CONGO VS ANGOLA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANGOLA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,081	3	2,576	+ 1,505
Tuberculosis	2	2,785	2	2,781	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,499	8	1,304	+ 1,195
Malaria	4	2,230	6	1,977	+ 253
Birth Trauma	5	2,128	11	997	+ 1,131
HIV/AIDS	6	2,099	1	4,509	- 2,411
Low Birth Weight	7	1,833	9	1,283	+ 550
Stroke	8	1,752	5	2,267	- 515
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,642	4	2,494	- 852
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,363	7	1,598	- 235
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,213	14	729	+ 484
Liver Disease	12	1,000	13	931	+ 70
Diabetes Mellitus	13	723	10	1,050	- 326
Pertussis	14	688	21	329	+ 359
Hypertension	15	601	12	933	- 331
Meningitis	16	584	22	299	+ 285
Malnutrition	17	575	24	272	+ 303
Maternal Conditions	18	536	16	578	- 42
Violence	19	480	18	539	- 59
Kidney Disease	20	450	15	613	- 163
Other Injuries	21	440	20	333	+ 107
Lung Disease	22	401	17	541	- 140
Suicide	23	317	19	349	- 31
Cervical Cancer	24	316	29	196	+ 120
Asthma	25	275	23	291	- 15
Drownings	26	262	36	104	+ 158
Syphilis	27	216	34	107	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	28	214	26	220	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	196	25	230	- 34
Falls	30	188	33	149	+ 39
Breast Cancer	31	187	32	159	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	32	183	27	208	- 24
Prostate Cancer	33	176	28	198	- 22
Fires	34	137	37	90	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	111	35	105	+ 6
Epilepsy	36	106	40	76	+ 30
Poisonings	37	105	41	71	+ 34
Lymphomas	38	100	45	61	+ 39
Liver Cancer	39	95	30	169	- 75
Tetanus	40	84	55	23	+ 61
Oral Cancer	41	83	54	33	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	42	78	38	89	- 11
Skin Cancers	43	76	53	36	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	71	43	67	+ 5
Lung Cancers	45	66	47	54	+ 12
Leukemia	46	59	46	57	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	47	57	39	88	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	48	51	57	19	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	49	48	42	69	- 21
Skin Disease	50	37	50	46	- 9
Alcohol	51	36	49	46	- 10
Schistosomiasis	52	35	51	45	- 9
Ovary Cancer	53	34	48	49	- 15
Appendicitis	54	34	58	18	+ 15
Drug Use	55	34	44	65	- 32
Encephalitis	56	31	56	20	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	57	27	78	0	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	58	27	61	15	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	59	23	52	42	- 19
Upper Respiratory	60	21	64	7	+ 15
Hepatitis B	61	19	62	14	+ 5
Diphtheria	62	18	68	2	+ 16
Measles	63	16	31	159	- 144
Uterin Cancer	64	13	60	15	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	10	59	15	- 5
Ascariasis	66	7	69	1	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	67	7	63	8	- 1
War	68	4	72	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	3	66	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	70	2	67	2	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	65	7	- 5
Otitis Media	72	1	71	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Angola

Congo

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.