YEMEN VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,456	4	11,978	+ 477
Stroke	2	11,938	2	13,570	- 1,631
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,773	6	8,561	+ 212
Coronary Heart Disease	4	8,506	1	30,158	- 21,652
Malaria	5	7,781	20	1,719	+ 6,062
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,364	9	4,372	+ 2,992
HIV/AIDS	7	6,666	46	396	+ 6,270
Liver Disease	8	6,011	13	2,891	+ 3,120
Low Birth Weight	9	5,173	5	8,810	- 3,637
Birth Trauma	10	4,455	7	5,939	- 1,485
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,384	19	1,794	+ 2,590
Congenital Anomalies	12	4,193	10	4,291	- 98
Lung Disease	13	3,668	11	3,196	+ 472
Hypertension	14	3,202	8	5,293	- 2,091
Kidney Disease	15	2,845	15	2,679	+ 166
Malnutrition	16	2,755	27	1,058	+ 1,697
Other Injuries	17	2,227	16	2,225	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	18	2,219	57	119	+ 2,100
Meningitis	19	1,999	28	1,018	+ 980
Stomach Cancer	20	1,841	31	902	+ 938
Maternal Conditions	21	1,704	32	890	+ 815
Asthma	22	1,692	17	2,106	- 414
Liver Cancer	23	1,667	39	609	+ 1,058
Suicide	24	1,660	21	1,699	- 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,551	22	1,405	+ 145
Tuberculosis	26	1,474	18	1,899	- 425
Breast Cancer	27	1,415	26	1,134	+ 281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,394	30	913	+ 482
Violence	29	1,293	14	2,839	- 1,546
Lymphomas	30	1,061	45	433	+ 628
Falls	31	973	24	1,170	- 197
Prostate Cancer	32	934	63	39	+ 895
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	855	33	833	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	34	818	40	585	+ 233
Leukemia	35	748	34	776	- 29
Drownings	36	672	25	1,142	- 471
Oral Cancer	37	642	42	547	+ 94
Fires	38	636	29	991	- 355
Lung Cancers	39	552	41	569	- 17
Poisonings	40	519	44	532	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	41	518	36	738	- 220
Pertussis	42	514	23	1,239	- 726
Pancreas Cancer	43	504	51	283	+ 221
Oesophagus Cancer	44	503	35	765	- 262
Epilepsy	45	451	43	539	- 88
Syphilis	46	407	53	175	+ 232
Parkinson's Disease	47	345	49	362	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	321	37	707	- 386
Alcohol	49	296	59	78	+ 218
Skin Cancers	50	266	58	100	+ 166
Schistosomiasis	51	262	56	124	+ 138
Skin Disease	52	243	61	44	+ 199
Ovary Cancer	53	217	52	188	+ 29
Appendicitis	54	165	54	162	+ 4
Hepatitis B	55	161	50	299	- 139
Uterin Cancer	56	137	69	5	+ 132
Upper Respiratory	57	137	70	5	+ 133
Tetanus	58	124	47	395	- 270
Measles	59	121	12	3,019	- 2,898
Drug Use	60	105	38	613	- 508
Encephalitis	61	92	48	369	- 277
Bladder Cancer	62	83	55	160	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	54	66	14	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	64	38	64	21	+ 17
Hepatitis C	65	29	68	8	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	66	17	62	42	- 24
Ascariasis	67	11	65	17	- 6
Otitis Media	68	9	73	0	+ 9
War	69	6	3	12,915	- 12,909
Chlamydia	70	6	72	1	+ 5
Diphtheria	71	3	67	14	- 11
Dengue	72	1	60	71	- 71
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	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 YEMEN

Rwanda

Yemen

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.