CONGO VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,909	4	2,494	+ 2,414
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,551	25	230	+ 3,321
Stroke	3	2,353	5	2,267	+ 87
Lung Cancers	4	1,997	47	54	+ 1,944
Lung Disease	5	1,933	17	541	+ 1,393
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,414	38	89	+ 1,326
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,018	10	1,050	- 31
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,013	3	2,576	- 1,563
Prostate Cancer	9	858	28	198	+ 660
Breast Cancer	10	776	32	159	+ 617
Suicide	11	717	19	349	+ 369
Kidney Disease	12	715	15	613	+ 102
Pancreas Cancer	13	710	52	42	+ 668
Falls	14	710	33	149	+ 561
Lymphomas	15	692	45	61	+ 631
Endocrine Disorders	16	530	27	208	+ 323
Skin Cancers	17	528	53	36	+ 492
Leukemia	18	484	46	57	+ 427
Parkinson's Disease	19	464	42	69	+ 395
Liver Cancer	20	464	30	169	+ 294
Drug Use	21	406	44	65	+ 341
Other Injuries	22	374	20	333	+ 41
Hypertension	23	372	12	933	- 561
Inflammatory/Heart	24	358	26	220	+ 138
Oesophagus Cancer	25	340	57	19	+ 321
Liver Disease	26	324	13	931	- 607
Stomach Cancer	27	293	39	88	+ 205
Other Neoplasms	28	285	63	8	+ 278
Road Traffic Accidents	29	284	7	1,598	- 1,315
Bladder Cancer	30	270	61	15	+ 256
Ovary Cancer	31	228	48	49	+ 179
Oral Cancer	32	221	54	33	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	33	162	14	729	- 567
Skin Disease	34	135	50	46	+ 90
Uterin Cancer	35	119	60	15	+ 105
Asthma	36	104	23	291	- 187
Alcohol	37	87	49	46	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	86	43	67	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	39	78	29	196	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	67	8	1,304	- 1,237
Epilepsy	41	65	40	76	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	63	35	105	- 42
Low Birth Weight	43	57	9	1,283	- 1,227
Violence	44	55	18	539	- 483
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	52	59	15	+ 37
Multiple Sclerosis	46	43	66	4	+ 39
Drownings	47	40	36	104	- 64
Hepatitis C	48	39	67	2	+ 37
Anemia	49	36	82	0	+ 36
Birth Trauma	50	32	11	997	- 965
Malnutrition	51	27	24	272	- 245
Osteoarthritis	52	26	85	0	+ 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	16	84	0	+ 16
Schizophrenia	54	15	81	0	+ 15
Fires	55	12	37	90	- 78
Tuberculosis	56	12	2	2,781	- 2,769
HIV/AIDS	57	11	1	4,509	- 4,498
Hepatitis B	58	9	62	14	- 5
Oral conditions	59	9	86	0	+ 9
Meningitis	60	8	22	299	- 291
Poisonings	61	8	41	71	- 63
Appendicitis	62	6	58	18	- 12
Maternal Conditions	63	5	16	578	- 573
Upper Respiratory	64	4	64	7	- 3
War	65	2	72	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	71	1	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	34	107	- 106
Encephalitis	68	1	56	20	- 19
Pertussis	69	0	21	329	- 329
Tetanus	70	0	55	23	- 23
Diphtheria	71	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	31	159	- 159
Schistosomiasis	79	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	65	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Australia

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.