ZAMBIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,060	2	9,517	- 1,456
Stroke	2	7,726	3	7,948	- 222
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,677	11	3,654	+ 2,023
Coronary Heart Disease	4	5,505	10	4,432	+ 1,073
Malaria	5	5,035	4	7,882	- 2,847
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,765	5	6,275	- 1,510
HIV/AIDS	7	4,314	1	17,234	- 12,921
Liver Disease	8	3,890	9	4,501	- 611
Low Birth Weight	9	3,348	8	4,857	- 1,509
Birth Trauma	10	2,883	7	5,062	- 2,179
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,837	14	2,395	+ 442
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,713	12	3,146	- 432
Lung Disease	13	2,373	21	1,273	+ 1,101
Hypertension	14	2,072	13	2,616	- 544
Kidney Disease	15	1,841	18	1,760	+ 81
Malnutrition	16	1,783	15	2,303	- 520
Other Injuries	17	1,441	19	1,729	- 287
Cervical Cancer	18	1,436	17	1,799	- 363
Meningitis	19	1,294	16	1,976	- 682
Stomach Cancer	20	1,191	42	206	+ 985
Maternal Conditions	21	1,103	22	1,188	- 85
Asthma	22	1,095	26	741	+ 354
Liver Cancer	23	1,078	46	177	+ 902
Suicide	24	1,074	20	1,303	- 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,004	29	590	+ 414
Tuberculosis	26	954	6	5,941	- 4,987
Breast Cancer	27	916	35	366	+ 550
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	902	43	203	+ 700
Violence	29	837	23	1,153	- 317
Lymphomas	30	686	31	548	+ 139
Falls	31	629	28	596	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	32	605	30	561	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	553	40	246	+ 308
Inflammatory/Heart	34	529	33	501	+ 28
Leukemia	35	484	39	261	+ 223
Drownings	36	435	27	689	- 254
Oral Cancer	37	415	48	155	+ 260
Fires	38	412	32	546	- 135
Lung Cancers	39	357	41	226	+ 132
Poisonings	40	336	34	456	- 120
Endocrine Disorders	41	335	37	354	- 18
Pertussis	42	332	25	743	- 410
Pancreas Cancer	43	326	62	42	+ 284
Oesophagus Cancer	44	325	36	359	- 33
Epilepsy	45	292	38	332	- 40
Syphilis	46	263	24	885	- 621
Parkinson's Disease	47	223	47	164	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	208	45	190	+ 18
Alcohol	49	192	49	140	+ 52
Skin Cancers	50	172	54	108	+ 64
Schistosomiasis	51	170	51	128	+ 41
Skin Disease	52	157	52	126	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	53	141	57	82	+ 58
Appendicitis	54	107	56	84	+ 23
Hepatitis B	55	104	55	104	- 0
Uterin Cancer	56	89	64	30	+ 59
Upper Respiratory	57	89	60	68	+ 21
Tetanus	58	81	44	190	- 109
Measles	59	79	61	48	+ 30
Drug Use	60	68	53	122	- 54
Encephalitis	61	59	59	70	- 11
Bladder Cancer	62	54	50	132	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	35	63	30	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	64	25	65	20	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	19	66	18	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	11	67	13	- 2
Ascariasis	67	7	68	9	- 2
Otitis Media	68	6	70	5	+ 1
War	69	4	69	6	- 3
Chlamydia	70	4	71	3	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	2	73	3	- 1
Dengue	72	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	58	72	- 72
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Rwanda

Zambia

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.