CONGO VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,369	4	2,494	+ 12,874
Hypertension	2	13,792	12	933	+ 12,860
Stroke	3	5,700	5	2,267	+ 3,434
Lung Cancers	4	3,357	47	54	+ 3,303
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,691	38	89	+ 2,603
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,781	3	2,576	- 795
Liver Disease	7	1,678	13	931	+ 747
Prostate Cancer	8	1,525	28	198	+ 1,327
Stomach Cancer	9	1,480	39	88	+ 1,392
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,371	52	42	+ 1,329
Breast Cancer	11	1,328	32	159	+ 1,169
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,172	25	230	+ 942
Lung Disease	13	1,168	17	541	+ 627
Inflammatory/Heart	14	1,108	26	220	+ 889
Lymphomas	15	1,087	45	61	+ 1,026
Suicide	16	1,008	19	349	+ 660
Kidney Disease	17	901	15	613	+ 288
Alcohol	18	758	49	46	+ 712
Diabetes Mellitus	19	746	10	1,050	- 303
Other Injuries	20	721	20	333	+ 388
Bladder Cancer	21	642	61	15	+ 628
Leukemia	22	642	46	57	+ 584
Other Neoplasms	23	630	63	8	+ 622
Falls	24	606	33	149	+ 457
Oral Cancer	25	564	54	33	+ 531
Liver Cancer	26	548	30	169	+ 378
Oesophagus Cancer	27	503	57	19	+ 484
Ovary Cancer	28	445	48	49	+ 396
Parkinson's Disease	29	419	42	69	+ 350
Skin Cancers	30	403	53	36	+ 367
Drug Use	31	383	44	65	+ 318
Cervical Cancer	32	345	29	196	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	33	337	27	208	+ 129
Uterin Cancer	34	307	60	15	+ 292
Road Traffic Accidents	35	302	7	1,598	- 1,296
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	281	35	105	+ 176
Epilepsy	37	227	40	76	+ 151
Fires	38	209	37	90	+ 119
HIV/AIDS	39	206	1	4,509	- 4,304
Drownings	40	153	36	104	+ 49
Skin Disease	41	146	50	46	+ 100
Violence	42	146	18	539	- 393
Congenital Anomalies	43	128	14	729	- 601
Asthma	44	123	23	291	- 168
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	110	43	67	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	88	59	15	+ 73
Tuberculosis	47	84	2	2,781	- 2,697
Multiple Sclerosis	48	83	66	4	+ 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	62	84	0	+ 62
Osteoarthritis	50	52	85	0	+ 52
Anemia	51	47	82	0	+ 47
Poisonings	52	43	41	71	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	42	8	1,304	- 1,262
Meningitis	54	38	22	299	- 261
Low Birth Weight	55	35	9	1,283	- 1,248
Schizophrenia	56	31	81	0	+ 31
Birth Trauma	57	26	11	997	- 972
Hepatitis C	58	21	67	2	+ 18
Appendicitis	59	10	58	18	- 8
Oral conditions	60	10	86	0	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	61	6	16	578	- 572
Syphilis	62	5	34	107	- 101
Encephalitis	63	1	56	20	- 19
War	64	1	72	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	62	14	- 14
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	7	- 7
Otitis Media	67	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	73	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Ascariasis	74	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Malnutrition	79	0	24	272	- 272
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	55	23	- 23
Diphtheria	82	0	68	2	- 2
Pertussis	83	0	21	329	- 329
Measles	84	0	31	159	- 159
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Estonia

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.