GREECE VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,054	3	8,282	- 4,228
Stroke	2	3,886	2	14,077	- 10,192
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,855	22	870	+ 1,985
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,769	1	21,124	- 18,356
Malaria	5	2,532	78	0	+ 2,532
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,397	44	95	+ 2,302
HIV/AIDS	7	2,170	50	47	+ 2,122
Liver Disease	8	1,957	23	809	+ 1,147
Low Birth Weight	9	1,684	41	127	+ 1,557
Birth Trauma	10	1,450	57	17	+ 1,433
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,427	20	1,266	+ 162
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,365	38	174	+ 1,191
Lung Disease	13	1,194	5	5,526	- 4,332
Hypertension	14	1,042	9	2,922	- 1,880
Kidney Disease	15	926	6	4,759	- 3,833
Malnutrition	16	897	66	1	+ 896
Other Injuries	17	725	17	1,453	- 728
Cervical Cancer	18	722	36	243	+ 479
Meningitis	19	651	53	33	+ 617
Stomach Cancer	20	599	16	1,535	- 936
Maternal Conditions	21	555	61	2	+ 553
Asthma	22	551	55	27	+ 523
Liver Cancer	23	542	14	1,566	- 1,023
Suicide	24	540	28	533	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	505	7	3,940	- 3,435
Tuberculosis	26	480	46	66	+ 413
Breast Cancer	27	461	11	2,520	- 2,060
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	454	8	3,264	- 2,810
Violence	29	421	42	104	+ 317
Lymphomas	30	345	19	1,268	- 923
Falls	31	317	21	1,245	- 928
Prostate Cancer	32	304	12	2,023	- 1,719
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	278	26	611	- 332
Inflammatory/Heart	34	266	24	725	- 459
Leukemia	35	243	18	1,354	- 1,111
Drownings	36	219	32	435	- 217
Oral Cancer	37	209	30	440	- 231
Fires	38	207	39	146	+ 61
Lung Cancers	39	180	4	7,355	- 7,176
Poisonings	40	169	56	19	+ 150
Endocrine Disorders	41	169	29	526	- 357
Pertussis	42	167	69	0	+ 167
Pancreas Cancer	43	164	13	1,904	- 1,740
Oesophagus Cancer	44	164	35	246	- 82
Epilepsy	45	147	34	249	- 102
Syphilis	46	133	65	1	+ 131
Parkinson's Disease	47	112	10	2,646	- 2,534
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	104	43	100	+ 4
Alcohol	49	96	49	50	+ 46
Skin Cancers	50	87	31	438	- 352
Schistosomiasis	51	85	75	0	+ 85
Skin Disease	52	79	47	56	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	53	71	27	557	- 486
Appendicitis	54	54	58	9	+ 44
Hepatitis B	55	52	48	56	- 4
Uterin Cancer	56	45	33	373	- 328
Upper Respiratory	57	45	59	8	+ 37
Tetanus	58	40	62	2	+ 39
Measles	59	40	68	0	+ 39
Drug Use	60	34	37	193	- 159
Encephalitis	61	30	67	1	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	62	27	15	1,551	- 1,524
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	18	45	67	- 49
Other Neoplasms	64	12	25	679	- 666
Hepatitis C	65	9	52	38	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	40	135	- 130
Ascariasis	67	4	73	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	3	82	0	+ 3
War	69	2	64	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	80	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	63	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	27	- 27
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	47	- 47
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Rwanda

Greece

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.