SLOVAKIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,156	6	2,024	+ 132
Stroke	2	2,067	3	3,756	- 1,689
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,519	27	331	+ 1,188
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,472	1	10,654	- 9,182
Malaria	5	1,347	77	0	+ 1,347
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,275	47	34	+ 1,241
HIV/AIDS	7	1,154	65	2	+ 1,152
Liver Disease	8	1,041	7	1,425	- 385
Low Birth Weight	9	895	39	97	+ 798
Birth Trauma	10	771	52	15	+ 756
Diabetes Mellitus	11	759	16	750	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	12	726	36	167	+ 559
Lung Disease	13	635	9	1,121	- 487
Hypertension	14	554	11	1,034	- 480
Kidney Disease	15	492	14	830	- 338
Malnutrition	16	477	49	29	+ 448
Other Injuries	17	386	20	554	- 168
Cervical Cancer	18	384	32	273	+ 111
Meningitis	19	346	51	25	+ 321
Stomach Cancer	20	319	15	827	- 508
Maternal Conditions	21	295	63	3	+ 292
Asthma	22	293	44	47	+ 246
Liver Cancer	23	288	22	469	- 181
Suicide	24	287	19	660	- 372
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	268	2	4,482	- 4,214
Tuberculosis	26	255	50	26	+ 229
Breast Cancer	27	245	10	1,071	- 826
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	241	5	2,528	- 2,287
Violence	29	224	42	59	+ 164
Lymphomas	30	184	17	736	- 552
Falls	31	168	8	1,277	- 1,109
Prostate Cancer	32	162	12	968	- 806
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	148	31	274	- 126
Inflammatory/Heart	34	142	25	339	- 197
Leukemia	35	129	23	448	- 319
Drownings	36	116	38	144	- 27
Oral Cancer	37	111	18	716	- 605
Fires	38	110	46	39	+ 71
Lung Cancers	39	96	4	2,562	- 2,466
Poisonings	40	90	48	30	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	41	90	37	163	- 74
Pertussis	42	89	61	4	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	43	87	13	876	- 788
Oesophagus Cancer	44	87	28	314	- 227
Epilepsy	45	78	35	168	- 90
Syphilis	46	70	62	3	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	47	60	29	310	- 250
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	56	41	70	- 14
Alcohol	49	51	33	219	- 168
Skin Cancers	50	46	24	357	- 311
Schistosomiasis	51	45	74	0	+ 45
Skin Disease	52	42	34	170	- 128
Ovary Cancer	53	38	26	334	- 297
Appendicitis	54	29	55	9	+ 20
Hepatitis B	55	28	56	8	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	56	24	30	280	- 256
Upper Respiratory	57	24	58	6	+ 18
Tetanus	58	22	71	0	+ 22
Measles	59	21	72	0	+ 21
Drug Use	60	18	45	45	- 26
Encephalitis	61	16	67	1	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	62	14	21	489	- 474
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	53	15	- 5
Other Neoplasms	64	7	40	93	- 86
Hepatitis C	65	5	54	12	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	43	55	- 52
Ascariasis	67	2	80	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	64	2	- 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	4	- 4
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	59	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

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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.