IRELAND VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,870	57	9	+ 3,862
Tuberculosis	2	2,387	50	23	+ 2,364
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,211	6	1,298	+ 913
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,141	1	4,762	- 2,621
Stroke	5	1,945	5	1,770	+ 176
Malaria	6	1,697	75	0	+ 1,697
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,372	33	153	+ 1,219
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,119	45	53	+ 1,067
Low Birth Weight	9	1,101	44	56	+ 1,045
Diabetes Mellitus	10	901	16	414	+ 487
Birth Trauma	11	856	56	10	+ 846
Hypertension	12	800	29	175	+ 626
Liver Disease	13	799	19	279	+ 519
Congenital Anomalies	14	626	32	153	+ 473
Kidney Disease	15	526	10	566	- 40
Maternal Conditions	16	496	61	3	+ 493
Lung Disease	17	464	4	1,915	- 1,451
Violence	18	462	47	38	+ 424
Suicide	19	299	14	470	- 171
Other Injuries	20	286	30	171	+ 115
Pertussis	21	282	67	0	+ 282
Meningitis	22	257	58	7	+ 249
Asthma	23	250	41	58	+ 192
Malnutrition	24	233	63	2	+ 231
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	198	2	3,209	- 3,012
Inflammatory/Heart	26	188	26	240	- 51
Endocrine Disorders	27	178	24	249	- 71
Prostate Cancer	28	170	9	585	- 415
Cervical Cancer	29	168	35	103	+ 65
Liver Cancer	30	145	18	318	- 172
Measles	31	137	83	0	+ 137
Breast Cancer	32	136	8	760	- 623
Falls	33	128	25	247	- 119
Syphilis	34	91	68	0	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	90	38	67	+ 23
Drownings	36	89	43	57	+ 32
Fires	37	77	48	30	+ 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	76	7	1,095	- 1,019
Stomach Cancer	39	76	17	357	- 281
Epilepsy	40	65	36	85	- 20
Poisonings	41	61	53	14	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	42	59	12	530	- 470
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	57	46	50	+ 7
Drug Use	44	56	31	167	- 111
Lymphomas	45	52	13	513	- 460
Leukemia	46	49	20	274	- 224
Lung Cancers	47	46	3	1,916	- 1,870
Ovary Cancer	48	42	21	273	- 230
Alcohol	49	40	39	64	- 25
Skin Disease	50	39	42	58	- 18
Schistosomiasis	51	38	72	0	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	52	36	11	530	- 495
Skin Cancers	53	31	23	252	- 221
Oral Cancer	54	28	28	183	- 155
Tetanus	55	20	81	0	+ 20
Encephalitis	56	17	66	0	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	57	17	15	419	- 402
Appendicitis	58	16	60	3	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	40	59	- 46
Uterin Cancer	60	13	34	126	- 114
Bladder Cancer	61	12	22	256	- 243
Hepatitis B	62	12	59	6	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	6	27	218	- 211
Upper Respiratory	64	6	64	1	+ 5
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	74	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	37	83	- 80
Hepatitis C	67	2	52	19	- 17
Diphtheria	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
War	72	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Congo

Ireland

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.