RWANDA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,268	2	5,060	+ 10,208
Coronary Heart Disease	2	12,058	4	3,605	+ 8,453
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,321	11	1,858	+ 9,463
Kidney Disease	4	6,461	15	1,206	+ 5,255
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,324	1	5,280	+ 45
Prostate Cancer	6	4,562	32	396	+ 4,166
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,422	3	3,718	+ 704
Lung Disease	8	4,283	13	1,555	+ 2,729
Hypertension	9	4,253	14	1,357	+ 2,896
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,858	25	657	+ 3,200
Violence	11	3,000	29	548	+ 2,452
Liver Disease	12	2,825	8	2,548	+ 277
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,553	34	347	+ 2,207
Breast Cancer	14	2,064	27	600	+ 1,464
Stomach Cancer	15	1,776	20	780	+ 996
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,711	28	591	+ 1,120
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,635	41	219	+ 1,416
Lung Cancers	18	1,515	39	234	+ 1,281
Low Birth Weight	19	1,394	9	2,193	- 799
Skin Disease	20	1,310	52	103	+ 1,207
Other Injuries	21	1,196	17	944	+ 252
Suicide	22	1,167	24	704	+ 464
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,124	47	146	+ 978
Lymphomas	24	1,061	30	450	+ 611
Cervical Cancer	25	961	18	941	+ 21
Falls	26	853	31	412	+ 441
Asthma	27	777	22	717	+ 60
Drownings	28	756	36	285	+ 471
Alcohol	29	749	49	125	+ 624
Congenital Anomalies	30	656	12	1,777	- 1,121
Pancreas Cancer	31	653	43	214	+ 440
Epilepsy	32	577	45	191	+ 386
Malnutrition	33	534	16	1,168	- 634
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	435	33	362	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	371	6	3,121	- 2,750
Leukemia	36	359	35	317	+ 42
Liver Cancer	37	328	23	706	- 379
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	319	48	136	+ 183
Fires	39	269	38	270	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	40	254	44	213	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	41	254	53	92	+ 161
Birth Trauma	42	251	10	1,888	- 1,637
Oral Cancer	43	249	37	272	- 23
Tuberculosis	44	236	26	625	- 388
Uterin Cancer	45	165	56	58	+ 107
Drug Use	46	155	60	45	+ 111
Maternal Conditions	47	150	21	722	- 573
Other Neoplasms	48	147	64	16	+ 131
Meningitis	49	118	19	847	- 729
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	106	63	23	+ 83
Appendicitis	51	91	54	70	+ 21
Encephalitis	52	89	61	39	+ 50
Dengue	53	48	72	0	+ 47
Multiple Sclerosis	54	36	66	7	+ 29
Poisonings	55	21	40	220	- 199
Tetanus	56	17	58	53	- 35
Syphilis	57	15	46	173	- 157
War	58	14	69	3	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	59	10	57	58	- 48
Hepatitis B	60	5	55	68	- 63
Schistosomiasis	61	4	51	111	- 107
Chlamydia	62	4	70	2	+ 1
Pertussis	63	2	42	218	- 215
Ascariasis	64	1	67	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	12	- 12
Otitis Media	66	0	68	4	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	71	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	50	113	- 113
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	62	35	- 35
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	59	51	- 51
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	7	2,826	- 2,826
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Saint Lucia

Rwanda

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.