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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda
RWANDA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
38.5
42.4
40.4
184
181
183
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
56.1
58.9
57.5
156
156
156
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Rwanda
RWANDA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
56.1
58.9
156
156
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
65.7
68.1
150
157
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
66.4
68.7
148
156
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
66.8
69.2
147
156
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
67.2
69.7
147
156
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
67.9
70.3
147
156
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
68.6
71.0
146
156
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
69.3
71.9
147
158
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
70.3
72.8
147
161
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
71.3
73.8
147
162
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
72.5
74.8
148
163
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
73.9
76.0
149
164
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.7
77.5
151
163
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.8
79.1
155
165
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.2
81.2
158
164
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.0
83.7
162
166
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.2
86.8
170
164
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.9
90.3
170
163
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.1
169
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda
RWANDA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
135.42
31
  
23.69
125
2 Stroke
134.18
47
  
36.89
160
3 Tuberculosis
112.22
8
  
0.41
170
4 Coronary Heart Disease
106.87
104
  
68.80
155
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
97.98
23
  
1.95
119
6 HIV/AIDS
53.02
35
  
0.40
137
7 Diabetes Mellitus
49.39
60
  
5.04
185
8 Lung Disease
35.75
64
  
21.47
98
9 Maternal Conditions
24.32
24
  
0.15
151
10 Road Traffic Accidents
24.16
49
  
4.77
180
11 Hypertension
22.89
115
  
3.67
183
12 Birth Trauma
22.04
14
  
0.64
166
13 Violence
21.82
36
  
1.14
160
14 Kidney Disease
21.51
69
  
3.23
185
15 Low Birth Weight
19.38
41
  
3.39
144
16 Other Injuries
17.97
55
  
5.54
170
17 Endocrine Disorders
16.08
41
  
3.13
147
18 Meningitis
15.14
25
  
0.41
149
19 Cervical Cancer
14.88
17
  
1.38
161
20 Liver Cancer
14.18
27
  
3.07
164
21 Asthma
13.38
45
  
1.09
153
22 Inflammatory/Heart
13.11
48
  
2.97
152
23 Malnutrition
11.23
23
  
0.07
172
24 Malaria
10.15
41
  
0.01
104
25 Suicide
9.26
76
  
6.90
101
26 Drownings
8.94
16
  
0.35
187
27 Stomach Cancer
8.73
67
  
4.81
130
28 Alzheimers/Dementia
8.59
58
  
17.08
14
29 Breast Cancer
8.35
174
  
23.62
20
30 Anaemia
7.96
25
  
0.15
171
31 Epilepsy
7.33
32
  
1.57
104
32 Schistosomiasis
7.03
25
  
0.00
64
33 Oesophagus Cancer
6.73
34
  
7.62
30
34 Congenital Anomalies
6.42
91
  
3.68
164
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.38
49
  
2.54
123
36 Prostate Cancer
6.16
101
  
8.21
58
37 Liver Disease
6.07
141
  
9.48
96
38 Fires
5.04
35
  
0.45
158
39 Lymphomas
4.81
107
  
7.35
36
40 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.69
136
  
15.49
33
41 Skin Disease
4.45
47
  
1.50
104
42 Falls
4.15
89
  
3.51
109
43 Other Neoplasms
3.62
71
  
2.95
92
44 Bladder Cancer
3.16
65
  
4.27
28
45 Vitamin A Deficiency
2.84
8
  
0.00
192
46 Syphilis
2.83
24
  
0.00
147
47 Oral Cancer
2.67
99
  
2.39
113
48 Measles
2.61
23
  
0.00
97
49 Ovary Cancer
2.22
93
  
3.96
20
50 Upper Respiratory
1.96
36
  
0.07
144
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Rwanda
RWANDA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Diarrhoeal diseases
12,548
15.38
  
