RWANDA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,301	4	3,605	+ 12,696
Diabetes Mellitus	2	7,722	11	1,858	+ 5,864
Lung Disease	3	5,860	13	1,555	+ 4,306
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	4,300	25	657	+ 3,643
Kidney Disease	5	4,250	15	1,206	+ 3,044
Stroke	6	4,217	2	5,060	- 843
Asthma	7	4,010	22	717	+ 3,293
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,171	1	5,280	- 2,109
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,603	3	3,718	- 1,116
Suicide	10	1,845	24	704	+ 1,142
Oral Cancer	11	1,793	37	272	+ 1,521
Lung Cancers	12	1,100	39	234	+ 866
Oesophagus Cancer	13	957	44	213	+ 744
Other Injuries	14	948	17	944	+ 4
Breast Cancer	15	857	27	600	+ 257
Stomach Cancer	16	819	20	780	+ 38
Liver Disease	17	807	8	2,548	- 1,741
Leukemia	18	716	35	317	+ 399
Liver Cancer	19	676	23	706	- 31
Hypertension	20	654	14	1,357	- 703
Lymphomas	21	637	30	450	+ 187
Congenital Anomalies	22	613	12	1,777	- 1,164
Falls	23	597	31	412	+ 185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	565	28	591	- 26
Tuberculosis	25	477	26	625	- 148
Cervical Cancer	26	472	18	941	- 468
Drownings	27	453	36	285	+ 168
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	375	6	3,121	- 2,747
Low Birth Weight	29	332	9	2,193	- 1,860
Prostate Cancer	30	314	32	396	- 82
Violence	31	309	29	548	- 239
Endocrine Disorders	32	287	41	219	+ 67
Anemia	33	276	86	0	+ 276
Bladder Cancer	34	268	62	35	+ 232
Inflammatory/Heart	35	263	34	347	- 83
Skin Disease	36	181	52	103	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	37	174	53	92	+ 82
War	38	173	69	3	+ 171
Epilepsy	39	167	45	191	- 24
Drug Use	40	159	60	45	+ 115
Fires	41	148	38	270	- 122
Uterin Cancer	42	135	56	58	+ 77
Pancreas Cancer	43	132	43	214	- 81
Birth Trauma	44	119	10	1,888	- 1,769
Parkinson's Disease	45	104	47	146	- 42
Meningitis	46	90	19	847	- 757
Dengue	47	81	72	0	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	48	60	21	722	- 663
Poisonings	49	58	40	220	- 162
Other Neoplasms	50	53	64	16	+ 37
Alcohol	51	51	49	125	- 74
Skin Cancers	52	36	50	113	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	31	48	136	- 105
Malnutrition	54	27	16	1,168	- 1,141
HIV/AIDS	55	24	7	2,826	- 2,801
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	24	33	362	- 339
Tetanus	57	17	58	53	- 36
Syphilis	58	9	46	173	- 163
Pertussis	59	9	42	218	- 209
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	63	23	- 16
Encephalitis	61	6	61	39	- 32
Hepatitis B	62	4	55	68	- 65
Leprosy	63	3	76	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	64	3	54	70	- 67
Schizophrenia	65	3	83	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	57	58	- 55
Osteoarthritis	67	2	81	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	66	7	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	71	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	12	- 12
Otitis Media	76	0	68	4	- 4
Measles	77	0	59	51	- 51
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Schistosomiasis	81	0	51	111	- 111
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Sri Lanka

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.