JORDAN VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,330	8	937	+ 3,393
Stroke	2	4,150	2	2,908	+ 1,242
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,050	3	1,717	+ 1,333
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,957	1	4,856	- 1,899
Malaria	5	2,705	77	0	+ 2,705
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,560	30	152	+ 2,408
HIV/AIDS	7	2,318	63	2	+ 2,316
Liver Disease	8	2,090	14	494	+ 1,596
Low Birth Weight	9	1,798	10	857	+ 941
Birth Trauma	10	1,549	20	271	+ 1,278
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,524	4	1,684	- 159
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,458	9	934	+ 523
Lung Disease	13	1,275	15	444	+ 831
Hypertension	14	1,113	5	1,532	- 418
Kidney Disease	15	989	6	1,494	- 505
Malnutrition	16	958	51	15	+ 943
Other Injuries	17	774	19	294	+ 481
Cervical Cancer	18	771	41	64	+ 708
Meningitis	19	695	37	78	+ 617
Stomach Cancer	20	640	17	365	+ 275
Maternal Conditions	21	593	44	53	+ 540
Asthma	22	588	35	114	+ 474
Liver Cancer	23	579	25	186	+ 394
Suicide	24	577	28	165	+ 412
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	539	11	706	- 167
Tuberculosis	26	513	53	12	+ 500
Breast Cancer	27	492	12	686	- 194
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	485	13	616	- 132
Violence	29	449	21	269	+ 180
Lymphomas	30	369	18	323	+ 45
Falls	31	338	24	191	+ 148
Prostate Cancer	32	325	33	131	+ 194
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	297	40	67	+ 231
Inflammatory/Heart	34	284	38	74	+ 210
Leukemia	35	260	16	370	- 110
Drownings	36	233	36	107	+ 126
Oral Cancer	37	223	31	143	+ 80
Fires	38	221	29	153	+ 68
Lung Cancers	39	192	7	1,059	- 867
Poisonings	40	180	47	47	+ 134
Endocrine Disorders	41	180	26	180	- 0
Pertussis	42	179	43	55	+ 124
Pancreas Cancer	43	175	22	245	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	44	175	42	63	+ 112
Epilepsy	45	157	46	49	+ 108
Syphilis	46	142	45	52	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	47	120	27	169	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	111	50	22	+ 89
Alcohol	49	103	55	11	+ 92
Skin Cancers	50	92	49	38	+ 55
Schistosomiasis	51	91	62	3	+ 88
Skin Disease	52	84	48	42	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	53	76	32	139	- 64
Appendicitis	54	58	58	8	+ 50
Hepatitis B	55	56	60	4	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	56	48	39	74	- 26
Upper Respiratory	57	48	69	0	+ 48
Tetanus	58	43	56	11	+ 33
Measles	59	42	65	1	+ 41
Drug Use	60	37	34	115	- 78
Encephalitis	61	32	52	14	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	62	29	23	213	- 184
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	19	61	4	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	64	13	57	9	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	10	64	1	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	54	12	- 6
Ascariasis	67	4	68	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	3	71	0	+ 3
War	69	2	59	6	- 4
Chlamydia	70	2	70	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Rwanda

Jordan

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.