TRINIDAD/TOB. VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	546	10	205	+ 341
Stroke	2	523	3	822	- 299
Road Traffic Accidents	3	385	15	130	+ 254
Coronary Heart Disease	4	373	1	1,476	- 1,103
Malaria	5	341	72	0	+ 341
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	323	45	18	+ 305
HIV/AIDS	7	292	12	196	+ 96
Liver Disease	8	264	14	136	+ 128
Low Birth Weight	9	227	23	83	+ 144
Birth Trauma	10	195	40	25	+ 170
Diabetes Mellitus	11	192	2	1,275	- 1,083
Congenital Anomalies	12	184	22	93	+ 91
Lung Disease	13	161	16	129	+ 32
Hypertension	14	140	11	201	- 61
Kidney Disease	15	125	5	439	- 315
Malnutrition	16	121	47	17	+ 104
Other Injuries	17	98	30	61	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	18	97	21	97	+ 0
Meningitis	19	88	52	9	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	20	81	26	69	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	21	75	50	10	+ 64
Asthma	22	74	35	40	+ 34
Liver Cancer	23	73	28	66	+ 7
Suicide	24	73	17	121	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	68	9	215	- 147
Tuberculosis	26	65	43	22	+ 43
Breast Cancer	27	62	7	258	- 196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	61	13	196	- 135
Violence	29	57	4	549	- 493
Lymphomas	30	46	20	111	- 65
Falls	31	43	33	43	- 0
Prostate Cancer	32	41	6	330	- 289
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	37	31	52	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	34	36	25	72	- 36
Leukemia	35	33	29	62	- 30
Drownings	36	29	39	31	- 1
Oral Cancer	37	28	38	31	- 3
Fires	38	28	48	16	+ 12
Lung Cancers	39	24	8	217	- 193
Poisonings	40	23	59	1	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	41	23	18	119	- 97
Pertussis	42	23	67	0	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	43	22	19	114	- 92
Oesophagus Cancer	44	22	41	24	- 2
Epilepsy	45	20	37	32	- 12
Syphilis	46	18	61	0	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	47	15	32	51	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	14	49	11	+ 3
Alcohol	49	13	42	23	- 10
Skin Cancers	50	12	57	4	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	51	11	71	0	+ 11
Skin Disease	52	11	36	39	- 28
Ovary Cancer	53	10	24	80	- 71
Appendicitis	54	7	56	4	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	7	60	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	56	6	27	68	- 62
Upper Respiratory	57	6	64	0	+ 6
Tetanus	58	5	65	0	+ 5
Measles	59	5	76	0	+ 5
Drug Use	60	5	44	19	- 14
Encephalitis	61	4	54	6	- 2
Bladder Cancer	62	4	34	41	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	53	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	64	2	51	10	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	58	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
War	69	0	46	17	- 17
Chlamydia	70	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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Trinidad/Tob.

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.