CONGO VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,779	4	2,494	+ 5,285
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,794	25	230	+ 4,563
Stroke	3	3,771	5	2,267	+ 1,505
Lung Cancers	4	3,450	47	54	+ 3,396
Lung Disease	5	3,278	17	541	+ 2,737
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,890	3	2,576	+ 314
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,695	38	89	+ 1,606
Kidney Disease	8	1,503	15	613	+ 890
Breast Cancer	9	1,317	32	159	+ 1,158
Suicide	10	1,075	19	349	+ 726
Other Injuries	11	1,021	20	333	+ 688
Other Neoplasms	12	930	63	8	+ 923
Prostate Cancer	13	929	28	198	+ 731
Pancreas Cancer	14	921	52	42	+ 879
Falls	15	894	33	149	+ 745
Lymphomas	16	790	45	61	+ 729
Liver Disease	17	729	13	931	- 201
Endocrine Disorders	18	729	27	208	+ 521
Parkinson's Disease	19	701	42	69	+ 632
Diabetes Mellitus	20	646	10	1,050	- 403
Leukemia	21	611	46	57	+ 553
Bladder Cancer	22	549	61	15	+ 534
Inflammatory/Heart	23	540	26	220	+ 320
Liver Cancer	24	497	30	169	+ 327
Oesophagus Cancer	25	457	57	19	+ 438
Stomach Cancer	26	439	39	88	+ 351
Hypertension	27	377	12	933	- 556
Oral Cancer	28	343	54	33	+ 311
Road Traffic Accidents	29	339	7	1,598	- 1,259
Ovary Cancer	30	332	48	49	+ 283
Skin Cancers	31	266	53	36	+ 230
Alcohol	32	254	49	46	+ 208
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	213	8	1,304	- 1,092
Uterin Cancer	34	196	60	15	+ 181
Skin Disease	35	193	50	46	+ 147
Epilepsy	36	177	40	76	+ 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	149	43	67	+ 82
Malnutrition	38	148	24	272	- 124
Drug Use	39	146	44	65	+ 81
Congenital Anomalies	40	143	14	729	- 585
Cervical Cancer	41	124	29	196	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	108	35	105	+ 3
Anemia	43	101	82	0	+ 101
Violence	44	76	18	539	- 463
Multiple Sclerosis	45	75	66	4	+ 71
Asthma	46	65	23	291	- 226
Drownings	47	40	36	104	- 64
Fires	48	38	37	90	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	37	59	15	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	50	35	9	1,283	- 1,248
Osteoarthritis	51	30	85	0	+ 30
Hepatitis C	52	27	67	2	+ 25
Birth Trauma	53	24	11	997	- 974
Tuberculosis	54	23	2	2,781	- 2,758
Poisonings	55	21	41	71	- 50
Schizophrenia	56	20	81	0	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	57	18	1	4,509	- 4,491
Meningitis	58	15	22	299	- 285
Upper Respiratory	59	11	64	7	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	10	84	0	+ 10
Oral conditions	61	10	86	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	62	8	58	18	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	8	62	14	- 6
Maternal Conditions	64	3	16	578	- 575
Otitis Media	65	1	71	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	1	56	20	- 19
War	67	1	72	1	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	21	329	- 329
Diphtheria	69	0	68	2	- 2
Syphilis	70	0	34	107	- 107
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	75	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	55	23	- 23
Measles	79	0	31	159	- 159
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
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

Belgium

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.