CONGO VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,491	4	2,494	+ 996
Stroke	2	3,179	5	2,267	+ 913
Kidney Disease	3	1,328	15	613	+ 715
Lung Disease	4	1,327	17	541	+ 786
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,307	25	230	+ 1,077
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,281	3	2,576	- 1,296
Hypertension	7	1,247	12	933	+ 314
Stomach Cancer	8	1,186	39	88	+ 1,098
Lung Cancers	9	1,128	47	54	+ 1,074
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,038	10	1,050	- 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	987	38	89	+ 899
Road Traffic Accidents	12	923	7	1,598	- 675
Liver Disease	13	865	13	931	- 66
Prostate Cancer	14	796	28	198	+ 598
Suicide	15	555	19	349	+ 207
Breast Cancer	16	552	32	159	+ 393
Pancreas Cancer	17	512	52	42	+ 470
Lymphomas	18	455	45	61	+ 394
Liver Cancer	19	447	30	169	+ 278
Other Neoplasms	20	444	63	8	+ 436
Other Injuries	21	428	20	333	+ 95
Endocrine Disorders	22	420	27	208	+ 212
Falls	23	295	33	149	+ 147
Leukemia	24	287	46	57	+ 230
Congenital Anomalies	25	280	14	729	- 449
Parkinson's Disease	26	258	42	69	+ 189
Cervical Cancer	27	255	29	196	+ 59
Skin Disease	28	249	50	46	+ 204
Violence	29	243	18	539	- 296
Oesophagus Cancer	30	236	57	19	+ 216
Inflammatory/Heart	31	232	26	220	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	32	209	61	15	+ 195
HIV/AIDS	33	176	1	4,509	- 4,333
Skin Cancers	34	172	53	36	+ 136
Ovary Cancer	35	168	48	49	+ 119
Low Birth Weight	36	143	9	1,283	- 1,140
Malnutrition	37	137	24	272	- 134
Tuberculosis	38	134	2	2,781	- 2,647
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	109	8	1,304	- 1,195
Oral Cancer	40	100	54	33	+ 68
Fires	41	97	37	90	+ 6
Asthma	42	96	23	291	- 195
Epilepsy	43	96	40	76	+ 20
Drownings	44	92	36	104	- 11
Uterin Cancer	45	90	60	15	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	73	35	105	- 32
Alcohol	47	68	49	46	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	61	59	15	+ 46
Anemia	49	59	82	0	+ 59
Drug Use	50	49	44	65	- 17
Osteoarthritis	51	43	85	0	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	34	43	67	- 32
Meningitis	53	31	22	299	- 268
Birth Trauma	54	29	11	997	- 969
Chagas disease	55	26	79	0	+ 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	24	84	0	+ 24
Poisonings	57	22	41	71	- 48
Schizophrenia	58	12	81	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	59	12	58	18	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	10	62	14	- 5
Hepatitis C	61	9	67	2	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	66	4	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	63	8	16	578	- 570
War	64	4	72	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	34	107	- 105
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	7	- 5
Pertussis	68	1	21	329	- 328
Tetanus	69	1	55	23	- 22
Encephalitis	70	1	56	20	- 19
Otitis Media	71	1	71	1	- 0
Ascariasis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	75	0	31	159	- 159
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	84	0	51	45	- 45
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.