RWANDA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	VANUATU		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,458	4	3,605	+ 15,852
Stroke	2	12,354	2	5,060	+ 7,294
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,435	11	1,858	+ 3,576
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,326	1	5,280	+ 47
Lung Disease	5	4,644	13	1,555	+ 3,089
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,423	6	3,121	+ 301
Kidney Disease	7	3,017	15	1,206	+ 1,812
Suicide	8	2,316	24	704	+ 1,613
Liver Disease	9	2,203	8	2,548	- 345
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,045	12	1,777	+ 267
Hypertension	11	2,015	14	1,357	+ 657
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,909	3	3,718	- 1,809
Asthma	13	1,909	22	717	+ 1,191
Low Birth Weight	14	1,856	9	2,193	- 337
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,498	48	136	+ 1,362
Drownings	16	1,490	36	285	+ 1,206
Other Injuries	17	1,280	17	944	+ 335
Liver Cancer	18	1,178	23	706	+ 471
Birth Trauma	19	841	10	1,888	- 1,047
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	790	33	362	+ 428
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	754	25	657	+ 97
Tuberculosis	22	697	26	625	+ 72
Lung Cancers	23	643	39	234	+ 409
Maternal Conditions	24	605	21	722	- 118
Falls	25	564	31	412	+ 151
Breast Cancer	26	555	27	600	- 45
Cervical Cancer	27	550	18	941	- 390
Parkinson's Disease	28	498	47	146	+ 352
Inflammatory/Heart	29	476	34	347	+ 129
Pertussis	30	435	42	218	+ 217
Malnutrition	31	429	16	1,168	- 739
Leukemia	32	383	35	317	+ 66
Endocrine Disorders	33	376	41	219	+ 156
Prostate Cancer	34	372	32	396	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	364	28	591	- 227
Meningitis	36	346	19	847	- 502
Syphilis	37	328	46	173	+ 155
Violence	38	290	29	548	- 257
Skin Disease	39	290	52	103	+ 188
Stomach Cancer	40	262	20	780	- 518
Epilepsy	41	227	45	191	+ 35
Fires	42	179	38	270	- 90
Alcohol	43	171	49	125	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	44	168	53	92	+ 76
Lymphomas	45	137	30	450	- 312
Tetanus	46	123	58	53	+ 70
Poisonings	47	94	40	220	- 126
Uterin Cancer	48	84	56	58	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	49	80	62	35	+ 45
Appendicitis	50	58	54	70	- 12
Hepatitis B	51	53	55	68	- 15
Encephalitis	52	45	61	39	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	53	38	43	214	- 176
Oral Cancer	54	36	37	272	- 236
Other Neoplasms	55	31	64	16	+ 15
Drug Use	56	19	60	45	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	57	12	66	7	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	63	23	- 12
Dengue	59	8	72	0	+ 8
Diphtheria	60	8	71	1	+ 7
Hepatitis C	61	7	65	12	- 5
Measles	62	4	59	51	- 47
Ascariasis	63	4	67	5	- 1
War	64	1	69	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	57	58	- 57
Chlamydia	66	1	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	7	2,826	- 2,826
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	111	- 111
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	44	213	- 213
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	50	113	- 113
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Vanuatu

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.