IRELAND VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,028	6	1,298	+ 730
Stroke	2	1,944	5	1,770	+ 174
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,428	33	153	+ 1,275
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,385	1	4,762	- 3,377
Malaria	5	1,267	75	0	+ 1,267
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,199	45	53	+ 1,146
HIV/AIDS	7	1,085	57	9	+ 1,077
Liver Disease	8	979	19	279	+ 700
Low Birth Weight	9	842	44	56	+ 787
Birth Trauma	10	725	56	10	+ 715
Diabetes Mellitus	11	714	16	414	+ 300
Congenital Anomalies	12	683	32	153	+ 530
Lung Disease	13	597	4	1,915	- 1,318
Hypertension	14	521	29	175	+ 347
Kidney Disease	15	463	10	566	- 103
Malnutrition	16	449	63	2	+ 447
Other Injuries	17	363	30	171	+ 192
Cervical Cancer	18	361	35	103	+ 258
Meningitis	19	325	58	7	+ 318
Stomach Cancer	20	300	17	357	- 57
Maternal Conditions	21	278	61	3	+ 274
Asthma	22	276	41	58	+ 218
Liver Cancer	23	271	18	318	- 47
Suicide	24	270	14	470	- 200
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	253	2	3,209	- 2,957
Tuberculosis	26	240	50	23	+ 217
Breast Cancer	27	230	8	760	- 529
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	227	7	1,095	- 868
Violence	29	211	47	38	+ 172
Lymphomas	30	173	13	513	- 340
Falls	31	158	25	247	- 88
Prostate Cancer	32	152	9	585	- 433
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	139	38	67	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	34	133	26	240	- 107
Leukemia	35	122	20	274	- 152
Drownings	36	109	43	57	+ 52
Oral Cancer	37	104	28	183	- 78
Fires	38	104	48	30	+ 74
Lung Cancers	39	90	3	1,916	- 1,826
Poisonings	40	85	53	14	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	41	84	24	249	- 165
Pertussis	42	84	67	0	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	43	82	11	530	- 448
Oesophagus Cancer	44	82	15	419	- 337
Epilepsy	45	73	36	85	- 12
Syphilis	46	66	68	0	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	47	56	12	530	- 474
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	52	46	50	+ 2
Alcohol	49	48	39	64	- 16
Skin Cancers	50	43	23	252	- 208
Schistosomiasis	51	43	72	0	+ 43
Skin Disease	52	39	42	58	- 18
Ovary Cancer	53	35	21	273	- 237
Appendicitis	54	27	60	3	+ 24
Hepatitis B	55	26	59	6	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	56	22	34	126	- 104
Upper Respiratory	57	22	64	1	+ 21
Tetanus	58	20	81	0	+ 20
Measles	59	20	83	0	+ 20
Drug Use	60	17	31	167	- 150
Encephalitis	61	15	66	0	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	62	14	22	256	- 242
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	40	59	- 50
Other Neoplasms	64	6	27	218	- 212
Hepatitis C	65	5	52	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	37	83	- 80
Ascariasis	67	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
War	69	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Rwanda

Ireland

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.