CONGO VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,531	4	2,494	+ 37
Stroke	2	1,215	5	2,267	- 1,052
Kidney Disease	3	793	15	613	+ 180
Diabetes Mellitus	4	733	10	1,050	- 316
Hypertension	5	568	12	933	- 365
Lung Disease	6	554	17	541	+ 13
Road Traffic Accidents	7	529	7	1,598	- 1,069
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	429	3	2,576	- 2,147
Suicide	9	382	19	349	+ 33
Other Injuries	10	317	20	333	- 16
Falls	11	311	33	149	+ 162
Asthma	12	279	23	291	- 12
Drug Use	13	262	44	65	+ 197
Liver Disease	14	253	13	931	- 677
Congenital Anomalies	15	224	14	729	- 505
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	188	38	89	+ 99
Breast Cancer	17	160	32	159	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	18	158	27	208	- 50
Low Birth Weight	19	118	9	1,283	- 1,165
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	118	25	230	- 112
Lung Cancers	21	112	47	54	+ 59
Fires	22	108	37	90	+ 18
Drownings	23	102	36	104	- 1
Leukemia	24	94	46	57	+ 36
Epilepsy	25	85	40	76	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	26	82	52	42	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	77	43	67	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	28	73	26	220	- 147
Lymphomas	29	71	45	61	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	30	68	39	88	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	31	60	42	69	- 9
Liver Cancer	32	58	30	169	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	56	8	1,304	- 1,248
Skin Cancers	34	47	53	36	+ 11
Violence	35	43	18	539	- 496
Tuberculosis	36	40	2	2,781	- 2,741
Birth Trauma	37	39	11	997	- 959
Ovary Cancer	38	38	48	49	- 11
Bladder Cancer	39	36	61	15	+ 22
Alcohol	40	36	49	46	- 10
Cervical Cancer	41	35	29	196	- 161
Meningitis	42	32	22	299	- 268
Prostate Cancer	43	31	28	198	- 167
Hepatitis B	44	29	62	14	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	28	35	105	- 77
Uterin Cancer	46	27	60	15	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	47	22	57	19	+ 3
Poisonings	48	22	41	71	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	49	22	66	4	+ 18
HIV/AIDS	50	21	1	4,509	- 4,489
Tetanus	51	20	55	23	- 3
Oral Cancer	52	19	54	33	- 13
War	53	18	72	1	+ 17
Encephalitis	54	17	56	20	- 3
Appendicitis	55	8	58	18	- 10
Other Neoplasms	56	8	63	8	+ 0
Skin Disease	57	8	50	46	- 38
Pertussis	58	7	21	329	- 322
Maternal Conditions	59	3	16	578	- 574
Malnutrition	60	2	24	272	- 270
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	59	15	- 13
Syphilis	62	2	34	107	- 105
Hepatitis C	63	1	67	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	0	64	7	- 7
Ascariasis	65	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	68	2	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	69	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	31	159	- 159
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	45	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.