CONGO VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,234	4	2,494	+ 15,739
Stroke	2	4,345	5	2,267	+ 2,079
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,487	3	2,576	- 89
Lung Cancers	4	2,109	47	54	+ 2,055
Lung Disease	5	1,705	17	541	+ 1,164
Hypertension	6	1,583	12	933	+ 651
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,462	10	1,050	+ 412
Liver Disease	8	1,283	13	931	+ 353
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,209	7	1,598	- 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	961	38	89	+ 873
Kidney Disease	11	956	15	613	+ 343
Stomach Cancer	12	918	39	88	+ 830
Breast Cancer	13	909	32	159	+ 751
Liver Cancer	14	742	30	169	+ 572
Pancreas Cancer	15	733	52	42	+ 692
Congenital Anomalies	16	578	14	729	- 151
Other Injuries	17	538	20	333	+ 205
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	481	35	105	+ 376
Prostate Cancer	19	453	28	198	+ 255
Bladder Cancer	20	365	61	15	+ 350
Inflammatory/Heart	21	356	26	220	+ 136
Leukemia	22	279	46	57	+ 221
Low Birth Weight	23	266	9	1,283	- 1,017
Uterin Cancer	24	249	60	15	+ 234
Violence	25	229	18	539	- 309
Lymphomas	26	218	45	61	+ 157
Cervical Cancer	27	202	29	196	+ 6
Suicide	28	201	19	349	- 148
Ovary Cancer	29	185	48	49	+ 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	138	43	67	+ 71
Hepatitis C	31	132	67	2	+ 129
HIV/AIDS	32	131	1	4,509	- 4,379
Oral Cancer	33	123	54	33	+ 90
Skin Cancers	34	116	53	36	+ 80
Endocrine Disorders	35	106	27	208	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	36	105	57	19	+ 85
Other Neoplasms	37	90	63	8	+ 82
Tuberculosis	38	89	2	2,781	- 2,692
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	82	25	230	- 149
Falls	40	77	33	149	- 72
Drug Use	41	73	44	65	+ 8
Birth Trauma	42	70	11	997	- 927
Skin Disease	43	56	50	46	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	55	84	0	+ 55
Drownings	45	43	36	104	- 61
Poisonings	46	41	41	71	- 29
Fires	47	27	37	90	- 63
Parkinson's Disease	48	24	42	69	- 45
Asthma	49	20	23	291	- 271
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	19	8	1,304	- 1,285
Hepatitis B	51	19	62	14	+ 4
Epilepsy	52	18	40	76	- 58
Multiple Sclerosis	53	18	66	4	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	18	59	15	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	55	17	16	578	- 560
Meningitis	56	13	22	299	- 286
Encephalitis	57	10	56	20	- 9
Anemia	58	10	82	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	59	10	58	18	- 9
Osteoarthritis	60	7	85	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	61	7	81	0	+ 7
Alcohol	62	6	49	46	- 40
Upper Respiratory	63	5	64	7	- 2
Oral conditions	64	4	86	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	65	3	71	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	66	3	24	272	- 269
Leishmaniasis	67	2	78	0	+ 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	2	83	0	+ 2
War	69	1	72	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Pertussis	71	0	21	329	- 329
Ascariasis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	74	0	31	159	- 159
Syphilis	75	0	34	107	- 107
Chlamydia	76	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	55	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	82	0	51	45	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Armenia

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.