SOUTH AFRICA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	23,424	2	39,341	- 15,917
Stroke	2	22,451	4	30,693	- 8,243
Road Traffic Accidents	3	16,498	11	13,014	+ 3,483
Coronary Heart Disease	4	15,996	3	32,739	- 16,742
Malaria	5	14,632	63	83	+ 14,550
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	13,848	8	15,843	- 1,995
HIV/AIDS	7	12,536	1	71,996	- 59,460
Liver Disease	8	11,305	14	9,013	+ 2,292
Low Birth Weight	9	9,728	16	6,250	+ 3,478
Birth Trauma	10	8,377	30	3,004	+ 5,374
Diabetes Mellitus	11	8,245	5	30,188	- 21,942
Congenital Anomalies	12	7,885	25	4,351	+ 3,534
Lung Disease	13	6,897	13	11,895	- 4,998
Hypertension	14	6,022	12	12,789	- 6,766
Kidney Disease	15	5,350	9	15,302	- 9,952
Malnutrition	16	5,181	34	2,381	+ 2,801
Other Injuries	17	4,189	17	6,014	- 1,825
Cervical Cancer	18	4,173	20	5,555	- 1,383
Meningitis	19	3,759	26	3,660	+ 99
Stomach Cancer	20	3,461	39	1,535	+ 1,927
Maternal Conditions	21	3,205	38	1,700	+ 1,506
Asthma	22	3,182	18	5,966	- 2,784
Liver Cancer	23	3,134	33	2,383	+ 751
Suicide	24	3,122	10	13,774	- 10,652
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	2,916	22	4,676	- 1,760
Tuberculosis	26	2,772	6	21,965	- 19,193
Breast Cancer	27	2,661	23	4,533	- 1,873
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	2,622	28	3,587	- 964
Violence	29	2,431	7	21,000	- 18,568
Lymphomas	30	1,995	31	2,818	- 823
Falls	31	1,829	42	1,399	+ 430
Prostate Cancer	32	1,757	24	4,374	- 2,617
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,607	36	1,894	- 287
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,539	21	5,408	- 3,869
Leukemia	35	1,406	40	1,464	- 58
Drownings	36	1,263	32	2,403	- 1,140
Oral Cancer	37	1,207	41	1,406	- 199
Fires	38	1,197	27	3,618	- 2,421
Lung Cancers	39	1,039	15	7,705	- 6,667
Poisonings	40	976	50	975	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	41	974	19	5,890	- 4,916
Pertussis	42	966	43	1,142	- 176
Pancreas Cancer	43	948	35	2,007	- 1,059
Oesophagus Cancer	44	946	29	3,486	- 2,540
Epilepsy	45	849	37	1,870	- 1,021
Syphilis	46	766	44	1,130	- 364
Parkinson's Disease	47	648	46	1,077	- 429
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	603	47	1,015	- 412
Alcohol	49	557	49	987	- 430
Skin Cancers	50	500	48	993	- 492
Schistosomiasis	51	493	66	35	+ 458
Skin Disease	52	456	45	1,101	- 645
Ovary Cancer	53	409	51	951	- 542
Appendicitis	54	311	56	274	+ 37
Hepatitis B	55	303	61	139	+ 163
Uterin Cancer	56	259	54	512	- 254
Upper Respiratory	57	258	60	223	+ 35
Tetanus	58	234	65	38	+ 196
Measles	59	228	57	270	- 42
Drug Use	60	198	53	770	- 572
Encephalitis	61	172	59	234	- 62
Bladder Cancer	62	156	52	829	- 673
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	102	55	376	- 273
Other Neoplasms	64	72	58	267	- 195
Hepatitis C	65	55	70	8	+ 47
Multiple Sclerosis	66	32	62	113	- 81
Ascariasis	67	21	71	3	+ 18
Otitis Media	68	16	67	19	- 3
War	69	11	64	66	- 54
Chlamydia	70	10	68	18	- 8
Diphtheria	71	5	69	16	- 11
Dengue	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Rwanda

South Africa

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.