CONGO VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,170	4	2,494	+ 2,676
Stroke	2	2,133	5	2,267	- 133
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,847	25	230	+ 1,616
Lung Disease	4	1,641	17	541	+ 1,100
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,531	10	1,050	+ 482
Lung Cancers	6	1,474	47	54	+ 1,421
Kidney Disease	7	981	15	613	+ 369
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	772	38	89	+ 683
Breast Cancer	9	714	32	159	+ 556
Other Injuries	10	627	20	333	+ 294
Hypertension	11	588	12	933	- 345
Endocrine Disorders	12	581	27	208	+ 373
Prostate Cancer	13	543	28	198	+ 345
Pancreas Cancer	14	482	52	42	+ 440
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	450	3	2,576	- 2,126
Lymphomas	16	449	45	61	+ 388
Leukemia	17	382	46	57	+ 324
Road Traffic Accidents	18	318	7	1,598	- 1,280
Bladder Cancer	19	308	61	15	+ 293
Liver Cancer	20	296	30	169	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	21	291	39	88	+ 203
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	261	8	1,304	- 1,043
Other Neoplasms	23	247	63	8	+ 239
Inflammatory/Heart	24	236	26	220	+ 16
Falls	25	234	33	149	+ 85
Liver Disease	26	233	13	931	- 698
Ovary Cancer	27	207	48	49	+ 157
Parkinson's Disease	28	203	42	69	+ 134
Suicide	29	202	19	349	- 147
Skin Disease	30	201	50	46	+ 156
Skin Cancers	31	178	53	36	+ 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	159	43	67	+ 93
Drownings	33	154	36	104	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	34	127	60	15	+ 112
Asthma	35	112	23	291	- 179
Oral Cancer	36	96	54	33	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	37	85	29	196	- 111
Congenital Anomalies	38	81	14	729	- 648
Anemia	39	80	82	0	+ 80
Violence	40	71	18	539	- 468
Drug Use	41	62	44	65	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	52	35	105	- 53
Oesophagus Cancer	43	48	57	19	+ 28
Epilepsy	44	45	40	76	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	45	59	15	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	46	41	66	4	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	47	30	9	1,283	- 1,254
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	26	84	0	+ 26
Alcohol	49	24	49	46	- 22
Fires	50	21	37	90	- 69
Poisonings	51	19	41	71	- 51
Tuberculosis	52	17	2	2,781	- 2,764
Birth Trauma	53	12	11	997	- 986
Hepatitis B	54	8	62	14	- 6
Meningitis	55	8	22	299	- 291
Malnutrition	56	7	24	272	- 264
Schizophrenia	57	7	81	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	58	7	67	2	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	5	64	7	- 2
Osteoarthritis	60	4	85	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	86	0	+ 4
Syphilis	62	3	34	107	- 103
Maternal Conditions	63	3	16	578	- 575
HIV/AIDS	64	2	1	4,509	- 4,508
Otitis Media	65	2	71	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	66	2	58	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	67	2	78	0	+ 2
War	68	1	72	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	56	20	- 20
Pertussis	70	0	21	329	- 329
Tetanus	71	0	55	23	- 23
Measles	72	0	31	159	- 159
Diphtheria	73	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	79	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Schistosomiasis	80	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Cyprus

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.