RWANDA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,115	4	3,605	+ 16,509
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	11,442	25	657	+ 10,784
Lung Disease	3	7,784	13	1,555	+ 6,229
Stroke	4	6,315	2	5,060	+ 1,255
Lung Cancers	5	6,196	39	234	+ 5,962
Kidney Disease	6	3,421	15	1,206	+ 2,215
Drug Use	7	2,965	60	45	+ 2,921
Hypertension	8	2,628	14	1,357	+ 1,270
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,463	28	591	+ 1,872
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,447	11	1,858	+ 588
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	2,403	1	5,280	- 2,877
Suicide	12	2,115	24	704	+ 1,412
Breast Cancer	13	1,939	27	600	+ 1,339
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,872	41	219	+ 1,652
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,765	43	214	+ 1,551
Liver Disease	16	1,729	8	2,548	- 819
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,661	3	3,718	- 2,057
Falls	18	1,610	31	412	+ 1,198
Lymphomas	19	1,605	30	450	+ 1,155
Prostate Cancer	20	1,419	32	396	+ 1,023
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,374	47	146	+ 1,228
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,296	34	347	+ 949
Liver Cancer	23	1,078	23	706	+ 372
Leukemia	24	1,074	35	317	+ 757
Other Injuries	25	1,036	17	944	+ 92
Bladder Cancer	26	782	62	35	+ 746
Violence	27	756	29	548	+ 208
Oesophagus Cancer	28	710	44	213	+ 497
Other Neoplasms	29	707	64	16	+ 691
Alcohol	30	584	49	125	+ 459
Ovary Cancer	31	581	53	92	+ 489
Skin Cancers	32	570	50	113	+ 457
Stomach Cancer	33	521	20	780	- 259
Congenital Anomalies	34	469	12	1,777	- 1,309
Oral Cancer	35	460	37	272	+ 188
Uterin Cancer	36	401	56	58	+ 343
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	397	6	3,121	- 2,725
Cervical Cancer	38	278	18	941	- 662
Low Birth Weight	39	276	9	2,193	- 1,917
Malnutrition	40	269	16	1,168	- 898
Hepatitis C	41	226	65	12	+ 214
HIV/AIDS	42	226	7	2,826	- 2,600
Skin Disease	43	215	52	103	+ 113
Multiple Sclerosis	44	202	66	7	+ 194
Drownings	45	162	36	285	- 122
Asthma	46	152	22	717	- 565
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	145	48	136	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	138	33	362	- 224
Fires	49	127	38	270	- 143
Epilepsy	50	126	45	191	- 65
Anemia	51	124	86	0	+ 124
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	98	63	23	+ 75
Poisonings	53	67	40	220	- 153
Birth Trauma	54	49	10	1,888	- 1,839
War	55	48	69	3	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	56	31	21	722	- 691
Schizophrenia	57	29	83	0	+ 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	27	80	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	59	24	55	68	- 44
Meningitis	60	24	19	847	- 823
Osteoarthritis	61	23	81	0	+ 23
Tuberculosis	62	22	26	625	- 603
Appendicitis	63	17	54	70	- 53
Oral conditions	64	11	82	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	65	9	57	58	- 49
Syphilis	66	2	46	173	- 171
Otitis Media	67	1	68	4	- 2
Encephalitis	68	1	61	39	- 38
Pertussis	69	1	42	218	- 217
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	58	53	- 53
Schistosomiasis	72	0	51	111	- 111
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	59	51	- 51
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	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

United States

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.