ 211
Liver Cancer	23	292	16	545	- 253
Suicide	24	291	15	846	- 556
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	271	1	11,120	- 10,849
Tuberculosis	26	258	46	32	+ 226
Breast Cancer	27	248	12	948	- 701
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	244	6	1,433	- 1,189
Violence	29	226	43	64	+ 162
Lymphomas	30	186	14	851	- 665
Falls	31	170	7	1,325	- 1,155
Prostate Cancer	32	164	11	970	- 807
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	150	36	151	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	34	143	17	518	- 375
Leukemia	35	131	24	371	- 240
Drownings	36	118	37	106	+ 12
Oral Cancer	37	112	34	207	- 95
Fires	38	111	45	62	+ 50
Lung Cancers	39	97	4	2,312	- 2,215
Poisonings	40	91	49	25	+ 66
Endocrine Disorders	41	91	31	257	- 166
Pertussis	42	90	69	0	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	43	88	9	1,247	- 1,159
Oesophagus Cancer	44	88	27	320	- 232
Epilepsy	45	79	38	104	- 25
Syphilis	46	71	67	0	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	47	60	13	853	- 793
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	56	50	19	+ 37
Alcohol	49	52	18	464	- 413
Skin Cancers	50	47	29	297	- 251
Schistosomiasis	51	46	77	0	+ 46
Skin Disease	52	42	47	27	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	53	38	25	344	- 306
Appendicitis	54	29	54	10	+ 19
Hepatitis B	55	28	63	2	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	56	24	32	225	- 201
Upper Respiratory	57	24	62	2	+ 22
Tetanus	58	22	70	0	+ 22
Measles	59	21	72	0	+ 21
Drug Use	60	18	30	269	- 251
Encephalitis	61	16	66	0	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	62	15	28	308	- 294
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	10	41	83	- 73
Other Neoplasms	64	7	23	377	- 370
Hepatitis C	65	5	60	5	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	42	80	- 77
Ascariasis	67	2	81	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	68	0	+ 1
War	69	1	65	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	58	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Rwanda

Finland

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.