ESTONIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	883	39	40	+ 843
Tuberculosis	2	544	47	16	+ 528
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	504	6	349	+ 156
Coronary Heart Disease	4	488	1	3,009	- 2,521
Stroke	5	444	3	1,116	- 672
Malaria	6	387	73	0	+ 387
Road Traffic Accidents	7	313	35	59	+ 254
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	255	53	8	+ 247
Low Birth Weight	9	251	55	7	+ 244
Diabetes Mellitus	10	205	19	146	+ 59
Birth Trauma	11	195	57	5	+ 190
Hypertension	12	183	2	2,700	- 2,518
Liver Disease	13	182	7	328	- 146
Congenital Anomalies	14	143	43	25	+ 118
Kidney Disease	15	120	17	176	- 56
Maternal Conditions	16	113	61	1	+ 112
Lung Disease	17	106	13	229	- 123
Violence	18	105	42	28	+ 77
Suicide	19	68	16	197	- 129
Other Injuries	20	65	20	141	- 76
Pertussis	21	64	83	0	+ 64
Meningitis	22	59	54	7	+ 51
Asthma	23	57	44	24	+ 33
Malnutrition	24	53	79	0	+ 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	45	12	229	- 184
Inflammatory/Heart	26	43	14	217	- 174
Endocrine Disorders	27	41	33	66	- 25
Prostate Cancer	28	39	8	298	- 260
Cervical Cancer	29	38	32	68	- 29
Liver Cancer	30	33	26	107	- 74
Measles	31	31	84	0	+ 31
Breast Cancer	32	31	11	260	- 229
Falls	33	29	24	119	- 89
Syphilis	34	21	62	1	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	21	36	55	- 34
Drownings	36	20	40	30	- 10
Fires	37	18	38	41	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	17	5	527	- 510
Stomach Cancer	39	17	9	290	- 273
Epilepsy	40	15	37	45	- 30
Poisonings	41	14	52	8	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	42	14	29	82	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	13	45	22	- 9
Drug Use	44	13	31	75	- 62
Lymphomas	45	12	15	213	- 201
Leukemia	46	11	22	126	- 114
Lung Cancers	47	11	4	657	- 647
Ovary Cancer	48	10	28	87	- 78
Alcohol	49	9	18	148	- 139
Skin Disease	50	9	41	29	- 20
Schistosomiasis	51	9	72	0	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	52	8	10	268	- 260
Skin Cancers	53	7	30	79	- 72
Oral Cancer	54	6	25	110	- 104
Tetanus	55	5	81	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	4	63	0	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	57	4	27	99	- 95
Appendicitis	58	4	59	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	46	17	- 14
Uterin Cancer	60	3	34	60	- 57
Bladder Cancer	61	3	21	126	- 123
Hepatitis B	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	1	23	123	- 122
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	48	16	- 16
Hepatitis C	67	0	58	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
War	72	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.