MAURITIUS VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	508	7	346	+ 162
Stroke	2	487	3	985	- 498
Road Traffic Accidents	3	358	11	155	+ 202
Coronary Heart Disease	4	347	2	1,805	- 1,458
Malaria	5	317	70	0	+ 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	300	42	23	+ 278
HIV/AIDS	7	272	13	141	+ 131
Liver Disease	8	245	12	145	+ 100
Low Birth Weight	9	211	35	37	+ 174
Birth Trauma	10	182	36	37	+ 145
Diabetes Mellitus	11	179	1	1,873	- 1,694
Congenital Anomalies	12	171	25	57	+ 114
Lung Disease	13	150	5	646	- 497
Hypertension	14	131	6	592	- 461
Kidney Disease	15	116	4	724	- 608
Malnutrition	16	112	54	4	+ 108
Other Injuries	17	91	21	66	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	18	90	30	49	+ 41
Meningitis	19	82	57	2	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	20	75	18	104	- 29
Maternal Conditions	21	69	48	11	+ 59
Asthma	22	69	17	107	- 38
Liver Cancer	23	68	27	56	+ 12
Suicide	24	68	14	120	- 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	63	34	42	+ 21
Tuberculosis	26	60	45	17	+ 43
Breast Cancer	27	58	8	232	- 175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	57	10	182	- 125
Violence	29	53	41	30	+ 23
Lymphomas	30	43	24	57	- 14
Falls	31	40	26	57	- 17
Prostate Cancer	32	38	15	115	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	35	43	22	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	34	33	16	108	- 75
Leukemia	35	30	31	48	- 18
Drownings	36	27	33	43	- 16
Oral Cancer	37	26	23	63	- 37
Fires	38	26	50	10	+ 16
Lung Cancers	39	23	9	182	- 160
Poisonings	40	21	49	11	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	41	21	19	101	- 80
Pertussis	42	21	66	0	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	43	21	28	55	- 34
Oesophagus Cancer	44	21	37	35	- 15
Epilepsy	45	18	38	35	- 16
Syphilis	46	17	67	0	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	47	14	47	12	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	13	56	3	+ 10
Alcohol	49	12	29	53	- 41
Skin Cancers	50	11	53	5	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	51	11	69	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	52	10	22	64	- 55
Ovary Cancer	53	9	32	46	- 37
Appendicitis	54	7	59	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	7	65	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	56	6	40	32	- 26
Upper Respiratory	57	6	63	0	+ 6
Tetanus	58	5	76	0	+ 5
Measles	59	5	77	0	+ 5
Drug Use	60	4	46	16	- 12
Encephalitis	61	4	61	1	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	62	3	44	21	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	60	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	2	20	77	- 75
Hepatitis C	65	1	51	9	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	80	0	+ 0
War	69	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	39	33	- 33
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.