PORTUGAL VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,956	4	6,851	- 2,896
Stroke	2	3,791	2	12,339	- 8,548
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,786	27	838	+ 1,948
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,701	1	12,878	- 10,177
Malaria	5	2,471	78	0	+ 2,471
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,339	36	231	+ 2,108
HIV/AIDS	7	2,117	35	320	+ 1,797
Liver Disease	8	1,909	22	1,126	+ 783
Low Birth Weight	9	1,643	52	79	+ 1,564
Birth Trauma	10	1,415	60	24	+ 1,391
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,392	8	3,601	- 2,209
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,332	40	196	+ 1,135
Lung Disease	13	1,165	7	4,286	- 3,121
Hypertension	14	1,017	14	1,880	- 863
Kidney Disease	15	903	9	2,803	- 1,900
Malnutrition	16	875	53	79	+ 796
Other Injuries	17	707	13	1,937	- 1,230
Cervical Cancer	18	705	34	329	+ 376
Meningitis	19	635	56	43	+ 592
Stomach Cancer	20	585	10	2,532	- 1,948
Maternal Conditions	21	541	63	7	+ 534
Asthma	22	537	43	146	+ 391
Liver Cancer	23	529	18	1,270	- 741
Suicide	24	527	19	1,172	- 645
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	492	3	7,191	- 6,698
Tuberculosis	26	468	38	213	+ 255
Breast Cancer	27	449	12	1,997	- 1,548
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	443	6	4,389	- 3,947
Violence	29	411	48	96	+ 314
Lymphomas	30	337	16	1,608	- 1,271
Falls	31	309	23	1,033	- 724
Prostate Cancer	32	297	11	2,124	- 1,827
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	271	37	229	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	34	260	26	909	- 649
Leukemia	35	237	24	1,015	- 778
Drownings	36	213	51	79	+ 134
Oral Cancer	37	204	25	912	- 708
Fires	38	202	46	108	+ 94
Lung Cancers	39	175	5	4,406	- 4,231
Poisonings	40	165	57	29	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	41	164	17	1,547	- 1,382
Pertussis	42	163	72	0	+ 163
Pancreas Cancer	43	160	15	1,669	- 1,509
Oesophagus Cancer	44	160	29	623	- 463
Epilepsy	45	143	31	415	- 272
Syphilis	46	129	64	3	+ 126
Parkinson's Disease	47	109	21	1,139	- 1,030
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	102	41	169	- 67
Alcohol	49	94	45	111	- 17
Skin Cancers	50	84	30	523	- 439
Schistosomiasis	51	83	77	0	+ 83
Skin Disease	52	77	39	202	- 125
Ovary Cancer	53	69	33	397	- 328
Appendicitis	54	53	61	21	+ 32
Hepatitis B	55	51	59	26	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	56	44	32	406	- 362
Upper Respiratory	57	44	62	15	+ 29
Tetanus	58	40	73	0	+ 40
Measles	59	39	71	0	+ 38
Drug Use	60	33	44	128	- 95
Encephalitis	61	29	67	1	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	62	26	20	1,171	- 1,144
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	17	47	99	- 82
Other Neoplasms	64	12	28	652	- 640
Hepatitis C	65	9	49	87	- 78
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	54	56	- 51
Ascariasis	67	3	83	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	3	66	2	+ 0
War	69	2	69	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	76	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	151	- 151
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Rwanda

Portugal

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.