ICELAND VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	269	59	0	+ 269
Tuberculosis	2	166	82	0	+ 166
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	154	6	82	+ 71
Coronary Heart Disease	4	149	1	403	- 255
Stroke	5	135	3	141	- 5
Malaria	6	118	73	0	+ 118
Road Traffic Accidents	7	95	35	7	+ 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	78	55	1	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	9	77	43	3	+ 74
Diabetes Mellitus	10	63	16	30	+ 33
Birth Trauma	11	60	46	2	+ 57
Hypertension	12	56	17	24	+ 31
Liver Disease	13	56	31	9	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	14	44	34	7	+ 36
Kidney Disease	15	37	15	33	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	16	34	60	0	+ 34
Lung Disease	17	32	5	129	- 96
Violence	18	32	39	4	+ 28
Suicide	19	21	13	40	- 19
Other Injuries	20	20	11	50	- 30
Pertussis	21	20	62	0	+ 20
Meningitis	22	18	50	1	+ 17
Asthma	23	17	48	2	+ 16
Malnutrition	24	16	57	1	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	14	2	295	- 282
Inflammatory/Heart	26	13	26	16	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	27	12	27	16	- 3
Prostate Cancer	28	12	8	61	- 49
Cervical Cancer	29	12	32	9	+ 3
Liver Cancer	30	10	20	22	- 12
Measles	31	10	67	0	+ 10
Breast Cancer	32	9	9	53	- 44
Falls	33	9	18	24	- 15
Syphilis	34	6	80	0	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	6	41	3	+ 3
Drownings	36	6	56	1	+ 5
Fires	37	5	58	1	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	5	7	73	- 68
Stomach Cancer	39	5	23	18	- 12
Epilepsy	40	5	37	5	- 1
Poisonings	41	4	42	3	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	42	4	10	53	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	4	54	1	+ 3
Drug Use	44	4	24	17	- 13
Lymphomas	45	4	14	37	- 33
Leukemia	46	3	22	19	- 15
Lung Cancers	47	3	4	134	- 131
Ovary Cancer	48	3	25	16	- 13
Alcohol	49	3	28	14	- 11
Skin Disease	50	3	45	3	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	51	3	75	0	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	52	2	12	43	- 41
Skin Cancers	53	2	29	13	- 11
Oral Cancer	54	2	33	9	- 7
Tetanus	55	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	56	1	78	0	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	19	23	- 21
Appendicitis	58	1	86	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	38	4	- 3
Uterin Cancer	60	1	36	7	- 6
Bladder Cancer	61	1	21	20	- 19
Hepatitis B	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	0	30	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	0	51	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	44	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	0	52	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	+ 0
War	72	0	61	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Congo

Iceland

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.