NEPAL VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,061	6	6,237	+ 5,824
Stroke	2	11,560	4	12,909	- 1,348
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,495	9	4,654	+ 3,840
Coronary Heart Disease	4	8,237	2	19,677	- 11,440
Malaria	5	7,534	72	0	+ 7,534
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,130	7	6,071	+ 1,060
HIV/AIDS	7	6,455	34	737	+ 5,718
Liver Disease	8	5,821	5	6,383	- 562
Low Birth Weight	9	5,009	11	3,822	+ 1,187
Birth Trauma	10	4,314	15	2,676	+ 1,638
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,246	14	2,929	+ 1,316
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,060	21	1,949	+ 2,111
Lung Disease	13	3,551	1	27,027	- 23,475
Hypertension	14	3,101	18	2,092	+ 1,009
Kidney Disease	15	2,755	10	4,284	- 1,529
Malnutrition	16	2,668	31	845	+ 1,823
Other Injuries	17	2,157	22	1,655	+ 502
Cervical Cancer	18	2,149	20	1,969	+ 179
Meningitis	19	1,936	43	377	+ 1,558
Stomach Cancer	20	1,782	25	1,379	+ 403
Maternal Conditions	21	1,650	28	977	+ 673
Asthma	22	1,638	8	5,930	- 4,292
Liver Cancer	23	1,614	46	256	+ 1,358
Suicide	24	1,607	16	2,571	- 964
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,502	19	2,022	- 520
Tuberculosis	26	1,427	3	16,535	- 15,107
Breast Cancer	27	1,370	27	1,038	+ 332
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,350	26	1,167	+ 183
Violence	29	1,252	35	704	+ 548
Lymphomas	30	1,027	32	768	+ 260
Falls	31	942	13	3,321	- 2,379
Prostate Cancer	32	905	58	85	+ 819
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	828	49	191	+ 636
Inflammatory/Heart	34	792	48	217	+ 575
Leukemia	35	724	36	668	+ 56
Drownings	36	650	23	1,505	- 855
Oral Cancer	37	621	24	1,389	- 767
Fires	38	616	50	184	+ 432
Lung Cancers	39	535	12	3,586	- 3,051
Poisonings	40	503	39	474	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	41	501	45	257	+ 244
Pertussis	42	497	40	453	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	43	488	41	445	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	44	487	38	491	- 4
Epilepsy	45	437	30	874	- 437
Syphilis	46	394	54	134	+ 260
Parkinson's Disease	47	334	33	760	- 426
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	311	17	2,320	- 2,009
Alcohol	49	287	52	168	+ 119
Skin Cancers	50	258	42	400	- 142
Schistosomiasis	51	254	73	0	+ 254
Skin Disease	52	235	67	17	+ 218
Ovary Cancer	53	210	37	585	- 374
Appendicitis	54	160	47	220	- 60
Hepatitis B	55	156	56	117	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	56	133	60	56	+ 77
Upper Respiratory	57	133	66	24	+ 109
Tetanus	58	120	53	134	- 14
Measles	59	118	59	60	+ 57
Drug Use	60	102	57	93	+ 8
Encephalitis	61	89	29	882	- 793
Bladder Cancer	62	80	44	325	- 244
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	53	51	173	- 120
Other Neoplasms	64	37	61	50	- 13
Hepatitis C	65	28	64	29	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	17	63	38	- 22
Ascariasis	67	11	69	4	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	8	70	4	+ 5
War	69	6	65	24	- 18
Chlamydia	70	5	68	5	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	3	71	1	+ 1
Dengue	72	1	55	120	- 119
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	39	- 39
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

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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.