NORWAY VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,075	61	10	+ 4,064
Tuberculosis	2	2,513	56	15	+ 2,498
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,328	6	1,797	+ 531
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,254	1	5,321	- 3,067
Stroke	5	2,048	4	2,475	- 427
Malaria	6	1,786	84	0	+ 1,786
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,444	42	114	+ 1,330
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,178	37	128	+ 1,051
Low Birth Weight	9	1,159	52	23	+ 1,136
Diabetes Mellitus	10	948	16	560	+ 389
Birth Trauma	11	901	54	17	+ 884
Hypertension	12	843	28	230	+ 613
Liver Disease	13	841	30	214	+ 627
Congenital Anomalies	14	659	34	136	+ 522
Kidney Disease	15	554	14	611	- 57
Maternal Conditions	16	522	66	1	+ 521
Lung Disease	17	489	3	2,723	- 2,234
Violence	18	487	50	32	+ 455
Suicide	19	315	13	633	- 318
Other Injuries	20	301	15	583	- 282
Pertussis	21	297	64	1	+ 296
Meningitis	22	270	58	14	+ 257
Asthma	23	263	43	85	+ 178
Malnutrition	24	246	35	135	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	208	2	4,464	- 4,256
Inflammatory/Heart	26	198	29	221	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	27	188	19	359	- 171
Prostate Cancer	28	179	8	1,172	- 993
Cervical Cancer	29	177	39	125	+ 52
Liver Cancer	30	153	26	259	- 106
Measles	31	144	72	0	+ 144
Breast Cancer	32	143	11	698	- 555
Falls	33	134	9	777	- 643
Syphilis	34	96	67	1	+ 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	95	33	160	- 65
Drownings	36	94	45	65	+ 29
Fires	37	82	48	45	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	80	7	1,787	- 1,706
Stomach Cancer	39	79	22	343	- 264
Epilepsy	40	69	40	119	- 51
Poisonings	41	64	57	14	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	42	62	17	554	- 492
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	60	46	61	- 1
Drug Use	44	59	25	264	- 204
Lymphomas	45	55	12	646	- 591
Leukemia	46	52	21	354	- 302
Lung Cancers	47	48	5	2,320	- 2,271
Ovary Cancer	48	45	24	309	- 264
Alcohol	49	42	31	205	- 163
Skin Disease	50	41	38	128	- 86
Schistosomiasis	51	40	83	0	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	52	38	10	770	- 732
Skin Cancers	53	33	18	407	- 375
Oral Cancer	54	30	32	168	- 138
Tetanus	55	21	69	0	+ 20
Encephalitis	56	18	70	0	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	57	18	27	248	- 230
Appendicitis	58	17	59	12	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	47	60	- 47
Uterin Cancer	60	13	36	134	- 121
Bladder Cancer	61	13	20	356	- 343
Hepatitis B	62	13	63	3	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	63	7	23	324	- 318
Upper Respiratory	64	6	60	12	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	65	6	82	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	41	119	- 116
Hepatitis C	67	2	55	17	- 15
Diphtheria	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	65	1	- 1
War	72	0	68	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.