CROATIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,069	59	8	+ 3,062
Tuberculosis	2	1,893	44	61	+ 1,831
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,753	10	1,021	+ 732
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,698	1	12,307	- 10,610
Stroke	5	1,543	2	6,275	- 4,733
Malaria	6	1,346	77	0	+ 1,346
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,088	27	328	+ 760
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	888	39	82	+ 806
Low Birth Weight	9	873	56	10	+ 863
Diabetes Mellitus	10	714	6	1,963	- 1,248
Birth Trauma	11	679	55	11	+ 668
Hypertension	12	635	8	1,102	- 467
Liver Disease	13	633	13	924	- 291
Congenital Anomalies	14	496	37	94	+ 402
Kidney Disease	15	417	7	1,392	- 975
Maternal Conditions	16	393	61	2	+ 391
Lung Disease	17	368	5	2,111	- 1,743
Violence	18	367	48	45	+ 322
Suicide	19	237	17	676	- 439
Other Injuries	20	227	23	428	- 201
Pertussis	21	224	69	0	+ 224
Meningitis	22	204	52	16	+ 187
Asthma	23	198	41	74	+ 124
Malnutrition	24	185	70	0	+ 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	157	9	1,066	- 910
Inflammatory/Heart	26	149	21	457	- 307
Endocrine Disorders	27	141	42	72	+ 69
Prostate Cancer	28	135	14	852	- 717
Cervical Cancer	29	133	34	156	- 22
Liver Cancer	30	115	19	501	- 386
Measles	31	108	73	0	+ 108
Breast Cancer	32	108	11	1,019	- 911
Falls	33	101	12	974	- 873
Syphilis	34	73	71	0	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	72	31	207	- 135
Drownings	36	71	38	86	- 15
Fires	37	61	50	34	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	60	4	2,189	- 2,129
Stomach Cancer	39	60	15	786	- 727
Epilepsy	40	52	36	94	- 43
Poisonings	41	48	54	16	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	42	47	24	423	- 376
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	45	35	137	- 91
Drug Use	44	45	43	70	- 26
Lymphomas	45	42	18	556	- 515
Leukemia	46	39	22	435	- 396
Lung Cancers	47	37	3	2,842	- 2,806
Ovary Cancer	48	34	28	308	- 275
Alcohol	49	31	30	219	- 188
Skin Disease	50	31	58	8	+ 23
Schistosomiasis	51	30	75	0	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	52	28	16	754	- 726
Skin Cancers	53	24	26	332	- 307
Oral Cancer	54	22	25	338	- 316
Tetanus	55	16	68	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	56	13	65	1	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	57	13	33	189	- 176
Appendicitis	58	13	57	9	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	46	47	- 37
Uterin Cancer	60	10	32	199	- 189
Bladder Cancer	61	10	20	499	- 489
Hepatitis B	62	10	51	17	- 7
Other Neoplasms	63	5	29	283	- 278
Upper Respiratory	64	5	63	2	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	78	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	45	55	- 52
Hepatitis C	67	2	47	45	- 43
Diphtheria	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	60	3	- 3
War	72	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	40	79	- 79
Anemia	82	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.