ZIMBABWE VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,646	2	10,779	- 4,133
Stroke	2	6,370	5	5,126	+ 1,244
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,681	4	6,037	- 1,356
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,539	3	8,493	- 3,954
Malaria	5	4,152	15	2,003	+ 2,149
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,929	6	4,595	- 665
HIV/AIDS	7	3,557	1	19,988	- 16,431
Liver Disease	8	3,208	17	1,941	+ 1,266
Low Birth Weight	9	2,760	7	4,038	- 1,277
Birth Trauma	10	2,377	8	3,405	- 1,028
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,340	9	3,344	- 1,004
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,237	11	2,217	+ 20
Lung Disease	13	1,957	23	1,163	+ 794
Hypertension	14	1,709	24	1,146	+ 563
Kidney Disease	15	1,518	12	2,214	- 696
Malnutrition	16	1,470	10	2,396	- 926
Other Injuries	17	1,189	20	1,656	- 467
Cervical Cancer	18	1,184	14	2,023	- 839
Meningitis	19	1,067	22	1,325	- 259
Stomach Cancer	20	982	33	559	+ 423
Maternal Conditions	21	909	19	1,749	- 840
Asthma	22	903	21	1,531	- 628
Liver Cancer	23	889	38	510	+ 380
Suicide	24	886	13	2,069	- 1,183
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	827	31	768	+ 60
Tuberculosis	26	787	16	1,999	- 1,212
Breast Cancer	27	755	28	839	- 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	744	40	505	+ 239
Violence	29	690	18	1,916	- 1,226
Lymphomas	30	566	26	960	- 394
Falls	31	519	41	465	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	32	499	32	628	- 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	456	35	548	- 92
Inflammatory/Heart	34	437	25	1,047	- 611
Leukemia	35	399	45	244	+ 155
Drownings	36	358	27	956	- 597
Oral Cancer	37	342	49	208	+ 135
Fires	38	340	30	793	- 453
Lung Cancers	39	295	43	286	+ 9
Poisonings	40	277	37	515	- 238
Endocrine Disorders	41	276	34	553	- 277
Pertussis	42	274	42	419	- 145
Pancreas Cancer	43	269	47	217	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	44	268	29	801	- 533
Epilepsy	45	241	39	508	- 267
Syphilis	46	217	55	124	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	47	184	46	226	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	171	36	542	- 371
Alcohol	49	158	61	48	+ 110
Skin Cancers	50	142	44	264	- 122
Schistosomiasis	51	140	53	172	- 32
Skin Disease	52	129	52	173	- 44
Ovary Cancer	53	116	51	173	- 57
Appendicitis	54	88	58	66	+ 22
Hepatitis B	55	86	60	57	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	56	73	50	182	- 109
Upper Respiratory	57	73	59	65	+ 8
Tetanus	58	66	57	102	- 35
Measles	59	65	63	30	+ 34
Drug Use	60	56	48	213	- 157
Encephalitis	61	49	56	117	- 69
Bladder Cancer	62	44	54	125	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	29	64	26	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	64	20	62	37	- 17
Hepatitis C	65	15	66	14	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	9	67	14	- 5
Ascariasis	67	6	70	2	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	5	68	3	+ 1
War	69	3	65	26	- 23
Chlamydia	70	3	69	3	- 0
Diphtheria	71	1	72	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	79	0	76	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 ZIMBABWE

Rwanda

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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.