SUDAN VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	19,558	4	12,619	+ 6,939
Stroke	2	18,746	2	20,582	- 1,837
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,775	5	11,459	+ 2,316
Coronary Heart Disease	4	13,356	1	43,966	- 30,610
Malaria	5	12,217	10	5,614	+ 6,603
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	11,563	9	6,277	+ 5,286
HIV/AIDS	7	10,467	22	2,331	+ 8,136
Liver Disease	8	9,439	14	4,348	+ 5,091
Low Birth Weight	9	8,123	3	16,036	- 7,914
Birth Trauma	10	6,995	7	8,526	- 1,531
Diabetes Mellitus	11	6,885	17	3,070	+ 3,814
Congenital Anomalies	12	6,584	11	5,507	+ 1,077
Lung Disease	13	5,759	13	4,382	+ 1,377
Hypertension	14	5,028	8	7,287	- 2,259
Kidney Disease	15	4,467	12	5,095	- 628
Malnutrition	16	4,326	34	1,089	+ 3,237
Other Injuries	17	3,498	18	2,912	+ 586
Cervical Cancer	18	3,484	41	770	+ 2,715
Meningitis	19	3,139	33	1,092	+ 2,047
Stomach Cancer	20	2,890	51	478	+ 2,412
Maternal Conditions	21	2,676	23	1,961	+ 715
Asthma	22	2,657	19	2,636	+ 21
Liver Cancer	23	2,617	37	946	+ 1,671
Suicide	24	2,606	27	1,644	+ 963
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	2,435	20	2,584	- 149
Tuberculosis	26	2,315	15	4,250	- 1,935
Breast Cancer	27	2,222	16	3,071	- 849
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	2,190	35	1,049	+ 1,141
Violence	29	2,030	21	2,478	- 448
Lymphomas	30	1,665	29	1,533	+ 132
Falls	31	1,527	28	1,559	- 32
Prostate Cancer	32	1,467	49	523	+ 944
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,342	40	775	+ 567
Inflammatory/Heart	34	1,285	38	839	+ 446
Leukemia	35	1,174	25	1,828	- 654
Drownings	36	1,054	26	1,684	- 630
Oral Cancer	37	1,007	50	493	+ 515
Fires	38	999	31	1,310	- 311
Lung Cancers	39	867	48	545	+ 322
Poisonings	40	815	42	744	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	41	813	30	1,459	- 646
Pertussis	42	807	24	1,899	- 1,092
Pancreas Cancer	43	792	58	272	+ 519
Oesophagus Cancer	44	789	32	1,126	- 336
Epilepsy	45	708	43	735	- 26
Syphilis	46	639	47	603	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	47	541	45	705	- 164
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	504	46	684	- 181
Alcohol	49	465	61	84	+ 380
Skin Cancers	50	418	55	356	+ 61
Schistosomiasis	51	411	63	68	+ 343
Skin Disease	52	381	60	112	+ 269
Ovary Cancer	53	341	39	794	- 452
Appendicitis	54	260	59	155	+ 105
Hepatitis B	55	253	44	730	- 478
Uterin Cancer	56	216	62	71	+ 145
Upper Respiratory	57	216	70	5	+ 210
Tetanus	58	195	53	378	- 182
Measles	59	191	6	9,301	- 9,111
Drug Use	60	165	36	1,036	- 871
Encephalitis	61	144	57	303	- 159
Bladder Cancer	62	130	54	369	- 238
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	86	67	20	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	64	60	65	35	+ 25
Hepatitis C	65	46	68	17	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	66	27	64	54	- 27
Ascariasis	67	17	66	21	- 4
Otitis Media	68	14	73	0	+ 14
War	69	10	56	336	- 327
Chlamydia	70	9	71	1	+ 8
Diphtheria	71	4	69	11	- 7
Dengue	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	52	448	- 448
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Rwanda

Sudan

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.