RWANDA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	27,695	7	2,826	+ 24,870
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,020	1	5,280	+ 5,741
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,677	11	1,858	+ 8,819
Stroke	4	9,582	2	5,060	+ 4,521
Coronary Heart Disease	5	9,037	4	3,605	+ 5,431
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,191	6	3,121	+ 3,069
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,600	3	3,718	+ 882
Kidney Disease	8	4,563	15	1,206	+ 3,357
Suicide	9	4,041	24	704	+ 3,337
Hypertension	10	3,496	14	1,357	+ 2,139
Liver Disease	11	3,276	8	2,548	+ 728
Lung Disease	12	3,166	13	1,555	+ 1,611
Tuberculosis	13	3,062	26	625	+ 2,437
Low Birth Weight	14	2,789	9	2,193	+ 596
Cervical Cancer	15	2,573	18	941	+ 1,632
Violence	16	2,541	29	548	+ 1,993
Other Injuries	17	2,276	17	944	+ 1,332
Birth Trauma	18	1,993	10	1,888	+ 104
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,920	12	1,777	+ 143
Asthma	20	1,790	22	717	+ 1,073
Maternal Conditions	21	1,386	21	722	+ 664
Malnutrition	22	1,266	16	1,168	+ 99
Meningitis	23	1,166	19	847	+ 319
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,122	34	347	+ 775
Drownings	25	1,041	36	285	+ 756
Fires	26	1,001	38	270	+ 732
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	916	25	657	+ 259
Endocrine Disorders	28	888	41	219	+ 668
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	608	33	362	+ 246
Epilepsy	30	547	45	191	+ 356
Prostate Cancer	31	538	32	396	+ 142
Falls	32	493	31	412	+ 81
Pertussis	33	464	42	218	+ 246
Poisonings	34	449	40	220	+ 229
Breast Cancer	35	441	27	600	- 158
Lymphomas	36	372	30	450	- 78
Liver Cancer	37	351	23	706	- 355
Drug Use	38	321	60	45	+ 277
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	313	48	136	+ 178
Skin Disease	40	302	52	103	+ 200
Parkinson's Disease	41	286	47	146	+ 139
Skin Cancers	42	238	50	113	+ 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	223	28	591	- 368
Oesophagus Cancer	44	221	44	213	+ 8
Syphilis	45	209	46	173	+ 36
Lung Cancers	46	199	39	234	- 35
Leukemia	47	195	35	317	- 122
Alcohol	48	192	49	125	+ 66
Schistosomiasis	49	153	51	111	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	50	137	56	58	+ 79
Oral Cancer	51	122	37	272	- 150
Ovary Cancer	52	119	53	92	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	53	82	20	780	- 698
Appendicitis	54	79	54	70	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	55	72	62	35	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	56	72	43	214	- 141
Hepatitis B	57	71	55	68	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	59	63	23	+ 36
Encephalitis	59	58	61	39	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	60	50	57	58	- 9
Other Neoplasms	61	47	64	16	+ 31
Tetanus	62	44	58	53	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	63	18	66	7	+ 11
Measles	64	8	59	51	- 44
Hepatitis C	65	4	65	12	- 8
Ascariasis	66	4	67	5	- 1
Malaria	67	3	5	3,298	- 3,295
Otitis Media	68	3	68	4	- 1
Chlamydia	69	2	70	2	- 0
Diphtheria	70	2	71	1	+ 1
War	71	2	69	3	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Swaziland

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.