3,081
0.66
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
11,135
13.65
  
37,348
8.00
3 Tuberculosis
6,986
8.56
  
443
0.09
4 HIV/AIDS
4,589
5.63
  
266
0.06
5 Stroke
4,350
5.33
  
55,919
11.98
6 Birth Trauma
4,121
5.05
  
262
0.06
7 Low Birth Weight
3,623
4.44
  
1,386
0.30
8 Coronary Heart Disease
3,454
4.23
  
92,299
19.77
9 Maternal Conditions
2,211
2.71
  
81
0.02
10 Meningitis
1,971
2.42
  
278
0.06
11 Other Injuries
1,905
2.34
  
6,029
1.29
12 Violence
1,708
2.09
  
703
0.15
13 Diabetes Mellitus
1,668
2.04
  
6,682
1.43
14 Malnutrition
1,641
2.01
  
85
0.02
15 Road Traffic Accidents
1,638
2.01
  
3,073
0.66
16 Malaria
1,443
1.77
  
5
0.00
17 Lung Disease
1,187
1.46
  
29,069
6.23
18 Congenital Anomalies
1,084
1.33
  
1,950
0.42
19 Kidney Disease
849
1.04
  
4,804
1.03
20 Endocrine Disorders
756
0.93
  
3,056
0.65
21 Hypertension
730
0.89
  
5,191
1.11
22 Drownings
707
0.87
  
233
0.05
23 Cervical Cancer
678
0.83
  
1,322
0.28
24 Anaemia
619
0.76
  
260
0.06
25 Liver Cancer
614
0.75
  
3,470
0.74
26 Inflammatory/Heart
555
0.68
  
3,014
0.65
27 Fires
553
0.68
  
380
0.08
28 Asthma
545
0.67
  
1,260
0.27
29 Vitamin A Deficiency
531
0.65
  
0
0.00
30 Suicide
509
0.62
  
4,660
1.00
31 Measles
483
0.59
  
2
0.00
32 Epilepsy
444
0.54
  
1,201
0.26
33 Syphilis
427
0.52
  
3
0.00
34 Stomach Cancer
376
0.46
  
6,006
1.29
35 Lymphomas
343
0.42
  
8,744
1.87
36 Schistosomiasis
342
0.42
  
1
0.00
37 Oesophagus Cancer
266
0.33
  
8,762
1.88
38 Liver Disease
246
0.30
  
7,767
1.66
39 Peptic Ulcer Disease
239
0.29
  
3,294
0.71
40 Alzheimers/Dementia
236
0.29
  
29,116
6.24
41 Upper Respiratory
214
0.26
  
56
0.01
42 Breast Cancer
211
0.26
  
14,343
3.07
43 Falls
203
0.25
  
4,450
0.95
44 Prostate Cancer
191
0.23
  
11,508
2.46
45 Hepatitis B
177
0.22
  
57
0.01
46 Colon-Rectum Cancers
167
0.20
  
18,951
4.06
47 Tetanus
166
0.20
  
0
0.00
48 Other Neoplasms
163
0.20
  
3,829
0.82
49 Skin Disease
161
0.20
  
2,188
0.47
50 Trypanosomiasis
146
0.18
  
0
0.00
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda
RWANDA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Cervical Cancer
14.88
17
  
1.38
161
2 Liver Cancer
14.18
27
  
3.07
164
3 Stomach Cancer
8.73
67
  
4.81
130
4 Breast Cancer
8.35
174
  
23.62
20
5 Oesophagus Cancer
6.73
34
  
7.62
30
6 Prostate Cancer
6.16
101
  
8.21
58
7 Lymphomas
4.81
107
  
7.35
36
8 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.69
136
  
15.49
33
9 Other Neoplasms
3.62
71
  
2.95
92
10 Bladder Cancer
3.16
65
  
4.27
28
11 Oral Cancer
2.67
99
  
2.39
113
12 Ovary Cancer
2.22
93
  
3.96
20
13 Leukemia
1.95
164
  
4.39
63
14 Pancreas Cancer
1.84
129
  
6.81
39
15 Lung Cancers
1.79
181
  
30.98
18
16 Skin Cancers
1.60
74
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.59
134
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Rwanda
RWANDA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
10,473,282
75
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
42.1 %
33
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
55.4 %
158
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.4 %
186
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
39.67
18
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
14.02
23
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
5.25
20
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
81.61
17
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.66
161
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
2.17
28
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.78
13
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
70.4
141
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
76.3
140
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
64.7
132
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
57.5
156
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
43.0
177
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$900
179
  
$36,600
23
 

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