CONGO VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,083	4	2,494	+ 15,588
Stroke	2	9,220	5	2,267	+ 6,954
Lung Cancers	3	4,176	47	54	+ 4,122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	3,216	38	89	+ 3,128
Lung Disease	5	3,101	17	541	+ 2,561
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,884	10	1,050	+ 1,834
Kidney Disease	7	2,046	15	613	+ 1,433
Hypertension	8	1,619	12	933	+ 687
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,567	25	230	+ 1,337
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,501	3	2,576	- 1,075
Breast Cancer	11	1,497	32	159	+ 1,338
Falls	12	1,432	33	149	+ 1,283
Liver Disease	13	1,358	13	931	+ 428
Prostate Cancer	14	1,252	28	198	+ 1,054
Stomach Cancer	15	1,155	39	88	+ 1,068
Pancreas Cancer	16	1,108	52	42	+ 1,066
Suicide	17	993	19	349	+ 645
Lymphomas	18	817	45	61	+ 756
Liver Cancer	19	737	30	169	+ 567
Bladder Cancer	20	733	61	15	+ 719
Inflammatory/Heart	21	671	26	220	+ 451
Leukemia	22	640	46	57	+ 582
Other Injuries	23	628	20	333	+ 295
Parkinson's Disease	24	622	42	69	+ 553
Oral Cancer	25	496	54	33	+ 464
Skin Cancers	26	488	53	36	+ 452
Road Traffic Accidents	27	482	7	1,598	- 1,116
Ovary Cancer	28	453	48	49	+ 404
Other Neoplasms	29	416	63	8	+ 408
Alcohol	30	322	49	46	+ 276
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	304	35	105	+ 199
Uterin Cancer	32	293	60	15	+ 278
Oesophagus Cancer	33	278	57	19	+ 259
Cervical Cancer	34	229	29	196	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	201	43	67	+ 134
Epilepsy	36	139	40	76	+ 63
Congenital Anomalies	37	139	14	729	- 590
Drownings	38	126	36	104	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	120	8	1,304	- 1,184
Schizophrenia	40	116	81	0	+ 116
Asthma	41	108	23	291	- 183
Endocrine Disorders	42	106	27	208	- 101
Drug Use	43	104	44	65	+ 38
Tuberculosis	44	90	2	2,781	- 2,691
Multiple Sclerosis	45	81	66	4	+ 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	69	59	15	+ 54
Hepatitis C	47	66	67	2	+ 63
Violence	48	66	18	539	- 473
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	63	84	0	+ 63
Fires	50	50	37	90	- 40
Hepatitis B	51	25	62	14	+ 11
Meningitis	52	24	22	299	- 275
Anemia	53	23	82	0	+ 23
Poisonings	54	23	41	71	- 47
Birth Trauma	55	16	11	997	- 981
Low Birth Weight	56	15	9	1,283	- 1,268
Appendicitis	57	13	58	18	- 6
Skin Disease	58	11	50	46	- 34
HIV/AIDS	59	11	1	4,509	- 4,498
Otitis Media	60	5	71	1	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	3	16	578	- 574
Iodine Deficiency	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	7	- 4
Oral conditions	64	2	86	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	1	56	20	- 19
Leishmaniasis	66	1	78	0	+ 1
War	67	1	72	1	+ 0
Tetanus	68	0	55	23	- 23
Pertussis	69	0	21	329	- 329
Malnutrition	70	0	24	272	- 272
Syphilis	71	0	34	107	- 107
Diphtheria	72	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	73	0	31	159	- 159
Chlamydia	74	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Croatia

Congo

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.