SWITZERLAND VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,434	8	1,949	+ 1,485
Stroke	2	3,291	3	3,918	- 626
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,418	34	193	+ 2,225
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,345	1	10,713	- 8,368
Malaria	5	2,145	77	0	+ 2,145
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,030	35	186	+ 1,844
HIV/AIDS	7	1,838	54	29	+ 1,809
Liver Disease	8	1,657	21	677	+ 980
Low Birth Weight	9	1,426	43	105	+ 1,321
Birth Trauma	10	1,228	52	32	+ 1,196
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,209	17	1,022	+ 187
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,156	31	305	+ 851
Lung Disease	13	1,011	5	2,902	- 1,891
Hypertension	14	883	6	2,471	- 1,588
Kidney Disease	15	784	13	1,261	- 477
Malnutrition	16	760	47	84	+ 675
Other Injuries	17	614	30	410	+ 204
Cervical Cancer	18	612	42	105	+ 507
Meningitis	19	551	57	20	+ 531
Stomach Cancer	20	507	24	614	- 106
Maternal Conditions	21	470	64	4	+ 466
Asthma	22	466	46	95	+ 372
Liver Cancer	23	459	19	805	- 346
Suicide	24	458	14	1,249	- 791
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	428	2	7,192	- 6,765
Tuberculosis	26	406	56	21	+ 385
Breast Cancer	27	390	11	1,577	- 1,187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	384	7	1,995	- 1,610
Violence	29	356	51	42	+ 314
Lymphomas	30	292	15	1,131	- 839
Falls	31	268	9	1,919	- 1,651
Prostate Cancer	32	258	10	1,579	- 1,322
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	236	41	122	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	34	226	16	1,027	- 801
Leukemia	35	206	22	671	- 465
Drownings	36	185	50	49	+ 136
Oral Cancer	37	177	26	500	- 324
Fires	38	175	55	21	+ 154
Lung Cancers	39	152	4	3,520	- 3,367
Poisonings	40	143	60	13	+ 130
Endocrine Disorders	41	143	25	593	- 450
Pertussis	42	142	73	0	+ 142
Pancreas Cancer	43	139	12	1,486	- 1,347
Oesophagus Cancer	44	139	28	491	- 352
Epilepsy	45	124	39	159	- 34
Syphilis	46	112	65	2	+ 111
Parkinson's Disease	47	95	18	857	- 762
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	88	48	78	+ 11
Alcohol	49	82	32	229	- 147
Skin Cancers	50	73	27	493	- 420
Schistosomiasis	51	72	72	0	+ 72
Skin Disease	52	67	40	129	- 62
Ovary Cancer	53	60	29	457	- 397
Appendicitis	54	46	59	15	+ 31
Hepatitis B	55	44	63	5	+ 40
Uterin Cancer	56	38	33	224	- 186
Upper Respiratory	57	38	61	11	+ 27
Tetanus	58	34	70	0	+ 34
Measles	59	33	75	0	+ 33
Drug Use	60	29	36	176	- 147
Encephalitis	61	25	68	1	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	62	23	23	669	- 647
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	15	49	68	- 53
Other Neoplasms	64	11	20	681	- 671
Hepatitis C	65	8	58	15	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	38	160	- 155
Ascariasis	67	3	82	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	2	69	0	+ 2
War	69	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	79	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	102	- 102
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Rwanda

Switzerland

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.