GUINEA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,420	1	12,790	- 7,370
Stroke	2	5,195	5	5,777	- 582
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,817	9	3,788	+ 29
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,702	6	5,665	- 1,964
Malaria	5	3,386	2	8,180	- 4,794
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,204	3	6,788	- 3,584
HIV/AIDS	7	2,901	10	3,020	- 119
Liver Disease	8	2,616	12	2,550	+ 66
Low Birth Weight	9	2,251	8	4,319	- 2,068
Birth Trauma	10	1,939	7	4,797	- 2,858
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,908	15	2,138	- 230
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,825	14	2,181	- 356
Lung Disease	13	1,596	20	1,373	+ 223
Hypertension	14	1,394	21	1,348	+ 45
Kidney Disease	15	1,238	16	1,939	- 701
Malnutrition	16	1,199	28	1,032	+ 167
Other Injuries	17	969	18	1,504	- 535
Cervical Cancer	18	966	19	1,491	- 526
Meningitis	19	870	11	2,633	- 1,763
Stomach Cancer	20	801	41	245	+ 556
Maternal Conditions	21	742	17	1,793	- 1,051
Asthma	22	736	22	1,179	- 443
Liver Cancer	23	725	23	1,167	- 442
Suicide	24	722	29	892	- 170
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	675	30	579	+ 96
Tuberculosis	26	641	13	2,369	- 1,727
Breast Cancer	27	616	38	345	+ 271
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	607	53	100	+ 507
Violence	29	563	26	1,128	- 565
Lymphomas	30	462	48	158	+ 304
Falls	31	423	33	480	- 56
Prostate Cancer	32	407	32	525	- 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	372	34	448	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	34	356	35	439	- 83
Leukemia	35	325	67	17	+ 308
Drownings	36	292	31	528	- 236
Oral Cancer	37	279	52	122	+ 158
Fires	38	277	36	410	- 133
Lung Cancers	39	240	50	128	+ 112
Poisonings	40	226	40	295	- 69
Endocrine Disorders	41	225	25	1,140	- 914
Pertussis	42	224	24	1,165	- 942
Pancreas Cancer	43	219	65	19	+ 200
Oesophagus Cancer	44	219	63	20	+ 199
Epilepsy	45	196	37	350	- 153
Syphilis	46	177	39	328	- 151
Parkinson's Disease	47	150	44	212	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	140	42	238	- 98
Alcohol	49	129	55	83	+ 45
Skin Cancers	50	116	49	152	- 36
Schistosomiasis	51	114	43	232	- 118
Skin Disease	52	106	51	127	- 22
Ovary Cancer	53	95	54	93	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	72	57	41	+ 31
Hepatitis B	55	70	47	162	- 92
Uterin Cancer	56	60	59	38	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	57	60	69	15	+ 45
Tetanus	58	54	45	170	- 115
Measles	59	53	4	6,025	- 5,972
Drug Use	60	46	46	169	- 123
Encephalitis	61	40	56	81	- 41
Bladder Cancer	62	36	60	32	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	24	70	13	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	64	17	68	16	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	13	61	22	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	66	18	- 10
Ascariasis	67	5	62	22	- 17
Otitis Media	68	4	72	0	+ 4
War	69	3	64	20	- 17
Chlamydia	70	2	71	3	- 0
Diphtheria	71	1	58	40	- 38
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
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	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Rwanda

Guinea

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.