HAITI VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,555	3	7,064	- 2,509
Stroke	2	4,366	2	11,779	- 7,413
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,208	13	2,115	+ 1,094
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,111	1	13,208	- 10,097
Malaria	5	2,845	59	36	+ 2,809
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,693	8	2,540	+ 153
HIV/AIDS	7	2,438	5	2,706	- 268
Liver Disease	8	2,198	10	2,425	- 227
Low Birth Weight	9	1,892	9	2,516	- 624
Birth Trauma	10	1,629	14	2,100	- 471
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,603	4	5,026	- 3,422
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,533	15	1,819	- 286
Lung Disease	13	1,341	11	2,334	- 993
Hypertension	14	1,171	7	2,632	- 1,461
Kidney Disease	15	1,040	6	2,701	- 1,661
Malnutrition	16	1,008	29	717	+ 291
Other Injuries	17	815	16	1,499	- 684
Cervical Cancer	18	811	34	573	+ 239
Meningitis	19	731	28	780	- 49
Stomach Cancer	20	673	26	863	- 190
Maternal Conditions	21	623	18	1,349	- 725
Asthma	22	619	20	1,107	- 488
Liver Cancer	23	609	33	662	- 53
Suicide	24	607	21	1,085	- 478
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	567	23	955	- 388
Tuberculosis	26	539	22	1,007	- 468
Breast Cancer	27	517	30	705	- 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	510	32	680	- 170
Violence	29	473	12	2,330	- 1,857
Lymphomas	30	388	47	235	+ 152
Falls	31	356	35	549	- 193
Prostate Cancer	32	342	17	1,356	- 1,015
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	313	31	704	- 392
Inflammatory/Heart	34	299	25	941	- 642
Leukemia	35	273	43	300	- 27
Drownings	36	246	19	1,306	- 1,061
Oral Cancer	37	235	45	261	- 26
Fires	38	233	37	470	- 237
Lung Cancers	39	202	36	492	- 290
Poisonings	40	190	50	154	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	41	189	24	951	- 762
Pertussis	42	188	38	446	- 259
Pancreas Cancer	43	184	44	268	- 84
Oesophagus Cancer	44	184	49	155	+ 29
Epilepsy	45	165	41	409	- 244
Syphilis	46	149	46	251	- 102
Parkinson's Disease	47	126	42	329	- 203
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	117	27	814	- 697
Alcohol	49	108	39	428	- 319
Skin Cancers	50	97	56	56	+ 41
Schistosomiasis	51	96	76	0	+ 96
Skin Disease	52	89	40	425	- 336
Ovary Cancer	53	79	51	153	- 74
Appendicitis	54	61	48	172	- 111
Hepatitis B	55	59	62	26	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	56	50	57	42	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	57	50	63	19	+ 31
Tetanus	58	45	53	119	- 73
Measles	59	44	74	0	+ 44
Drug Use	60	38	52	140	- 101
Encephalitis	61	34	54	118	- 84
Bladder Cancer	62	30	55	92	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	20	58	37	- 17
Other Neoplasms	64	14	60	31	- 17
Hepatitis C	65	11	65	7	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	61	28	- 22
Ascariasis	67	4	67	5	- 1
Otitis Media	68	3	70	1	+ 2
War	69	2	66	5	- 3
Chlamydia	70	2	68	5	- 3
Diphtheria	71	1	69	3	- 2
Dengue	72	0	64	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

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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.