CONGO VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,576	3	2,576	+ 3,000
Malaria	2	3,566	6	1,977	+ 1,589
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,959	8	1,304	+ 1,655
Measles	4	2,627	31	159	+ 2,467
Stroke	5	2,519	5	2,267	+ 252
Coronary Heart Disease	6	2,470	4	2,494	- 24
Birth Trauma	7	2,091	11	997	+ 1,094
Low Birth Weight	8	1,883	9	1,283	+ 600
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,652	7	1,598	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	10	1,317	1	4,509	- 3,193
Meningitis	11	1,148	22	299	+ 849
Liver Disease	12	1,112	13	931	+ 181
Tuberculosis	13	1,033	2	2,781	- 1,748
Congenital Anomalies	14	951	14	729	+ 222
Diabetes Mellitus	15	932	10	1,050	- 118
Kidney Disease	16	845	15	613	+ 233
Maternal Conditions	17	782	16	578	+ 204
Other Injuries	18	656	20	333	+ 323
Cervical Cancer	19	650	29	196	+ 454
Lung Disease	20	599	17	541	+ 58
Hypertension	21	588	12	933	- 345
Asthma	22	514	23	291	+ 223
Liver Cancer	23	509	30	169	+ 339
Pertussis	24	508	21	329	+ 179
Endocrine Disorders	25	497	27	208	+ 289
Violence	26	492	18	539	- 47
Trypanosomiasis	27	467	65	7	+ 461
Malnutrition	28	450	24	272	+ 178
Suicide	29	389	19	349	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	252	25	230	+ 22
Drownings	31	230	36	104	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	32	229	28	198	+ 31
Falls	33	209	33	149	+ 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	195	35	105	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	35	192	26	220	- 28
Fires	36	179	37	90	+ 89
Epilepsy	37	152	40	76	+ 76
Breast Cancer	38	150	32	159	- 8
Syphilis	39	143	34	107	+ 36
Poisonings	40	129	41	71	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	41	107	39	88	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	104	43	67	+ 37
Schistosomiasis	43	101	51	45	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	44	92	42	69	+ 23
Tetanus	45	74	55	23	+ 51
Drug Use	46	74	44	65	+ 8
Hepatitis B	47	71	62	14	+ 56
Lymphomas	48	69	45	61	+ 8
Skin Cancers	49	66	53	36	+ 30
Lung Cancers	50	56	47	54	+ 2
Skin Disease	51	55	50	46	+ 10
Oral Cancer	52	53	54	33	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	44	38	89	- 45
Ovary Cancer	54	40	48	49	- 9
Alcohol	55	36	49	46	- 10
Encephalitis	56	35	56	20	+ 15
Appendicitis	57	18	58	18	- 0
Diphtheria	58	17	68	2	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	59	16	60	15	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	60	14	61	15	- 1
Hepatitis C	61	10	67	2	+ 7
Ascariasis	62	10	69	1	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	63	9	57	19	- 11
War	64	9	72	1	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	65	8	52	42	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	66	8	66	4	+ 4
Leukemia	67	7	46	57	- 50
Other Neoplasms	68	7	63	8	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	7	64	7	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	6	59	15	- 9
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	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

Guinea

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.