NORWAY VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,135	6	1,797	+ 339
Stroke	2	2,047	4	2,475	- 429
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,504	42	114	+ 1,390
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,458	1	5,321	- 3,863
Malaria	5	1,334	84	0	+ 1,334
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,262	37	128	+ 1,135
HIV/AIDS	7	1,143	61	10	+ 1,132
Liver Disease	8	1,031	30	214	+ 817
Low Birth Weight	9	887	52	23	+ 863
Birth Trauma	10	764	54	17	+ 746
Diabetes Mellitus	11	752	16	560	+ 192
Congenital Anomalies	12	719	34	136	+ 582
Lung Disease	13	629	3	2,723	- 2,094
Hypertension	14	549	28	230	+ 319
Kidney Disease	15	488	14	611	- 123
Malnutrition	16	472	35	135	+ 337
Other Injuries	17	382	15	583	- 201
Cervical Cancer	18	380	39	125	+ 255
Meningitis	19	343	58	14	+ 329
Stomach Cancer	20	316	22	343	- 28
Maternal Conditions	21	292	66	1	+ 291
Asthma	22	290	43	85	+ 206
Liver Cancer	23	286	26	259	+ 27
Suicide	24	285	13	633	- 349
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	266	2	4,464	- 4,198
Tuberculosis	26	253	56	15	+ 238
Breast Cancer	27	243	11	698	- 455
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	239	7	1,787	- 1,548
Violence	29	222	50	32	+ 190
Lymphomas	30	182	12	646	- 464
Falls	31	167	9	777	- 611
Prostate Cancer	32	160	8	1,172	- 1,012
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	147	33	160	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	34	140	29	221	- 81
Leukemia	35	128	21	354	- 226
Drownings	36	115	45	65	+ 50
Oral Cancer	37	110	32	168	- 58
Fires	38	109	48	45	+ 64
Lung Cancers	39	95	5	2,320	- 2,225
Poisonings	40	89	57	14	+ 75
Endocrine Disorders	41	89	19	359	- 270
Pertussis	42	88	64	1	+ 87
Pancreas Cancer	43	86	10	770	- 684
Oesophagus Cancer	44	86	27	248	- 162
Epilepsy	45	77	40	119	- 42
Syphilis	46	70	67	1	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	47	59	17	554	- 495
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	55	46	61	- 6
Alcohol	49	51	31	205	- 154
Skin Cancers	50	46	18	407	- 362
Schistosomiasis	51	45	83	0	+ 45
Skin Disease	52	42	38	128	- 86
Ovary Cancer	53	37	24	309	- 272
Appendicitis	54	28	59	12	+ 16
Hepatitis B	55	28	63	3	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	56	24	36	134	- 111
Upper Respiratory	57	24	60	12	+ 12
Tetanus	58	21	69	0	+ 21
Measles	59	21	72	0	+ 21
Drug Use	60	18	25	264	- 246
Encephalitis	61	16	70	0	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	62	14	20	356	- 342
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	47	60	- 51
Other Neoplasms	64	7	23	324	- 318
Hepatitis C	65	5	55	17	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	41	119	- 116
Ascariasis	67	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	65	1	+ 0
War	69	1	68	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	75	- 75
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Rwanda

Norway

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.