CONGO VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,660	4	2,494	+ 8,165
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,709	25	230	+ 3,479
Stroke	3	3,609	5	2,267	+ 1,343
Lung Cancers	4	3,375	47	54	+ 3,321
Lung Disease	5	3,102	17	541	+ 2,561
Hypertension	6	1,942	12	933	+ 1,010
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,887	38	89	+ 1,798
Kidney Disease	8	1,651	15	613	+ 1,038
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,501	3	2,576	- 1,075
Breast Cancer	10	1,366	32	159	+ 1,207
Pancreas Cancer	11	1,303	52	42	+ 1,261
Prostate Cancer	12	1,195	28	198	+ 997
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,128	10	1,050	+ 78
Falls	14	1,111	33	149	+ 962
Liver Disease	15	1,101	13	931	+ 171
Parkinson's Disease	16	913	42	69	+ 844
Lymphomas	17	888	45	61	+ 827
Endocrine Disorders	18	774	27	208	+ 566
Suicide	19	745	19	349	+ 397
Stomach Cancer	20	700	39	88	+ 612
Inflammatory/Heart	21	645	26	220	+ 425
Leukemia	22	633	46	57	+ 576
Other Injuries	23	598	20	333	+ 265
Other Neoplasms	24	592	63	8	+ 584
Liver Cancer	25	584	30	169	+ 415
Alcohol	26	454	49	46	+ 408
Oesophagus Cancer	27	450	57	19	+ 431
Bladder Cancer	28	449	61	15	+ 434
Oral Cancer	29	437	54	33	+ 404
Ovary Cancer	30	376	48	49	+ 327
Skin Cancers	31	294	53	36	+ 258
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	278	8	1,304	- 1,027
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	262	43	67	+ 196
Road Traffic Accidents	34	229	7	1,598	- 1,369
Epilepsy	35	224	40	76	+ 148
Congenital Anomalies	36	166	14	729	- 563
Uterin Cancer	37	162	60	15	+ 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	157	35	105	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	39	154	29	196	- 42
Drug Use	40	140	44	65	+ 74
Multiple Sclerosis	41	114	66	4	+ 110
Skin Disease	42	112	50	46	+ 66
Anemia	43	72	82	0	+ 72
Asthma	44	67	23	291	- 224
Low Birth Weight	45	56	9	1,283	- 1,227
Violence	46	56	18	539	- 483
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	39	59	15	+ 24
Hepatitis C	48	37	67	2	+ 34
Drownings	49	33	36	104	- 71
Malnutrition	50	33	24	272	- 239
Schizophrenia	51	28	81	0	+ 28
Osteoarthritis	52	26	85	0	+ 26
Fires	53	26	37	90	- 64
HIV/AIDS	54	25	1	4,509	- 4,484
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	21	84	0	+ 21
Tuberculosis	56	20	2	2,781	- 2,761
Birth Trauma	57	17	11	997	- 980
Poisonings	58	16	41	71	- 55
Hepatitis B	59	13	62	14	- 1
Meningitis	60	12	22	299	- 287
Upper Respiratory	61	10	64	7	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	9	58	18	- 9
Oral conditions	63	4	86	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	64	3	16	578	- 575
Otitis Media	65	1	71	1	+ 0
War	66	1	72	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	1	56	20	- 19
Syphilis	68	0	34	107	- 106
Pertussis	69	0	21	329	- 329
Measles	70	0	31	159	- 159
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	55	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Malaria	79	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to 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.