GEORGIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,899	9	886	+ 1,014
Stroke	2	1,820	2	11,969	- 10,149
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,338	13	496	+ 842
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,297	1	16,014	- 14,717
Malaria	5	1,186	71	0	+ 1,186
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,123	50	19	+ 1,104
HIV/AIDS	7	1,016	42	89	+ 927
Liver Disease	8	917	4	1,871	- 954
Low Birth Weight	9	789	37	114	+ 674
Birth Trauma	10	679	46	39	+ 640
Diabetes Mellitus	11	669	6	1,621	- 953
Congenital Anomalies	12	639	28	174	+ 465
Lung Disease	13	559	7	1,158	- 599
Hypertension	14	488	3	4,387	- 3,899
Kidney Disease	15	434	10	826	- 392
Malnutrition	16	420	59	5	+ 416
Other Injuries	17	340	20	346	- 7
Cervical Cancer	18	338	27	187	+ 151
Meningitis	19	305	47	25	+ 280
Stomach Cancer	20	281	12	533	- 253
Maternal Conditions	21	260	53	13	+ 247
Asthma	22	258	35	136	+ 122
Liver Cancer	23	254	17	385	- 131
Suicide	24	253	18	367	- 114
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	236	5	1,826	- 1,590
Tuberculosis	26	225	32	153	+ 72
Breast Cancer	27	216	11	613	- 397
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	213	14	444	- 231
Violence	29	197	40	90	+ 107
Lymphomas	30	162	25	208	- 47
Falls	31	148	16	420	- 272
Prostate Cancer	32	142	22	290	- 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	130	24	226	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	34	125	21	346	- 221
Leukemia	35	114	30	171	- 57
Drownings	36	102	39	95	+ 7
Oral Cancer	37	98	31	167	- 69
Fires	38	97	34	140	- 43
Lung Cancers	39	84	8	1,152	- 1,068
Poisonings	40	79	49	23	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	41	79	38	109	- 30
Pertussis	42	78	67	0	+ 78
Pancreas Cancer	43	77	23	227	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	44	77	43	75	+ 2
Epilepsy	45	69	44	51	+ 18
Syphilis	46	62	63	0	+ 62
Parkinson's Disease	47	53	19	354	- 302
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	49	15	426	- 377
Alcohol	49	45	45	49	- 4
Skin Cancers	50	41	33	149	- 108
Schistosomiasis	51	40	73	0	+ 40
Skin Disease	52	37	51	17	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	53	33	29	174	- 141
Appendicitis	54	25	55	10	+ 15
Hepatitis B	55	25	58	7	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	56	21	36	115	- 94
Upper Respiratory	57	21	60	1	+ 20
Tetanus	58	19	62	0	+ 19
Measles	59	19	68	0	+ 18
Drug Use	60	16	41	90	- 74
Encephalitis	61	14	48	24	- 10
Bladder Cancer	62	13	26	205	- 193
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	57	8	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	6	52	15	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	4	64	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	54	12	- 9
Ascariasis	67	2	69	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	66	0	+ 1
War	69	1	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	56	8	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.