SOMALIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,627	33	610	+ 9,017
Tuberculosis	2	5,937	4	10,261	- 4,324
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,500	1	21,712	- 16,212
Coronary Heart Disease	4	5,325	7	7,233	- 1,908
Stroke	5	4,839	6	8,595	- 3,757
Malaria	6	4,220	22	1,942	+ 2,278
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,412	11	4,231	- 819
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,784	2	15,363	- 12,579
Low Birth Weight	9	2,739	8	6,250	- 3,511
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,241	16	2,888	- 647
Birth Trauma	11	2,129	5	9,573	- 7,444
Hypertension	12	1,991	18	2,643	- 653
Liver Disease	13	1,986	13	3,917	- 1,930
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,556	15	3,410	- 1,854
Kidney Disease	15	1,308	21	2,051	- 743
Maternal Conditions	16	1,233	12	4,127	- 2,894
Lung Disease	17	1,155	19	2,442	- 1,288
Violence	18	1,150	29	828	+ 322
Suicide	19	744	27	1,219	- 475
Other Injuries	20	711	14	3,602	- 2,891
Pertussis	21	703	20	2,054	- 1,351
Meningitis	22	639	9	5,381	- 4,743
Asthma	23	621	23	1,878	- 1,257
Malnutrition	24	580	10	4,825	- 4,245
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	492	32	647	- 156
Inflammatory/Heart	26	469	39	521	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	27	444	44	406	+ 38
Prostate Cancer	28	422	52	285	+ 137
Cervical Cancer	29	419	28	883	- 464
Liver Cancer	30	362	53	256	+ 106
Measles	31	340	3	11,576	- 11,235
Breast Cancer	32	339	26	1,232	- 893
Falls	33	317	37	548	- 230
Syphilis	34	228	45	378	- 150
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	224	36	559	- 335
Drownings	36	222	25	1,272	- 1,050
Fires	37	193	30	810	- 618
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	190	38	546	- 357
Stomach Cancer	39	188	49	310	- 122
Epilepsy	40	162	43	419	- 257
Poisonings	41	151	31	758	- 608
Parkinson's Disease	42	147	56	184	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	142	41	446	- 304
Drug Use	44	140	65	54	+ 85
Lymphomas	45	130	34	605	- 474
Leukemia	46	123	35	562	- 439
Lung Cancers	47	115	54	233	- 118
Ovary Cancer	48	106	50	295	- 189
Alcohol	49	98	59	151	- 53
Skin Disease	50	98	58	151	- 54
Schistosomiasis	51	96	42	435	- 340
Pancreas Cancer	52	89	62	108	- 18
Skin Cancers	53	77	57	164	- 87
Oral Cancer	54	70	46	328	- 258
Tetanus	55	49	17	2,648	- 2,599
Encephalitis	56	42	63	91	- 48
Oesophagus Cancer	57	42	40	516	- 475
Appendicitis	58	39	55	188	- 148
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	32	66	35	- 3
Uterin Cancer	60	31	64	78	- 47
Bladder Cancer	61	31	61	149	- 118
Hepatitis B	62	31	48	315	- 284
Other Neoplasms	63	16	70	12	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	14	47	326	- 311
Trypanosomiasis	65	14	78	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	66	8	71	8	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	5	67	34	- 29
Diphtheria	68	4	60	150	- 146
Ascariasis	69	2	69	30	- 27
Chlamydia	70	2	72	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	68	32	- 30
War	72	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	51	290	- 290
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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 SOMALIA

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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.