DR CONGO VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	180,366	7	34,713	+ 145,653
Liver Disease	2	62,368	13	15,044	+ 47,324
Stroke	3	45,477	6	36,596	+ 8,881
Liver Cancer	4	25,428	31	3,840	+ 21,588
Hypertension	5	21,882	12	15,743	+ 6,140
Kidney Disease	6	21,875	20	9,077	+ 12,798
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	21,468	1	73,546	- 52,078
Diabetes Mellitus	8	19,846	16	12,902	+ 6,943
Lung Disease	9	13,893	14	13,527	+ 367
Congenital Anomalies	10	12,617	11	16,256	- 3,639
Low Birth Weight	11	11,817	8	34,668	- 22,852
Road Traffic Accidents	12	10,519	10	30,256	- 19,737
Breast Cancer	13	9,523	35	3,416	+ 6,107
Lymphomas	14	7,820	38	2,061	+ 5,759
Asthma	15	7,369	24	7,733	- 364
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	7,235	28	4,548	+ 2,688
Birth Trauma	17	6,337	9	33,075	- 26,738
Lung Cancers	18	5,889	47	1,158	+ 4,732
Bladder Cancer	19	5,324	65	270	+ 5,055
Violence	20	4,320	18	11,120	- 6,800
Other Injuries	21	3,962	22	8,272	- 4,310
Leukemia	22	3,904	41	1,871	+ 2,032
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	3,830	5	41,301	- 37,471
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	3,198	36	2,966	+ 232
Suicide	25	3,135	26	5,812	- 2,677
Pancreas Cancer	26	3,015	50	1,017	+ 1,998
Inflammatory/Heart	27	2,582	29	4,045	- 1,463
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,480	49	1,035	+ 1,446
Endocrine Disorders	29	2,461	25	7,380	- 4,919
Falls	30	2,094	33	3,483	- 1,389
Ovary Cancer	31	2,016	58	656	+ 1,360
Stomach Cancer	32	1,913	37	2,579	- 666
Fires	33	1,627	39	2,007	- 381
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,389	40	1,923	- 534
Prostate Cancer	35	1,330	30	3,948	- 2,618
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	1,295	43	1,728	- 433
Drownings	37	1,164	34	3,454	- 2,289
Encephalitis	38	1,085	57	680	+ 405
Skin Cancers	39	1,051	55	765	+ 286
Hepatitis B	40	1,025	61	456	+ 569
Oesophagus Cancer	41	986	53	790	+ 196
Pertussis	42	940	23	7,921	- 6,981
Meningitis	43	858	17	11,568	- 10,710
Maternal Conditions	44	825	19	10,513	- 9,688
Oral Cancer	45	823	51	1,003	- 180
Malnutrition	46	787	21	8,910	- 8,123
War	47	740	45	1,658	- 918
Cervical Cancer	48	648	27	4,823	- 4,174
Tetanus	49	561	46	1,166	- 605
Epilepsy	50	468	44	1,727	- 1,259
Tuberculosis	51	448	2	43,759	- 43,311
Uterin Cancer	52	438	63	352	+ 86
HIV/AIDS	53	412	15	13,286	- 12,874
Schistosomiasis	54	229	48	1,071	- 842
Skin Disease	55	228	54	781	- 553
Multiple Sclerosis	56	221	71	44	+ 177
Poisonings	57	202	42	1,729	- 1,527
Syphilis	58	165	32	3,751	- 3,586
Appendicitis	59	148	56	703	- 556
Alcohol	60	147	60	635	- 488
Other Neoplasms	61	121	67	88	+ 33
Drug Use	62	120	59	638	- 518
Hepatitis C	63	100	69	69	+ 32
Measles	64	45	3	42,254	- 42,209
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	27	66	217	- 190
Leishmaniasis	66	14	52	869	- 855
Ascariasis	67	6	68	80	- 74
Upper Respiratory	68	5	62	370	- 365
Dengue	69	5	74	1	+ 4
Diphtheria	70	3	70	47	- 44
Chlamydia	71	1	73	15	- 14
Otitis Media	72	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	77	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

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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.