CONGO VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,635	4	2,494	+ 3,140
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,741	25	230	+ 4,510
Stroke	3	3,242	5	2,267	+ 976
Lung Cancers	4	3,180	47	54	+ 3,126
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,949	38	89	+ 1,860
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,763	3	2,576	- 813
Lung Disease	7	1,626	17	541	+ 1,085
Breast Cancer	8	1,385	32	159	+ 1,227
Other Injuries	9	1,348	20	333	+ 1,015
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,102	52	42	+ 1,060
Kidney Disease	11	1,023	15	613	+ 411
Diabetes Mellitus	12	973	10	1,050	- 76
Prostate Cancer	13	970	28	198	+ 772
Lymphomas	14	898	45	61	+ 837
Liver Cancer	15	854	30	169	+ 684
Suicide	16	799	19	349	+ 450
Other Neoplasms	17	782	63	8	+ 775
Falls	18	739	33	149	+ 590
Endocrine Disorders	19	721	27	208	+ 513
Parkinson's Disease	20	675	42	69	+ 606
Leukemia	21	665	46	57	+ 607
Liver Disease	22	658	13	931	- 272
Hypertension	23	634	12	933	- 299
Bladder Cancer	24	586	61	15	+ 571
Inflammatory/Heart	25	541	26	220	+ 321
Stomach Cancer	26	493	39	88	+ 405
Oral Cancer	27	417	54	33	+ 384
Oesophagus Cancer	28	417	57	19	+ 397
Malnutrition	29	376	24	272	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	30	353	48	49	+ 304
Road Traffic Accidents	31	298	7	1,598	- 1,300
Skin Cancers	32	290	53	36	+ 254
Alcohol	33	284	49	46	+ 238
Uterin Cancer	34	243	60	15	+ 228
Congenital Anomalies	35	179	14	729	- 550
Drug Use	36	168	44	65	+ 102
Epilepsy	37	166	40	76	+ 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	161	8	1,304	- 1,143
Skin Disease	39	142	50	46	+ 97
Cervical Cancer	40	140	29	196	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	123	43	67	+ 57
Asthma	42	93	23	291	- 198
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	88	35	105	- 17
Anemia	44	87	82	0	+ 87
Drownings	45	77	36	104	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	46	67	66	4	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	47	58	9	1,283	- 1,225
Schizophrenia	48	58	81	0	+ 58
Violence	49	48	18	539	- 491
Tuberculosis	50	39	2	2,781	- 2,742
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	38	59	15	+ 23
Hepatitis C	52	37	67	2	+ 35
Fires	53	36	37	90	- 54
HIV/AIDS	54	32	1	4,509	- 4,477
Birth Trauma	55	28	11	997	- 970
Osteoarthritis	56	22	85	0	+ 22
Poisonings	57	20	41	71	- 50
Meningitis	58	15	22	299	- 285
Hepatitis B	59	12	62	14	- 2
Oral conditions	60	11	86	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	61	8	58	18	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	7	84	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	63	5	64	7	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	5	16	578	- 573
Otitis Media	65	1	71	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	56	20	- 19
War	67	1	72	1	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	34	107	- 106
Pertussis	69	0	21	329	- 329
Tetanus	70	0	55	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	71	0	51	45	- 45
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	31	159	- 159
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	79	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

France

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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.