RWANDA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,264	4	3,605	+ 6,658
Stroke	2	7,628	2	5,060	+ 2,567
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,863	1	5,280	+ 584
Violence	4	4,258	29	548	+ 3,710
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,690	11	1,858	+ 1,832
Lung Disease	6	3,676	13	1,555	+ 2,121
Kidney Disease	7	2,333	15	1,206	+ 1,128
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,097	3	3,718	- 1,622
Lung Cancers	9	1,960	39	234	+ 1,726
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,902	25	657	+ 1,244
Hypertension	11	1,784	14	1,357	+ 427
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,434	28	591	+ 843
Liver Disease	13	1,326	8	2,548	- 1,222
Breast Cancer	14	1,285	27	600	+ 685
Prostate Cancer	15	1,176	32	396	+ 780
Falls	16	1,167	31	412	+ 755
Stomach Cancer	17	1,114	20	780	+ 334
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,084	34	347	+ 737
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,048	41	219	+ 828
Suicide	20	900	24	704	+ 197
Other Injuries	21	855	17	944	- 89
HIV/AIDS	22	777	7	2,826	- 2,048
Congenital Anomalies	23	763	12	1,777	- 1,015
Pancreas Cancer	24	743	43	214	+ 529
Liver Cancer	25	713	23	706	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	26	648	44	213	+ 435
Lymphomas	27	642	30	450	+ 193
Oral Cancer	28	616	37	272	+ 344
Cervical Cancer	29	589	18	941	- 352
Leukemia	30	528	35	317	+ 211
Skin Disease	31	444	52	103	+ 342
Alcohol	32	441	49	125	+ 315
Low Birth Weight	33	426	9	2,193	- 1,767
Malnutrition	34	415	16	1,168	- 753
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	350	6	3,121	- 2,771
Bladder Cancer	36	328	62	35	+ 293
Chagas disease	37	312	79	0	+ 312
Skin Cancers	38	312	50	113	+ 199
Drownings	39	306	36	285	+ 21
Tuberculosis	40	303	26	625	- 322
Parkinson's Disease	41	295	47	146	+ 149
Other Neoplasms	42	289	64	16	+ 273
Ovary Cancer	43	270	53	92	+ 178
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	264	33	362	- 99
Birth Trauma	45	234	10	1,888	- 1,654
Epilepsy	46	202	45	191	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	47	172	56	58	+ 114
Asthma	48	161	22	717	- 557
Drug Use	49	153	60	45	+ 108
Anemia	50	150	86	0	+ 150
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	136	48	136	- 0
Hepatitis C	52	121	65	12	+ 109
Maternal Conditions	53	93	21	722	- 629
Meningitis	54	84	19	847	- 763
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	68	80	0	+ 68
War	56	67	69	3	+ 65
Appendicitis	57	66	54	70	- 4
Fires	58	64	38	270	- 206
Hepatitis B	59	48	55	68	- 20
Schizophrenia	60	41	83	0	+ 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	37	63	23	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	62	37	51	111	- 74
Leishmaniasis	63	27	77	0	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	64	22	66	7	+ 15
Osteoarthritis	65	20	81	0	+ 20
Poisonings	66	20	40	220	- 200
Upper Respiratory	67	16	57	58	- 42
Syphilis	68	14	46	173	- 159
Leprosy	69	11	76	0	+ 11
Otitis Media	70	6	68	4	+ 2
Tetanus	71	5	58	53	- 47
Encephalitis	72	4	61	39	- 35
Oral conditions	73	4	82	0	+ 4
Malaria	74	3	5	3,298	- 3,295
Pertussis	75	2	42	218	- 216
Dengue	76	1	72	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	0	67	5	- 4
Diphtheria	79	0	71	1	- 1
Chlamydia	80	0	70	2	- 2
Measles	81	0	59	51	- 51
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Brazil

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.