RWANDA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	16,227	7	2,826	+ 13,402
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,867	1	5,280	+ 3,588
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,379	4	3,605	+ 3,774
Stroke	4	6,918	2	5,060	+ 1,858
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,804	11	1,858	+ 4,946
Tuberculosis	6	4,951	26	625	+ 4,326
Violence	7	4,733	29	548	+ 4,185
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,571	6	3,121	+ 450
Kidney Disease	9	3,449	15	1,206	+ 2,243
Suicide	10	3,105	24	704	+ 2,401
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,933	3	3,718	- 785
Hypertension	12	2,882	14	1,357	+ 1,525
Lung Disease	13	2,681	13	1,555	+ 1,126
Liver Disease	14	2,032	8	2,548	- 517
Lung Cancers	15	1,737	39	234	+ 1,503
Low Birth Weight	16	1,409	9	2,193	- 784
Other Injuries	17	1,355	17	944	+ 411
Asthma	18	1,345	22	717	+ 627
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,328	41	219	+ 1,108
Cervical Cancer	20	1,252	18	941	+ 312
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,219	34	347	+ 872
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,054	25	657	+ 397
Breast Cancer	23	1,022	27	600	+ 422
Prostate Cancer	24	986	32	396	+ 590
Congenital Anomalies	25	981	12	1,777	- 797
Meningitis	26	825	19	847	- 22
Fires	27	815	38	270	+ 546
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	808	28	591	+ 217
Oesophagus Cancer	29	786	44	213	+ 573
Birth Trauma	30	677	10	1,888	- 1,211
Lymphomas	31	635	30	450	+ 186
Drownings	32	542	36	285	+ 257
Liver Cancer	33	537	23	706	- 169
Malnutrition	34	537	16	1,168	- 631
Pancreas Cancer	35	452	43	214	+ 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	427	33	362	+ 65
Epilepsy	37	421	45	191	+ 230
Maternal Conditions	38	383	21	722	- 339
Stomach Cancer	39	346	20	780	- 434
Leukemia	40	330	35	317	+ 13
Oral Cancer	41	317	37	272	+ 45
Falls	42	315	31	412	- 97
Pertussis	43	257	42	218	+ 40
Syphilis	44	255	46	173	+ 82
Skin Disease	45	248	52	103	+ 145
Parkinson's Disease	46	243	47	146	+ 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	229	48	136	+ 93
Skin Cancers	48	224	50	113	+ 111
Alcohol	49	222	49	125	+ 97
Poisonings	50	220	40	220	- 0
Ovary Cancer	51	214	53	92	+ 122
Bladder Cancer	52	187	62	35	+ 152
Drug Use	53	174	60	45	+ 129
Uterin Cancer	54	115	56	58	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	85	63	23	+ 62
Appendicitis	56	62	54	70	- 8
Measles	57	61	59	51	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	58	60	64	16	+ 44
Encephalitis	59	53	61	39	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	60	50	57	58	- 8
Hepatitis B	61	31	55	68	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	66	7	+ 18
Malaria	63	19	5	3,298	- 3,279
War	64	15	69	3	+ 12
Tetanus	65	9	58	53	- 44
Schistosomiasis	66	8	51	111	- 103
Otitis Media	67	4	68	4	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	4	70	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	4	71	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	70	2	65	12	- 11
Ascariasis	71	1	67	5	- 4
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

South Africa

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.