SOMALIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,045	1	21,712	- 16,667
Stroke	2	4,835	6	8,595	- 3,760
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,553	11	4,231	- 678
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,445	7	7,233	- 3,788
Malaria	5	3,151	22	1,942	+ 1,209
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,982	2	15,363	- 12,380
HIV/AIDS	7	2,700	33	610	+ 2,090
Liver Disease	8	2,435	13	3,917	- 1,482
Low Birth Weight	9	2,095	8	6,250	- 4,155
Birth Trauma	10	1,804	5	9,573	- 7,769
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,776	16	2,888	- 1,112
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,698	15	3,410	- 1,712
Lung Disease	13	1,485	19	2,442	- 957
Hypertension	14	1,297	18	2,643	- 1,346
Kidney Disease	15	1,152	21	2,051	- 899
Malnutrition	16	1,116	10	4,825	- 3,709
Other Injuries	17	902	14	3,602	- 2,699
Cervical Cancer	18	899	28	883	+ 16
Meningitis	19	810	9	5,381	- 4,572
Stomach Cancer	20	745	49	310	+ 436
Maternal Conditions	21	690	12	4,127	- 3,436
Asthma	22	685	23	1,878	- 1,193
Liver Cancer	23	675	53	256	+ 419
Suicide	24	672	27	1,219	- 547
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	628	32	647	- 19
Tuberculosis	26	597	4	10,261	- 9,664
Breast Cancer	27	573	26	1,232	- 658
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	565	38	546	+ 18
Violence	29	524	29	828	- 305
Lymphomas	30	430	34	605	- 175
Falls	31	394	37	548	- 154
Prostate Cancer	32	378	52	285	+ 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	346	36	559	- 213
Inflammatory/Heart	34	331	39	521	- 190
Leukemia	35	303	35	562	- 259
Drownings	36	272	25	1,272	- 1,000
Oral Cancer	37	260	46	328	- 68
Fires	38	258	30	810	- 553
Lung Cancers	39	224	54	233	- 9
Poisonings	40	210	31	758	- 548
Endocrine Disorders	41	210	44	406	- 196
Pertussis	42	208	20	2,054	- 1,846
Pancreas Cancer	43	204	62	108	+ 97
Oesophagus Cancer	44	204	40	516	- 313
Epilepsy	45	183	43	419	- 236
Syphilis	46	165	45	378	- 213
Parkinson's Disease	47	140	56	184	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	130	41	446	- 316
Alcohol	49	120	59	151	- 31
Skin Cancers	50	108	57	164	- 56
Schistosomiasis	51	106	42	435	- 329
Skin Disease	52	98	58	151	- 53
Ovary Cancer	53	88	50	295	- 207
Appendicitis	54	67	55	188	- 121
Hepatitis B	55	65	48	315	- 250
Uterin Cancer	56	56	64	78	- 22
Upper Respiratory	57	56	47	326	- 270
Tetanus	58	50	17	2,648	- 2,598
Measles	59	49	3	11,576	- 11,526
Drug Use	60	43	65	54	- 12
Encephalitis	61	37	63	91	- 54
Bladder Cancer	62	34	61	149	- 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	22	66	35	- 13
Other Neoplasms	64	15	70	12	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	12	67	34	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	71	8	- 1
Ascariasis	67	4	69	30	- 25
Otitis Media	68	4	68	32	- 28
War	69	2	24	1,318	- 1,316
Chlamydia	70	2	72	5	- 3
Diphtheria	71	1	60	150	- 149
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	290	- 290
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.