CONGO VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,133	4	2,494	+ 31,638
Stroke	2	10,520	5	2,267	+ 8,254
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,266	25	230	+ 2,035
Lung Cancers	4	1,893	47	54	+ 1,839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,852	38	89	+ 1,764
Alcohol	6	1,772	49	46	+ 1,726
Lung Disease	7	1,417	17	541	+ 876
Liver Disease	8	1,333	13	931	+ 403
Suicide	9	1,286	19	349	+ 937
Stomach Cancer	10	1,084	39	88	+ 997
Inflammatory/Heart	11	873	26	220	+ 654
Breast Cancer	12	790	32	159	+ 631
Pancreas Cancer	13	751	52	42	+ 709
Other Injuries	14	705	20	333	+ 372
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	697	3	2,576	- 1,879
Falls	16	611	33	149	+ 462
Prostate Cancer	17	601	28	198	+ 403
Oral Cancer	18	578	54	33	+ 545
Road Traffic Accidents	19	463	7	1,598	- 1,135
Lymphomas	20	431	45	61	+ 370
Parkinson's Disease	21	399	42	69	+ 330
Fires	22	398	37	90	+ 308
Leukemia	23	356	46	57	+ 298
Drownings	24	349	36	104	+ 245
Oesophagus Cancer	25	316	57	19	+ 297
Kidney Disease	26	308	15	613	- 305
Ovary Cancer	27	275	48	49	+ 226
Uterin Cancer	28	251	60	15	+ 236
Drug Use	29	250	44	65	+ 184
Diabetes Mellitus	30	239	10	1,050	- 810
Hypertension	31	236	12	933	- 697
Liver Cancer	32	233	30	169	+ 63
Poisonings	33	200	41	71	+ 129
Cervical Cancer	34	195	29	196	- 2
Bladder Cancer	35	190	61	15	+ 175
Skin Cancers	36	174	53	36	+ 138
Tuberculosis	37	172	2	2,781	- 2,609
Violence	38	164	18	539	- 375
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	154	43	67	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	151	35	105	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	41	130	14	729	- 599
HIV/AIDS	42	107	1	4,509	- 4,402
Endocrine Disorders	43	90	27	208	- 117
Asthma	44	78	23	291	- 213
Epilepsy	45	74	40	76	- 2
Encephalitis	46	60	56	20	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	47	41	9	1,283	- 1,242
Other Neoplasms	48	34	63	8	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	49	27	66	4	+ 23
Meningitis	50	23	22	299	- 276
Skin Disease	51	20	50	46	- 26
Birth Trauma	52	16	11	997	- 981
Malnutrition	53	14	24	272	- 258
Appendicitis	54	13	58	18	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	10	59	15	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	9	62	14	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	8	8	1,304	- 1,296
Upper Respiratory	58	3	64	7	- 4
War	59	2	72	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	1	16	578	- 576
Chlamydia	61	1	70	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	67	2	- 2
Syphilis	63	0	34	107	- 106
Tetanus	64	0	55	23	- 23
Pertussis	65	0	21	329	- 329
Otitis Media	66	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	31	159	- 159
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	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

Belarus

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.