RWANDA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	15,878	7	2,826	+ 13,052
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,563	1	5,280	+ 3,283
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,746	4	3,605	+ 3,141
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,796	3	3,718	+ 1,077
Stroke	5	4,072	2	5,060	- 988
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,650	6	3,121	+ 528
Low Birth Weight	7	3,207	9	2,193	+ 1,015
Birth Trauma	8	2,705	10	1,888	+ 817
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,656	11	1,858	+ 798
Malnutrition	10	1,903	16	1,168	+ 735
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,761	12	1,777	- 16
Kidney Disease	12	1,758	15	1,206	+ 553
Suicide	13	1,643	24	704	+ 940
Cervical Cancer	14	1,607	18	941	+ 666
Malaria	15	1,591	5	3,298	- 1,707
Tuberculosis	16	1,588	26	625	+ 963
Liver Disease	17	1,542	8	2,548	- 1,006
Violence	18	1,522	29	548	+ 974
Maternal Conditions	19	1,389	21	722	+ 667
Other Injuries	20	1,315	17	944	+ 371
Asthma	21	1,216	22	717	+ 499
Meningitis	22	1,053	19	847	+ 205
Lung Disease	23	924	13	1,555	- 631
Hypertension	24	910	14	1,357	- 447
Inflammatory/Heart	25	832	34	347	+ 485
Lymphomas	26	762	30	450	+ 313
Drownings	27	759	36	285	+ 475
Breast Cancer	28	667	27	600	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	29	637	44	213	+ 424
Fires	30	630	38	270	+ 360
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	610	25	657	- 48
Prostate Cancer	32	499	32	396	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	33	444	20	780	- 336
Endocrine Disorders	34	440	41	219	+ 220
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	435	33	362	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	431	48	136	+ 295
Poisonings	37	409	40	220	+ 189
Liver Cancer	38	405	23	706	- 302
Epilepsy	39	403	45	191	+ 212
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	401	28	591	- 190
Falls	41	369	31	412	- 43
Pertussis	42	333	42	218	+ 115
Lung Cancers	43	227	39	234	- 7
Skin Cancers	44	210	50	113	+ 97
Leukemia	45	193	35	317	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	46	179	47	146	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	47	172	43	214	- 42
Drug Use	48	169	60	45	+ 124
Oral Cancer	49	165	37	272	- 107
Uterin Cancer	50	145	56	58	+ 86
Ovary Cancer	51	138	53	92	+ 46
Skin Disease	52	137	52	103	+ 35
Schistosomiasis	53	137	51	111	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	54	99	62	35	+ 64
Syphilis	55	99	46	173	- 74
Encephalitis	56	93	61	39	+ 54
Tetanus	57	81	58	53	+ 28
Appendicitis	58	53	54	70	- 18
Upper Respiratory	59	52	57	58	- 7
Hepatitis B	60	45	55	68	- 23
Alcohol	61	38	49	125	- 87
Other Neoplasms	62	30	64	16	+ 13
Measles	63	24	59	51	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	21	63	23	- 2
War	65	21	69	3	+ 18
Hepatitis C	66	11	65	12	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	11	66	7	+ 4
Otitis Media	68	3	68	4	- 1
Chlamydia	69	2	70	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	2	67	5	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	71	1	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	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.