MALTA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	182	3	213	- 31
Stroke	2	174	2	291	- 117
Road Traffic Accidents	3	128	31	18	+ 110
Coronary Heart Disease	4	124	1	876	- 752
Malaria	5	114	69	0	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	108	55	1	+ 107
HIV/AIDS	7	97	41	4	+ 94
Liver Disease	8	88	24	23	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	9	76	35	11	+ 64
Birth Trauma	10	65	44	3	+ 62
Diabetes Mellitus	11	64	6	163	- 98
Congenital Anomalies	12	61	32	17	+ 44
Lung Disease	13	54	8	127	- 73
Hypertension	14	47	20	33	+ 14
Kidney Disease	15	42	11	79	- 37
Malnutrition	16	40	60	0	+ 40
Other Injuries	17	33	33	16	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	18	32	39	4	+ 28
Meningitis	19	29	56	1	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	20	27	15	50	- 23
Maternal Conditions	21	25	64	0	+ 25
Asthma	22	25	36	8	+ 16
Liver Cancer	23	24	18	34	- 9
Suicide	24	24	22	27	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	23	4	207	- 185
Tuberculosis	26	22	52	2	+ 20
Breast Cancer	27	21	10	85	- 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	20	7	147	- 127
Violence	29	19	40	4	+ 14
Lymphomas	30	16	12	53	- 37
Falls	31	14	14	52	- 37
Prostate Cancer	32	14	13	53	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	12	37	7	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	34	12	27	22	- 10
Leukemia	35	11	21	28	- 17
Drownings	36	10	48	2	+ 8
Oral Cancer	37	9	23	25	- 16
Fires	38	9	62	0	+ 9
Lung Cancers	39	8	5	197	- 189
Poisonings	40	8	58	1	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	41	8	30	19	- 12
Pertussis	42	8	72	0	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	43	7	9	90	- 83
Oesophagus Cancer	44	7	29	20	- 13
Epilepsy	45	7	43	3	+ 3
Syphilis	46	6	81	0	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	47	5	16	50	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	5	49	2	+ 3
Alcohol	49	4	47	3	+ 2
Skin Cancers	50	4	34	14	- 10
Schistosomiasis	51	4	70	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	52	4	25	23	- 19
Ovary Cancer	53	3	17	34	- 31
Appendicitis	54	2	63	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	2	61	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	56	2	28	21	- 19
Upper Respiratory	57	2	59	0	+ 2
Tetanus	58	2	74	0	+ 2
Measles	59	2	73	0	+ 2
Drug Use	60	2	38	7	- 5
Encephalitis	61	1	65	0	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	62	1	19	33	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	51	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	64	1	26	22	- 21
Hepatitis C	65	0	53	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	45	3	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
War	69	0	54	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.