NEW ZEALAND VS DR CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DR CONGO		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,289	7	920	+ 2,369
Tuberculosis	2	1,957	52	17	+ 1,940
Measles	3	1,890	82	0	+ 1,890
Malaria	4	1,870	78	0	+ 1,870
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,847	37	81	+ 1,766
Stroke	6	1,637	3	2,378	- 742
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,552	1	5,095	- 3,543
Low Birth Weight	8	1,550	38	78	+ 1,472
Birth Trauma	9	1,479	54	15	+ 1,465
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,353	16	458	+ 895
Congenital Anomalies	11	727	30	176	+ 552
Hypertension	12	704	20	327	+ 377
Liver Disease	13	673	32	158	+ 515
Lung Disease	14	605	5	1,815	- 1,210
HIV/AIDS	15	594	57	10	+ 584
Diabetes Mellitus	16	577	8	769	- 192
Meningitis	17	517	59	9	+ 508
Violence	18	497	42	57	+ 440
Maternal Conditions	19	470	63	5	+ 465
Kidney Disease	20	406	17	432	- 26
Malnutrition	21	398	55	14	+ 384
Other Injuries	22	370	28	218	+ 152
Pertussis	23	354	65	1	+ 354
Asthma	24	346	36	91	+ 255
Endocrine Disorders	25	330	21	325	+ 6
Suicide	26	260	15	528	- 268
Cervical Cancer	27	216	41	61	+ 155
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	203	2	3,032	- 2,828
Inflammatory/Heart	29	181	23	313	- 132
Prostate Cancer	30	177	9	739	- 562
Liver Cancer	31	172	24	288	- 116
Syphilis	32	168	70	0	+ 167
Falls	33	156	11	627	- 471
Drownings	34	154	44	54	+ 100
Breast Cancer	35	153	10	737	- 584
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	133	6	1,495	- 1,362
Stomach Cancer	37	115	22	323	- 207
Lymphomas	38	92	13	608	- 516
Fires	39	90	53	17	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	86	39	70	+ 16
Leukemia	41	84	18	391	- 307
Poisonings	42	77	58	9	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	77	35	113	- 35
Epilepsy	44	77	43	55	+ 22
War	45	74	68	1	+ 74
Tetanus	46	52	69	0	+ 52
Lung Cancers	47	52	4	1,873	- 1,822
Schistosomiasis	48	48	77	0	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	49	46	19	353	- 307
Pancreas Cancer	50	45	14	543	- 497
Oral Cancer	51	45	31	164	- 119
Leishmaniasis	52	39	80	0	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	53	35	25	279	- 244
Skin Disease	54	35	34	118	- 83
Skin Cancers	55	34	12	612	- 577
Appendicitis	56	31	62	6	+ 26
Encephalitis	57	30	66	1	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	58	29	29	207	- 178
Drug Use	59	29	40	69	- 41
Alcohol	60	28	45	51	- 23
Hepatitis B	61	20	56	14	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	17	64	4	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	63	16	33	145	- 129
Trypanosomiasis	64	16	81	0	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	65	12	26	267	- 255
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	10	46	47	- 37
Other Neoplasms	67	4	27	245	- 241
Ascariasis	68	4	76	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	69	3	48	30	- 27
Diphtheria	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	71	2	47	43	- 41
Otitis Media	72	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

DR Congo

New Zealand

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.