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United States
COUNTRY #1
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UNITED STATES VS RWANDA

Compare United States and Rwanda health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Rwanda
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Rwanda RWANDA
  United States UNITED STATES   Rwanda RWANDA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
77.83
135
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
19.49
55
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
33.52
41
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
4.46
140
5. Stroke
22.27
164
105.76
62
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
0.56
154
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
15.96
102
8. Suicide
14.51
31
9.45
81
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
23.20
92
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
25.46
43
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
43.89
15
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
36.55
70
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
12.27
45
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
30.17
44
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
41.22
23
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
74.70
45
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
2.79
121
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.86
87
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
5.66
58
20. Violence
6.00
81
4.56
91
21. Falls
5.68
90
7.68
61
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
5.09
86
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
10.27
62
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
2.74
155
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
11.48
24
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
3.83
107
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.96
73
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
7.02
52
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.99
60
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.84
115
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
3.59
52
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
0.66
173
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
26.00
22
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.33
131
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
6.97
65
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.89
91
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
10.60
37
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
3.02
84
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
39.89
44
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
29.44
34
41. Drownings
1.19
140
2.14
108
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.18
61
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.10
157
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
12.03
23
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
1.71
83
46. Asthma
0.84
141
11.90
53
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
2.08
60
48. Fires
0.73
124
2.90
52
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
2.15
64
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
6.24
43
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
3,605
6.21
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
657
1.13
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
1,555
2.68
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
5,060
8.72
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
234
0.40
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
1,206
2.08
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
45
0.08
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
1,357
2.34
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
591
1.02
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
1,858
3.20
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
5,280
9.10
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
704
1.21
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
600
1.03
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
219
0.38
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
214
0.37
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
2,548
4.39
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
3,718
6.41
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
412
0.71
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
450
0.78
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
396
0.68
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
146
0.25
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
347
0.60
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
706
1.22
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
317
0.55
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
944
1.63
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
35
0.06
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
548
0.94
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
213
0.37
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
16
0.03
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
125
0.22
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
92
0.16
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
113
0.19
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
780
1.34
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
1,777
3.06
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
272
0.47
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
58
0.10
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
3,121
5.38
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
941
1.62
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
2,193
3.78
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
1,168
2.01
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
12
0.02
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
2,826
4.87
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
103
0.18
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
7
0.01
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
285
0.49
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
717
1.24
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
136
0.23
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
362
0.62
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
270
0.47
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
191
0.33
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
4.46
140
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
15.96
102
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
25.46
43
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
12.27
45
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.86
87
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
5.66
58
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
2.74
155
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
11.48
24
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
3.96
73
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.84
115
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
3.59
52
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
0.66
173
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
26.00
22
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.89
91
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
10.60
37
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
3.02
84
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.