CONGO VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,073	4	2,494	+ 4,579
Stroke	2	3,033	5	2,267	+ 767
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,167	7	1,598	- 432
Hypertension	4	1,085	12	933	+ 153
Kidney Disease	5	976	15	613	+ 363
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	945	3	2,576	- 1,631
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	731	25	230	+ 500
Low Birth Weight	8	706	9	1,283	- 577
Diabetes Mellitus	9	607	10	1,050	- 443
Lung Disease	10	605	17	541	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	11	565	14	729	- 164
Lung Cancers	12	510	47	54	+ 456
Birth Trauma	13	493	11	997	- 505
Breast Cancer	14	449	32	159	+ 291
Liver Disease	15	449	13	931	- 481
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	407	38	89	+ 318
Tuberculosis	17	368	2	2,781	- 2,413
Asthma	18	265	23	291	- 26
Stomach Cancer	19	264	39	88	+ 176
Lymphomas	20	238	45	61	+ 177
Bladder Cancer	21	185	61	15	+ 170
Other Injuries	22	182	20	333	- 151
Falls	23	170	33	149	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	24	162	42	69	+ 93
Leukemia	25	150	46	57	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	144	8	1,304	- 1,160
Cervical Cancer	27	141	29	196	- 55
Suicide	28	139	19	349	- 210
Prostate Cancer	29	139	28	198	- 59
Drug Use	30	128	44	65	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	31	126	52	42	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	32	120	27	208	- 88
Maternal Conditions	33	119	16	578	- 459
Inflammatory/Heart	34	107	26	220	- 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	93	35	105	- 12
Violence	36	92	18	539	- 446
Skin Cancers	37	92	53	36	+ 56
Oral Cancer	38	90	54	33	+ 57
Fires	39	83	37	90	- 8
Ovary Cancer	40	79	48	49	+ 30
Liver Cancer	41	71	30	169	- 98
Drownings	42	58	36	104	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	47	43	67	- 20
Epilepsy	44	46	40	76	- 30
Meningitis	45	42	22	299	- 258
Oesophagus Cancer	46	41	57	19	+ 21
Poisonings	47	37	41	71	- 33
HIV/AIDS	48	25	1	4,509	- 4,484
Pertussis	49	22	21	329	- 307
Hepatitis B	50	21	62	14	+ 7
Encephalitis	51	19	56	20	- 1
Skin Disease	52	14	50	46	- 31
Malnutrition	53	11	24	272	- 261
Alcohol	54	11	49	46	- 35
Appendicitis	55	10	58	18	- 8
Uterin Cancer	56	10	60	15	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	66	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	58	7	63	8	- 0
Measles	59	7	31	159	- 152
Tetanus	60	7	55	23	- 16
Syphilis	61	5	34	107	- 101
War	62	5	72	1	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	63	3	51	45	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	59	15	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	7	- 6
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	65	7	- 7
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Algeria

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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.globallifeexpectancy.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.