ROMANIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,033	5	9,357	- 2,324
Stroke	2	6,741	2	49,707	- 42,966
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,953	20	1,992	+ 2,961
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,803	1	71,810	- 67,007
Malaria	5	4,393	75	0	+ 4,393
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,158	46	223	+ 3,934
HIV/AIDS	7	3,764	47	219	+ 3,545
Liver Disease	8	3,394	6	8,920	- 5,525
Low Birth Weight	9	2,921	41	317	+ 2,604
Birth Trauma	10	2,515	57	38	+ 2,477
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,476	18	2,230	+ 245
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,368	38	367	+ 2,001
Lung Disease	13	2,071	7	7,359	- 5,288
Hypertension	14	1,808	3	11,007	- 9,199
Kidney Disease	15	1,606	9	5,175	- 3,568
Malnutrition	16	1,556	50	142	+ 1,414
Other Injuries	17	1,258	19	2,139	- 881
Cervical Cancer	18	1,253	22	1,870	- 617
Meningitis	19	1,129	54	76	+ 1,052
Stomach Cancer	20	1,039	12	3,457	- 2,418
Maternal Conditions	21	962	58	35	+ 927
Asthma	22	955	45	225	+ 730
Liver Cancer	23	941	13	3,114	- 2,173
Suicide	24	937	21	1,886	- 949
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	876	15	2,839	- 1,963
Tuberculosis	26	832	28	1,015	- 183
Breast Cancer	27	799	11	3,851	- 3,052
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	787	8	6,835	- 6,048
Violence	29	730	44	255	+ 475
Lymphomas	30	599	25	1,385	- 786
Falls	31	549	24	1,504	- 955
Prostate Cancer	32	528	16	2,449	- 1,921
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	483	33	531	- 49
Inflammatory/Heart	34	462	10	4,433	- 3,971
Leukemia	35	422	26	1,342	- 920
Drownings	36	379	32	596	- 217
Oral Cancer	37	362	17	2,290	- 1,927
Fires	38	359	36	421	- 62
Lung Cancers	39	312	4	10,113	- 9,802
Poisonings	40	293	39	366	- 73
Endocrine Disorders	41	292	48	193	+ 100
Pertussis	42	290	69	0	+ 290
Pancreas Cancer	43	285	14	2,935	- 2,650
Oesophagus Cancer	44	284	30	755	- 471
Epilepsy	45	255	42	314	- 59
Syphilis	46	230	66	1	+ 228
Parkinson's Disease	47	195	31	741	- 546
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	181	35	440	- 259
Alcohol	49	167	37	409	- 242
Skin Cancers	50	150	29	1,003	- 853
Schistosomiasis	51	148	74	0	+ 148
Skin Disease	52	137	53	97	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	53	123	27	1,109	- 986
Appendicitis	54	93	60	21	+ 72
Hepatitis B	55	91	59	30	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	56	78	34	522	- 445
Upper Respiratory	57	78	63	3	+ 75
Tetanus	58	70	67	1	+ 69
Measles	59	69	61	7	+ 61
Drug Use	60	59	40	346	- 287
Encephalitis	61	52	62	6	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	62	47	23	1,715	- 1,668
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	31	85	0	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	64	22	43	289	- 267
Hepatitis C	65	16	52	98	- 82
Multiple Sclerosis	66	10	55	66	- 57
Ascariasis	67	6	82	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	5	68	1	+ 4
War	69	3	65	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	3	78	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	51	103	- 103
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	56	59	- 59
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Rwanda

Romania

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.