CONGO VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,878	3	2,576	+ 1,302
HIV/AIDS	2	2,735	1	4,509	- 1,775
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,333	8	1,304	+ 1,029
Malaria	4	2,212	6	1,977	+ 235
Stroke	5	2,205	5	2,267	- 61
Coronary Heart Disease	6	2,106	4	2,494	- 388
Birth Trauma	7	1,623	11	997	+ 626
Low Birth Weight	8	1,566	9	1,283	+ 282
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,538	7	1,598	- 60
Tuberculosis	10	1,460	2	2,781	- 1,321
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,077	10	1,050	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,035	14	729	+ 306
Kidney Disease	13	1,012	15	613	+ 399
Liver Disease	14	892	13	931	- 38
Meningitis	15	678	22	299	+ 378
Other Injuries	16	648	20	333	+ 315
Maternal Conditions	17	515	16	578	- 63
Endocrine Disorders	18	487	27	208	+ 279
Suicide	19	459	19	349	+ 111
Lung Disease	20	455	17	541	- 86
Pertussis	21	450	21	329	+ 121
Hypertension	22	401	12	933	- 532
Breast Cancer	23	369	32	159	+ 210
Violence	24	328	18	539	- 211
Asthma	25	319	23	291	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	26	312	29	196	+ 115
Falls	27	243	33	149	+ 94
Malnutrition	28	240	24	272	- 32
Drownings	29	232	36	104	+ 128
Syphilis	30	230	34	107	+ 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	228	25	230	- 3
Measles	32	202	31	159	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	33	194	26	220	- 25
Prostate Cancer	34	185	28	198	- 13
Drug Use	35	183	44	65	+ 117
Fires	36	179	37	90	+ 89
Liver Cancer	37	172	30	169	+ 3
Epilepsy	38	171	40	76	+ 95
Oral Cancer	39	166	54	33	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	149	35	105	+ 43
Poisonings	41	131	41	71	+ 61
War	42	127	72	1	+ 126
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	112	38	89	+ 23
Lymphomas	44	96	45	61	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	45	90	39	88	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	46	88	42	69	+ 19
Hepatitis B	47	66	62	14	+ 52
Skin Disease	48	64	50	46	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	64	43	67	- 3
Ovary Cancer	50	60	48	49	+ 10
Lung Cancers	51	59	47	54	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	52	57	52	42	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	53	57	51	45	+ 12
Leukemia	54	54	46	57	- 3
Tetanus	55	44	55	23	+ 21
Skin Cancers	56	40	53	36	+ 4
Alcohol	57	39	49	46	- 7
Encephalitis	58	37	56	20	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	59	27	57	19	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	15	60	15	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	14	58	18	- 4
Bladder Cancer	62	13	61	15	- 2
Other Neoplasms	63	10	63	8	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	8	66	4	+ 4
Ascariasis	65	6	69	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	5	67	2	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	5	68	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	5	59	15	- 10
Leishmaniasis	69	4	78	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	70	4	64	7	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	65	7	- 5
Chlamydia	72	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Cameroon

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.