RWANDA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,783	4	3,605	+ 9,177
Stroke	2	5,752	2	5,060	+ 691
War	3	5,474	69	3	+ 5,472
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,077	1	5,280	- 202
Low Birth Weight	5	3,734	9	2,193	+ 1,541
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,629	3	3,718	- 90
Birth Trauma	7	2,518	10	1,888	+ 629
Hypertension	8	2,244	14	1,357	+ 886
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,853	6	3,121	- 1,268
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,819	12	1,777	+ 42
Lung Disease	11	1,355	13	1,555	- 200
Measles	12	1,280	59	51	+ 1,228
Liver Disease	13	1,226	8	2,548	- 1,323
Violence	14	1,203	29	548	+ 655
Kidney Disease	15	1,135	15	1,206	- 70
Other Injuries	16	943	17	944	- 1
Asthma	17	893	22	717	+ 175
Tuberculosis	18	805	26	625	+ 180
Diabetes Mellitus	19	761	11	1,858	- 1,098
Malaria	20	729	5	3,298	- 2,569
Suicide	21	720	24	704	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	596	25	657	- 62
Pertussis	23	525	42	218	+ 308
Falls	24	496	31	412	+ 84
Drownings	25	484	36	285	+ 199
Breast Cancer	26	481	27	600	- 119
Malnutrition	27	449	16	1,168	- 719
Meningitis	28	432	19	847	- 416
Fires	29	420	38	270	+ 150
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	387	28	591	- 204
Stomach Cancer	31	382	20	780	- 398
Maternal Conditions	32	377	21	722	- 345
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	353	33	362	- 9
Leukemia	34	329	35	317	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	35	324	44	213	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	36	313	41	219	+ 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	300	48	136	+ 164
Drug Use	38	260	60	45	+ 215
Liver Cancer	39	258	23	706	- 448
Inflammatory/Heart	40	248	34	347	- 99
Lung Cancers	41	241	39	234	+ 7
Oral Cancer	42	232	37	272	- 40
Epilepsy	43	228	45	191	+ 37
Poisonings	44	225	40	220	+ 5
Lymphomas	45	183	30	450	- 266
HIV/AIDS	46	168	7	2,826	- 2,658
Tetanus	47	167	58	53	+ 115
Encephalitis	48	156	61	39	+ 117
Parkinson's Disease	49	153	47	146	+ 7
Hepatitis B	50	127	55	68	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	51	120	43	214	- 94
Ovary Cancer	52	80	53	92	- 12
Syphilis	53	74	46	173	- 98
Appendicitis	54	69	54	70	- 2
Bladder Cancer	55	68	62	35	+ 33
Schistosomiasis	56	52	51	111	- 59
Cervical Cancer	57	50	18	941	- 890
Skin Cancers	58	42	50	113	- 71
Alcohol	59	33	49	125	- 92
Dengue	60	30	72	0	+ 30
Skin Disease	61	19	52	103	- 84
Multiple Sclerosis	62	18	66	7	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	63	17	32	396	- 379
Other Neoplasms	64	9	64	16	- 7
Ascariasis	65	7	67	5	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	63	23	- 17
Diphtheria	67	6	71	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	4	65	12	- 9
Uterin Cancer	69	2	56	58	- 56
Upper Respiratory	70	2	57	58	- 56
Leishmaniasis	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	70	2	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.