CONGO VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,530	4	2,494	+ 7,036
Liver Disease	2	3,295	13	931	+ 2,365
Stroke	3	2,403	5	2,267	+ 136
Liver Cancer	4	1,344	30	169	+ 1,174
Hypertension	5	1,156	12	933	+ 224
Kidney Disease	6	1,156	15	613	+ 543
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,134	3	2,576	- 1,442
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,049	10	1,050	- 1
Lung Disease	9	734	17	541	+ 193
Congenital Anomalies	10	667	14	729	- 62
Low Birth Weight	11	624	9	1,283	- 659
Road Traffic Accidents	12	556	7	1,598	- 1,042
Breast Cancer	13	503	32	159	+ 344
Lymphomas	14	413	45	61	+ 352
Asthma	15	389	23	291	+ 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	382	25	230	+ 152
Birth Trauma	17	335	11	997	- 663
Lung Cancers	18	311	47	54	+ 258
Bladder Cancer	19	281	61	15	+ 267
Violence	20	228	18	539	- 310
Other Injuries	21	209	20	333	- 124
Leukemia	22	206	46	57	+ 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	202	8	1,304	- 1,102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	169	38	89	+ 80
Suicide	25	166	19	349	- 183
Pancreas Cancer	26	159	52	42	+ 117
Inflammatory/Heart	27	136	26	220	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	28	131	42	69	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	29	130	27	208	- 78
Falls	30	111	33	149	- 38
Ovary Cancer	31	107	48	49	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	32	101	39	88	+ 13
Fires	33	86	37	90	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	73	35	105	- 32
Prostate Cancer	35	70	28	198	- 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	68	43	67	+ 2
Drownings	37	62	36	104	- 42
Encephalitis	38	57	56	20	+ 37
Skin Cancers	39	56	53	36	+ 20
Hepatitis B	40	54	62	14	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	41	52	57	19	+ 33
Pertussis	42	50	21	329	- 279
Meningitis	43	45	22	299	- 254
Maternal Conditions	44	44	16	578	- 534
Oral Cancer	45	43	54	33	+ 11
Malnutrition	46	42	24	272	- 230
War	47	39	72	1	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	48	34	29	196	- 162
Tetanus	49	30	55	23	+ 7
Epilepsy	50	25	40	76	- 51
Tuberculosis	51	24	2	2,781	- 2,757
Uterin Cancer	52	23	60	15	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	53	22	1	4,509	- 4,488
Schistosomiasis	54	12	51	45	- 33
Skin Disease	55	12	50	46	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	56	12	66	4	+ 8
Poisonings	57	11	41	71	- 60
Syphilis	58	9	34	107	- 98
Appendicitis	59	8	58	18	- 11
Alcohol	60	8	49	46	- 38
Other Neoplasms	61	6	63	8	- 1
Drug Use	62	6	44	65	- 59
Hepatitis C	63	5	67	2	+ 3
Measles	64	2	31	159	- 157
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	59	15	- 14
Leishmaniasis	66	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	7	- 6
Dengue	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	77	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Egypt

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.