GRENADA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Congo CONGO GRENADA Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
HIV/AIDS 1 85 42 3 + 81
Tuberculosis 2 52 51 1 + 51
Influenza and Pneumonia 3 48 4 54 - 6
Coronary Heart Disease 4 47 1 156 - 109
Stroke 5 43 2 104 - 62
Malaria 6 37 71 0 + 37
Road Traffic Accidents 7 30 22 9 + 21
Diarrhoeal diseases 8 25 48 2 + 23
Low Birth Weight 9 24 27 7 + 17
Diabetes Mellitus 10 20 3 90 - 70
Birth Trauma 11 19 17 11 + 8
Hypertension 12 18 8 27 - 9
Liver Disease 13 17 18 11 + 7
Congenital Anomalies 14 14 26 7 + 7
Kidney Disease 15 12 6 40 - 29
Maternal Conditions 16 11 55 1 + 10
Lung Disease 17 10 13 16 - 5
Violence 18 10 24 7 + 3
Suicide 19 7 52 1 + 6
Other Injuries 20 6 10 21 - 15
Pertussis 21 6 62 0 + 6
Meningitis 22 6 68 0 + 6
Asthma 23 5 43 3 + 3
Malnutrition 24 5 40 4 + 2
Alzheimers & Dementia 25 4 19 10 - 6
Inflammatory/Heart 26 4 36 4 - 0
Endocrine Disorders 27 4 7 28 - 24
Prostate Cancer 28 4 5 49 - 45
Cervical Cancer 29 4 20 10 - 7
Liver Cancer 30 3 25 7 - 4
Measles 31 3 78 0 + 3
Breast Cancer 32 3 9 25 - 22
Falls 33 3 34 5 - 2
Syphilis 34 2 59 0 + 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease 35 2 33 5 - 3
Drownings 36 2 39 4 - 2
Fires 37 2 46 2 - 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers 38 2 11 20 - 18
Stomach Cancer 39 2 23 8 - 6
Epilepsy 40 1 45 2 - 1
Poisonings 41 1 60 0 + 1
Parkinson's Disease 42 1 44 3 - 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease 43 1 47 2 - 0
Drug Use 44 1 49 1 - 0
Lymphomas 45 1 21 10 - 9
Leukemia 46 1 38 4 - 3
Lung Cancers 47 1 14 15 - 14
Ovary Cancer 48 1 35 4 - 3
Alcohol 49 1 31 6 - 5
Skin Disease 50 1 12 18 - 17
Schistosomiasis 51 1 73 0 + 1
Pancreas Cancer 52 1 16 11 - 10
Skin Cancers 53 1 54 1 + 0
Oral Cancer 54 1 28 7 - 6
Tetanus 55 0 77 0 + 0
Encephalitis 56 0 70 0 + 0
Oesophagus Cancer 57 0 30 6 - 6
Appendicitis 58 0 53 1 - 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 59 0 56 0 - 0
Uterin Cancer 60 0 15 12 - 12
Bladder Cancer 61 0 41 4 - 3
Hepatitis B 62 0 58 0 - 0
Other Neoplasms 63 0 29 7 - 6
Upper Respiratory 64 0 57 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 65 0 72 0 + 0
Multiple Sclerosis 66 0 82 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 67 0 69 0 + 0
Diphtheria 68 0 76 0 + 0
Ascariasis 69 0 64 0 + 0
Chlamydia 70 0 67 0 + 0
Otitis Media 71 0 81 0 + 0
War 72 0 61 0 - 0
Dengue 73 0 63 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 74 0 66 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 75 0 65 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 79 0 - 0
Leprosy 77 0 80 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 78 0 75 0 - 0
Chagas disease 79 0 74 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 83 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 81 0 84 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 32 6 - 6
Vitamin A Deficiency 83 0 85 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 84 0 37 4 - 4
Osteoarthritis 85 0 50 1 - 1
Oral conditions 86 0 86 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GRENADA

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020