RWANDA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,694	4	3,605	+ 12,089
Stroke	2	9,657	2	5,060	+ 4,596
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,026	11	1,858	+ 5,168
Lung Disease	4	3,714	13	1,555	+ 2,160
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,461	1	5,280	- 1,818
Kidney Disease	6	3,424	15	1,206	+ 2,218
Hypertension	7	1,946	14	1,357	+ 588
Liver Disease	8	1,785	8	2,548	- 763
Lung Cancers	9	1,726	39	234	+ 1,492
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,675	3	3,718	- 2,043
Suicide	11	1,614	24	704	+ 910
Asthma	12	1,355	22	717	+ 638
Breast Cancer	13	1,251	27	600	+ 651
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,235	25	657	+ 578
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,148	12	1,777	- 630
Low Birth Weight	16	1,068	9	2,193	- 1,125
Stomach Cancer	17	1,043	20	780	+ 263
Measles	18	1,013	59	51	+ 961
Drownings	19	861	36	285	+ 577
Other Injuries	20	838	17	944	- 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	777	6	3,121	- 2,344
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	772	28	591	+ 181
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	740	48	136	+ 604
Prostate Cancer	24	694	32	396	+ 298
Ovary Cancer	25	650	53	92	+ 558
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	569	33	362	+ 207
Falls	27	514	31	412	+ 102
Parkinson's Disease	28	476	47	146	+ 330
Inflammatory/Heart	29	468	34	347	+ 122
Liver Cancer	30	440	23	706	- 266
Endocrine Disorders	31	393	41	219	+ 173
Cervical Cancer	32	381	18	941	- 559
Lymphomas	33	364	30	450	- 85
Violence	34	362	29	548	- 186
Birth Trauma	35	354	10	1,888	- 1,534
Uterin Cancer	36	345	56	58	+ 287
Maternal Conditions	37	343	21	722	- 380
Bladder Cancer	38	311	62	35	+ 276
Oral Cancer	39	285	37	272	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	40	242	43	214	+ 28
Skin Disease	41	225	52	103	+ 122
Leukemia	42	206	35	317	- 111
Malnutrition	43	184	16	1,168	- 984
Meningitis	44	157	19	847	- 690
Epilepsy	45	152	45	191	- 39
Alcohol	46	138	49	125	+ 13
Skin Cancers	47	128	50	113	+ 15
Fires	48	117	38	270	- 153
Syphilis	49	115	46	173	- 58
Tuberculosis	50	113	26	625	- 511
Oesophagus Cancer	51	62	44	213	- 151
Poisonings	52	54	40	220	- 166
Other Neoplasms	53	43	64	16	+ 27
Encephalitis	54	38	61	39	- 1
Drug Use	55	35	60	45	- 9
Appendicitis	56	26	54	70	- 44
Hepatitis B	57	21	55	68	- 47
Pertussis	58	15	42	218	- 203
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	63	23	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	66	7	+ 4
Dengue	61	8	72	0	+ 8
Tetanus	62	3	58	53	- 50
Diphtheria	63	2	71	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	12	- 10
War	65	1	69	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	67	5	- 4
Chlamydia	67	1	70	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	57	58	- 58
Otitis Media	69	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	7	2,826	- 2,826
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	111	- 111
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	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
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.