VENEZUELA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,111	7	7,188	+ 4,923
Stroke	2	11,608	3	12,133	- 525
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,530	5	11,127	- 2,597
Coronary Heart Disease	4	8,271	1	26,905	- 18,635
Malaria	5	7,565	42	402	+ 7,163
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,160	22	1,359	+ 5,801
HIV/AIDS	7	6,481	6	7,490	- 1,009
Liver Disease	8	5,845	16	2,340	+ 3,505
Low Birth Weight	9	5,030	12	3,088	+ 1,942
Birth Trauma	10	4,331	24	1,087	+ 3,244
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,263	4	11,176	- 6,913
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,077	14	2,846	+ 1,231
Lung Disease	13	3,566	10	5,150	- 1,584
Hypertension	14	3,114	9	5,195	- 2,081
Kidney Disease	15	2,766	8	5,932	- 3,166
Malnutrition	16	2,679	32	629	+ 2,050
Other Injuries	17	2,166	21	1,693	+ 473
Cervical Cancer	18	2,157	20	1,986	+ 171
Meningitis	19	1,944	49	251	+ 1,693
Stomach Cancer	20	1,790	17	2,175	- 385
Maternal Conditions	21	1,657	39	422	+ 1,235
Asthma	22	1,645	46	311	+ 1,334
Liver Cancer	23	1,620	26	1,029	+ 591
Suicide	24	1,614	34	585	+ 1,029
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,508	35	572	+ 936
Tuberculosis	26	1,433	31	748	+ 686
Breast Cancer	27	1,376	15	2,563	- 1,187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,356	19	2,037	- 681
Violence	29	1,257	2	18,132	- 16,875
Lymphomas	30	1,031	23	1,248	- 216
Falls	31	946	28	865	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	32	909	13	2,848	- 1,940
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	831	40	418	+ 413
Inflammatory/Heart	34	796	33	599	+ 197
Leukemia	35	727	27	1,007	- 281
Drownings	36	653	43	388	+ 265
Oral Cancer	37	624	38	544	+ 80
Fires	38	619	54	144	+ 474
Lung Cancers	39	537	11	3,900	- 3,363
Poisonings	40	505	58	68	+ 437
Endocrine Disorders	41	504	30	760	- 256
Pertussis	42	499	64	26	+ 474
Pancreas Cancer	43	490	25	1,082	- 592
Oesophagus Cancer	44	489	44	370	+ 119
Epilepsy	45	439	41	411	+ 28
Syphilis	46	396	67	15	+ 381
Parkinson's Disease	47	335	48	252	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	312	57	80	+ 232
Alcohol	49	288	62	34	+ 253
Skin Cancers	50	259	37	553	- 294
Schistosomiasis	51	255	76	1	+ 254
Skin Disease	52	236	66	18	+ 218
Ovary Cancer	53	211	36	563	- 351
Appendicitis	54	161	56	98	+ 63
Hepatitis B	55	156	63	30	+ 127
Uterin Cancer	56	134	47	309	- 176
Upper Respiratory	57	134	74	1	+ 132
Tetanus	58	121	68	8	+ 113
Measles	59	118	79	0	+ 118
Drug Use	60	102	50	225	- 123
Encephalitis	61	89	61	37	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	62	81	45	365	- 284
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	53	52	180	- 127
Other Neoplasms	64	37	18	2,167	- 2,130
Hepatitis C	65	28	65	21	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	17	60	51	- 34
Ascariasis	67	11	70	5	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	9	75	1	+ 7
War	69	6	51	185	- 179
Chlamydia	70	5	82	0	+ 5
Diphtheria	71	3	78	0	+ 3
Dengue	72	1	59	65	- 64
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	29	826	- 826
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	69	6	- 6
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	55	126	- 126
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Rwanda

Venezuela

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.