EQU. GUINEA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,328	1	1,838	- 510
Tuberculosis	2	819	10	321	+ 498
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	759	2	913	- 154
Coronary Heart Disease	4	735	7	419	+ 316
Stroke	5	668	6	437	+ 230
Malaria	6	582	3	668	- 85
Road Traffic Accidents	7	471	8	368	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	384	9	349	+ 35
Low Birth Weight	9	378	4	457	- 79
Diabetes Mellitus	10	309	11	299	+ 10
Birth Trauma	11	294	5	441	- 147
Hypertension	12	275	16	165	+ 110
Liver Disease	13	274	13	199	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	14	215	12	249	- 35
Kidney Disease	15	181	14	198	- 18
Maternal Conditions	16	170	17	139	+ 31
Lung Disease	17	159	20	120	+ 39
Violence	18	159	33	45	+ 114
Suicide	19	103	22	107	- 4
Other Injuries	20	98	23	105	- 7
Pertussis	21	97	21	109	- 12
Meningitis	22	88	19	127	- 39
Asthma	23	86	26	65	+ 20
Malnutrition	24	80	31	48	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	68	29	55	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	26	65	27	63	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	27	61	25	73	- 12
Prostate Cancer	28	58	35	43	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	29	58	28	56	+ 2
Liver Cancer	30	50	34	43	+ 7
Measles	31	47	15	181	- 134
Breast Cancer	32	47	24	84	- 38
Falls	33	44	32	46	- 2
Syphilis	34	31	18	134	- 102
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	31	43	22	+ 9
Drownings	36	31	36	39	- 9
Fires	37	27	39	30	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	26	40	29	- 2
Stomach Cancer	39	26	49	16	+ 10
Epilepsy	40	22	38	32	- 10
Poisonings	41	21	44	21	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	42	20	46	18	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	20	50	14	+ 5
Drug Use	44	19	30	50	- 31
Lymphomas	45	18	45	19	- 1
Leukemia	46	17	61	4	+ 13
Lung Cancers	47	16	41	27	- 11
Ovary Cancer	48	15	52	13	+ 2
Alcohol	49	14	53	12	+ 2
Skin Disease	50	13	51	13	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	51	13	60	4	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	52	12	55	11	+ 1
Skin Cancers	53	11	48	16	- 6
Oral Cancer	54	10	37	35	- 25
Tetanus	55	7	42	23	- 16
Encephalitis	56	6	57	8	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	57	6	54	12	- 6
Appendicitis	58	5	59	6	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	62	4	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	4	58	8	- 3
Bladder Cancer	61	4	56	9	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	4	65	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	2	63	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	2	66	2	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	47	16	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	67	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	1	64	3	- 3
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
War	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Congo

Equ. Guinea

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.