DR CONGO VS CAMBODIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMBODIA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	88,645	6	36,596	+ 52,049
Coronary Heart Disease	2	69,434	7	34,713	+ 34,721
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	59,476	1	73,546	- 14,070
Liver Disease	4	54,899	13	15,044	+ 39,854
Diabetes Mellitus	5	22,736	16	12,902	+ 9,833
Road Traffic Accidents	6	21,800	10	30,256	- 8,456
Lung Disease	7	20,671	14	13,527	+ 7,145
Tuberculosis	8	19,380	2	43,759	- 24,379
Liver Cancer	9	18,346	31	3,840	+ 14,506
Hypertension	10	15,918	12	15,743	+ 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	14,528	5	41,301	- 26,773
Falls	12	14,308	33	3,483	+ 10,825
Kidney Disease	13	14,295	20	9,077	+ 5,219
Peptic Ulcer Disease	14	13,109	40	1,923	+ 11,187
Low Birth Weight	15	12,351	8	34,668	- 22,318
Lung Cancers	16	11,031	47	1,158	+ 9,873
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	9,211	28	4,548	+ 4,663
Birth Trauma	18	9,138	9	33,075	- 23,938
HIV/AIDS	19	9,063	15	13,286	- 4,223
Congenital Anomalies	20	8,716	11	16,256	- 7,540
Asthma	21	8,356	24	7,733	+ 622
Drownings	22	7,528	34	3,454	+ 4,074
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	6,120	36	2,966	+ 3,153
Breast Cancer	24	5,791	35	3,416	+ 2,376
Suicide	25	5,409	26	5,812	- 403
Other Injuries	26	5,339	22	8,272	- 2,933
Cervical Cancer	27	4,926	27	4,823	+ 104
Oral Cancer	28	4,386	51	1,003	+ 3,383
Leukemia	29	3,719	41	1,871	+ 1,847
Maternal Conditions	30	3,276	19	10,513	- 7,237
Lymphomas	31	3,195	38	2,061	+ 1,134
Inflammatory/Heart	32	2,949	29	4,045	- 1,096
Malnutrition	33	2,891	21	8,910	- 6,020
Stomach Cancer	34	2,635	37	2,579	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	35	2,595	25	7,380	- 4,784
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	2,536	43	1,728	+ 809
Parkinson's Disease	37	2,499	49	1,035	+ 1,464
Violence	38	2,344	18	11,120	- 8,776
Oesophagus Cancer	39	2,006	53	790	+ 1,216
Ovary Cancer	40	1,684	58	656	+ 1,028
Pertussis	41	1,561	23	7,921	- 6,360
Fires	42	1,517	39	2,007	- 491
Skin Disease	43	1,426	54	781	+ 645
Skin Cancers	44	1,130	55	765	+ 365
Bladder Cancer	45	1,114	65	270	+ 844
Encephalitis	46	929	57	680	+ 249
Hepatitis B	47	924	61	456	+ 468
Pancreas Cancer	48	910	50	1,017	- 106
Alcohol	49	897	60	635	+ 262
Prostate Cancer	50	864	30	3,948	- 3,085
Epilepsy	51	806	44	1,727	- 921
Tetanus	52	742	46	1,166	- 424
Malaria	53	690	4	41,813	- 41,123
Meningitis	54	666	17	11,568	- 10,902
Uterin Cancer	55	639	63	352	+ 287
Poisonings	56	521	42	1,729	- 1,208
Appendicitis	57	496	56	703	- 207
Drug Use	58	431	59	638	- 207
Dengue	59	393	74	1	+ 393
Measles	60	393	3	42,254	- 41,861
Hepatitis C	61	319	69	69	+ 250
Other Neoplasms	62	224	67	88	+ 136
Schistosomiasis	63	176	48	1,071	- 895
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	150	66	217	- 68
Multiple Sclerosis	65	120	71	44	+ 76
Syphilis	66	115	32	3,751	- 3,636
Upper Respiratory	67	87	62	370	- 283
War	68	48	45	1,658	- 1,610
Ascariasis	69	33	68	80	- 46
Chlamydia	70	7	73	15	- 8
Diphtheria	71	5	70	47	- 41
Otitis Media	72	2	72	38	- 36
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Leishmaniasis	79	0	52	869	- 869
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Cambodia

DR 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.