NEW ZEALAND VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,000	7	920	+ 1,080
Stroke	2	1,917	3	2,378	- 461
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,409	16	458	+ 951
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,366	1	5,095	- 3,729
Malaria	5	1,249	78	0	+ 1,249
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,182	37	81	+ 1,102
HIV/AIDS	7	1,070	57	10	+ 1,060
Liver Disease	8	965	32	158	+ 808
Low Birth Weight	9	831	38	78	+ 752
Birth Trauma	10	715	54	15	+ 701
Diabetes Mellitus	11	704	8	769	- 65
Congenital Anomalies	12	673	30	176	+ 498
Lung Disease	13	589	5	1,815	- 1,226
Hypertension	14	514	20	327	+ 187
Kidney Disease	15	457	17	432	+ 25
Malnutrition	16	442	55	14	+ 428
Other Injuries	17	358	28	218	+ 140
Cervical Cancer	18	356	41	61	+ 296
Meningitis	19	321	59	9	+ 312
Stomach Cancer	20	296	22	323	- 27
Maternal Conditions	21	274	63	5	+ 269
Asthma	22	272	36	91	+ 181
Liver Cancer	23	268	24	288	- 20
Suicide	24	267	15	528	- 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	249	2	3,032	- 2,783
Tuberculosis	26	237	52	17	+ 220
Breast Cancer	27	227	10	737	- 510
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	224	6	1,495	- 1,271
Violence	29	208	42	57	+ 150
Lymphomas	30	170	13	608	- 438
Falls	31	156	11	627	- 470
Prostate Cancer	32	150	9	739	- 589
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	137	39	70	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	34	131	23	313	- 182
Leukemia	35	120	18	391	- 271
Drownings	36	108	44	54	+ 53
Oral Cancer	37	103	31	164	- 61
Fires	38	102	53	17	+ 85
Lung Cancers	39	89	4	1,873	- 1,785
Poisonings	40	83	58	9	+ 74
Endocrine Disorders	41	83	21	325	- 241
Pertussis	42	82	65	1	+ 82
Pancreas Cancer	43	81	14	543	- 462
Oesophagus Cancer	44	81	25	279	- 198
Epilepsy	45	72	43	55	+ 17
Syphilis	46	65	70	0	+ 65
Parkinson's Disease	47	55	19	353	- 298
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	52	35	113	- 61
Alcohol	49	48	45	51	- 4
Skin Cancers	50	43	12	612	- 569
Schistosomiasis	51	42	77	0	+ 42
Skin Disease	52	39	34	118	- 79
Ovary Cancer	53	35	29	207	- 172
Appendicitis	54	27	62	6	+ 21
Hepatitis B	55	26	56	14	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	56	22	33	145	- 122
Upper Respiratory	57	22	64	4	+ 18
Tetanus	58	20	69	0	+ 20
Measles	59	20	82	0	+ 20
Drug Use	60	17	40	69	- 52
Encephalitis	61	15	66	1	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	62	13	26	267	- 253
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	46	47	- 38
Other Neoplasms	64	6	27	245	- 239
Hepatitis C	65	5	48	30	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	47	43	- 41
Ascariasis	67	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	67	1	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Rwanda

New Zealand

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.