ESTONIA VS DR CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DR CONGO		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	761	6	349	+ 412
Tuberculosis	2	453	47	16	+ 436
Measles	3	437	84	0	+ 437
Malaria	4	433	73	0	+ 433
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	427	53	8	+ 419
Stroke	6	379	3	1,116	- 737
Coronary Heart Disease	7	359	1	3,009	- 2,650
Low Birth Weight	8	359	55	7	+ 352
Birth Trauma	9	342	57	5	+ 337
Road Traffic Accidents	10	313	35	59	+ 254
Congenital Anomalies	11	168	43	25	+ 143
Hypertension	12	163	2	2,700	- 2,537
Liver Disease	13	156	7	328	- 173
Lung Disease	14	140	13	229	- 89
HIV/AIDS	15	137	39	40	+ 97
Diabetes Mellitus	16	133	19	146	- 13
Meningitis	17	120	54	7	+ 112
Violence	18	115	42	28	+ 87
Maternal Conditions	19	109	61	1	+ 108
Kidney Disease	20	94	17	176	- 83
Malnutrition	21	92	79	0	+ 92
Other Injuries	22	86	20	141	- 56
Pertussis	23	82	83	0	+ 82
Asthma	24	80	44	24	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	25	76	33	66	+ 10
Suicide	26	60	16	197	- 137
Cervical Cancer	27	50	32	68	- 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	47	12	229	- 182
Inflammatory/Heart	29	42	14	217	- 175
Prostate Cancer	30	41	8	298	- 258
Liver Cancer	31	40	26	107	- 67
Syphilis	32	39	62	1	+ 38
Falls	33	36	24	119	- 83
Drownings	34	36	40	30	+ 6
Breast Cancer	35	35	11	260	- 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	31	5	527	- 496
Stomach Cancer	37	27	9	290	- 263
Lymphomas	38	21	15	213	- 192
Fires	39	21	38	41	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	20	36	55	- 35
Leukemia	41	19	22	126	- 106
Poisonings	42	18	52	8	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	18	45	22	- 4
Epilepsy	44	18	37	45	- 27
War	45	17	64	0	+ 17
Tetanus	46	12	81	0	+ 12
Lung Cancers	47	12	4	657	- 645
Schistosomiasis	48	11	72	0	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	49	11	29	82	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	50	11	10	268	- 258
Oral Cancer	51	10	25	110	- 100
Leishmaniasis	52	9	69	0	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	53	8	27	99	- 90
Skin Disease	54	8	41	29	- 20
Skin Cancers	55	8	30	79	- 71
Appendicitis	56	7	59	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	57	7	63	0	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	58	7	28	87	- 80
Drug Use	59	7	31	75	- 68
Alcohol	60	7	18	148	- 142
Hepatitis B	61	5	65	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	4	66	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	63	4	34	60	- 56
Trypanosomiasis	64	4	70	0	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	65	3	21	126	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	46	17	- 15
Other Neoplasms	67	1	23	123	- 122
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	58	4	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	71	0	48	16	- 16
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.