GUINEA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,343	10	3,020	+ 7,323
Tuberculosis	2	6,379	13	2,369	+ 4,010
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,909	1	12,790	- 6,881
Coronary Heart Disease	4	5,721	6	5,665	+ 56
Stroke	5	5,199	5	5,777	- 578
Malaria	6	4,535	2	8,180	- 3,645
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,666	9	3,788	- 122
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,991	3	6,788	- 3,797
Low Birth Weight	9	2,943	8	4,319	- 1,376
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,407	15	2,138	+ 270
Birth Trauma	11	2,288	7	4,797	- 2,509
Hypertension	12	2,139	21	1,348	+ 791
Liver Disease	13	2,134	12	2,550	- 416
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,672	14	2,181	- 509
Kidney Disease	15	1,406	16	1,939	- 533
Maternal Conditions	16	1,325	17	1,793	- 468
Lung Disease	17	1,240	20	1,373	- 132
Violence	18	1,236	26	1,128	+ 108
Suicide	19	800	29	892	- 92
Other Injuries	20	764	18	1,504	- 740
Pertussis	21	755	24	1,165	- 410
Meningitis	22	686	11	2,633	- 1,947
Asthma	23	667	22	1,179	- 512
Malnutrition	24	623	28	1,032	- 409
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	528	30	579	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	26	504	35	439	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	27	477	25	1,140	- 663
Prostate Cancer	28	454	32	525	- 71
Cervical Cancer	29	450	19	1,491	- 1,041
Liver Cancer	30	389	23	1,167	- 779
Measles	31	365	4	6,025	- 5,659
Breast Cancer	32	364	38	345	+ 19
Falls	33	341	33	480	- 138
Syphilis	34	244	39	328	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	241	34	448	- 207
Drownings	36	238	31	528	- 290
Fires	37	207	36	410	- 203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	204	53	100	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	39	202	41	245	- 43
Epilepsy	40	174	37	350	- 175
Poisonings	41	162	40	295	- 133
Parkinson's Disease	42	158	44	212	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	153	42	238	- 85
Drug Use	44	150	46	169	- 19
Lymphomas	45	140	48	158	- 18
Leukemia	46	132	67	17	+ 115
Lung Cancers	47	123	50	128	- 5
Ovary Cancer	48	113	54	93	+ 21
Alcohol	49	106	55	83	+ 22
Skin Disease	50	105	51	127	- 22
Schistosomiasis	51	103	43	232	- 129
Pancreas Cancer	52	96	65	19	+ 77
Skin Cancers	53	83	49	152	- 70
Oral Cancer	54	75	52	122	- 47
Tetanus	55	53	45	170	- 117
Encephalitis	56	45	56	81	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	57	45	63	20	+ 25
Appendicitis	58	42	57	41	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	34	70	13	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	60	34	59	38	- 4
Bladder Cancer	61	33	60	32	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	33	47	162	- 129
Other Neoplasms	63	17	68	16	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	15	69	15	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	15	27	1,072	- 1,057
Multiple Sclerosis	66	9	66	18	- 9
Hepatitis C	67	6	61	22	- 17
Diphtheria	68	4	58	40	- 35
Ascariasis	69	2	62	22	- 20
Chlamydia	70	2	71	3	- 0
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
War	72	1	64	20	- 18
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Congo

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.