SINGAPORE VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,336	2	5,189	- 2,853
Stroke	2	2,239	3	1,559	+ 681
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,645	26	121	+ 1,524
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,595	1	5,292	- 3,696
Malaria	5	1,459	75	0	+ 1,459
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,381	39	28	+ 1,353
HIV/AIDS	7	1,250	45	18	+ 1,232
Liver Disease	8	1,128	20	209	+ 918
Low Birth Weight	9	970	41	25	+ 945
Birth Trauma	10	836	55	3	+ 832
Diabetes Mellitus	11	822	28	108	+ 715
Congenital Anomalies	12	786	31	80	+ 707
Lung Disease	13	688	14	383	+ 305
Hypertension	14	601	8	732	- 131
Kidney Disease	15	534	6	1,028	- 495
Malnutrition	16	517	63	0	+ 517
Other Injuries	17	418	32	79	+ 339
Cervical Cancer	18	416	30	85	+ 331
Meningitis	19	375	48	8	+ 367
Stomach Cancer	20	345	12	405	- 59
Maternal Conditions	21	320	53	3	+ 316
Asthma	22	317	35	37	+ 280
Liver Cancer	23	313	7	746	- 433
Suicide	24	311	9	650	- 339
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	291	36	32	+ 258
Tuberculosis	26	277	40	26	+ 251
Breast Cancer	27	265	10	605	- 340
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	262	5	1,203	- 941
Violence	29	242	46	15	+ 228
Lymphomas	30	199	13	397	- 198
Falls	31	182	18	218	- 35
Prostate Cancer	32	175	16	303	- 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	160	33	69	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	34	153	19	215	- 62
Leukemia	35	140	17	249	- 109
Drownings	36	126	38	29	+ 97
Oral Cancer	37	120	15	317	- 197
Fires	38	119	49	7	+ 112
Lung Cancers	39	104	4	1,540	- 1,437
Poisonings	40	97	60	1	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	41	97	37	30	+ 67
Pertussis	42	96	62	0	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	43	95	11	537	- 442
Oesophagus Cancer	44	94	24	137	- 43
Epilepsy	45	85	42	25	+ 60
Syphilis	46	76	65	0	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	47	65	29	90	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	60	43	22	+ 38
Alcohol	49	56	47	10	+ 45
Skin Cancers	50	50	34	56	- 6
Schistosomiasis	51	49	78	0	+ 49
Skin Disease	52	45	25	136	- 90
Ovary Cancer	53	41	21	204	- 163
Appendicitis	54	31	50	6	+ 25
Hepatitis B	55	30	52	4	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	56	26	23	147	- 121
Upper Respiratory	57	26	54	3	+ 23
Tetanus	58	23	73	0	+ 23
Measles	59	23	72	0	+ 23
Drug Use	60	20	44	19	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	17	61	0	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	62	16	27	120	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	10	58	2	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	64	7	22	195	- 188
Hepatitis C	65	5	56	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	57	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	2	67	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	79	0	+ 2
War	69	1	59	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Rwanda

Singapore

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.