TAJIKISTAN VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		TAJIKISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,687	25	292	+ 7,395
Tuberculosis	2	4,741	14	733	+ 4,008
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,391	3	3,121	+ 1,271
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,252	1	14,359	- 10,107
Stroke	5	3,864	2	6,170	- 2,306
Malaria	6	3,370	75	0	+ 3,370
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,724	8	1,461	+ 1,264
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,223	13	734	+ 1,489
Low Birth Weight	9	2,187	7	1,562	+ 625
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,789	6	1,617	+ 173
Birth Trauma	11	1,700	9	1,271	+ 429
Hypertension	12	1,590	5	1,721	- 131
Liver Disease	13	1,586	4	2,062	- 476
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,243	11	1,084	+ 159
Kidney Disease	15	1,045	19	408	+ 636
Maternal Conditions	16	985	45	63	+ 922
Lung Disease	17	922	10	1,177	- 255
Violence	18	918	36	170	+ 749
Suicide	19	594	20	399	+ 196
Other Injuries	20	568	27	288	+ 280
Pertussis	21	561	26	290	+ 271
Meningitis	22	510	22	340	+ 170
Asthma	23	496	28	276	+ 220
Malnutrition	24	463	64	3	+ 461
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	392	17	518	- 125
Inflammatory/Heart	26	374	44	78	+ 296
Endocrine Disorders	27	354	34	204	+ 151
Prostate Cancer	28	337	52	33	+ 304
Cervical Cancer	29	334	39	114	+ 220
Liver Cancer	30	289	30	236	+ 53
Measles	31	272	71	0	+ 272
Breast Cancer	32	271	33	215	+ 55
Falls	33	253	21	370	- 116
Syphilis	34	182	56	20	+ 161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	179	37	161	+ 18
Drownings	36	177	15	580	- 403
Fires	37	154	23	318	- 164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	151	35	202	- 50
Stomach Cancer	39	150	12	754	- 604
Epilepsy	40	129	18	426	- 297
Poisonings	41	120	50	39	+ 82
Parkinson's Disease	42	118	29	254	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	113	31	222	- 109
Drug Use	44	112	55	21	+ 90
Lymphomas	45	104	32	222	- 118
Leukemia	46	98	42	106	- 8
Lung Cancers	47	91	24	305	- 214
Ovary Cancer	48	84	46	59	+ 25
Alcohol	49	78	38	127	- 49
Skin Disease	50	78	59	9	+ 69
Schistosomiasis	51	76	76	0	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	52	71	43	97	- 26
Skin Cancers	53	61	51	36	+ 25
Oral Cancer	54	56	41	107	- 52
Tetanus	55	39	57	20	+ 19
Encephalitis	56	34	54	27	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	57	33	16	543	- 510
Appendicitis	58	31	58	18	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	25	53	28	- 2
Uterin Cancer	60	25	40	111	- 86
Bladder Cancer	61	25	48	51	- 26
Hepatitis B	62	25	49	40	- 16
Other Neoplasms	63	13	61	7	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	11	47	55	- 44
Trypanosomiasis	65	11	74	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	62	7	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	4	60	8	- 4
Diphtheria	68	3	67	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	2	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	65	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	70	0	+ 1
War	72	1	66	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	63	4	- 4
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TAJIKISTAN

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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.