CONGO VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,578	4	2,494	+ 4,083
Lung Disease	2	3,807	17	541	+ 3,266
Stroke	3	3,016	5	2,267	+ 750
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,901	8	1,304	+ 1,596
Tuberculosis	5	1,886	2	2,781	- 895
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,698	3	2,576	- 878
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,175	10	1,050	+ 125
Liver Disease	8	1,162	13	931	+ 232
Low Birth Weight	9	1,033	9	1,283	- 250
Falls	10	977	33	149	+ 828
Kidney Disease	11	965	15	613	+ 352
Road Traffic Accidents	12	920	7	1,598	- 678
Asthma	13	848	23	291	+ 558
Suicide	14	750	19	349	+ 401
Other Injuries	15	647	20	333	+ 314
Oral Cancer	16	581	54	33	+ 548
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	548	25	230	+ 318
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	546	43	67	+ 479
Hypertension	19	468	12	933	- 465
Birth Trauma	20	445	11	997	- 552
Lung Cancers	21	382	47	54	+ 328
Breast Cancer	22	358	32	159	+ 200
Congenital Anomalies	23	358	14	729	- 371
Stomach Cancer	24	351	39	88	+ 263
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	335	38	89	+ 246
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	295	35	105	+ 190
Violence	27	224	18	539	- 315
Drownings	28	211	36	104	+ 107
Encephalitis	29	208	56	20	+ 188
Cervical Cancer	30	196	29	196	- 0
HIV/AIDS	31	192	1	4,509	- 4,317
Parkinson's Disease	32	188	42	69	+ 119
Lymphomas	33	174	45	61	+ 113
Oesophagus Cancer	34	168	57	19	+ 149
Leukemia	35	144	46	57	+ 87
Meningitis	36	144	22	299	- 155
Pancreas Cancer	37	142	52	42	+ 100
Prostate Cancer	38	134	28	198	- 64
Liver Cancer	39	131	30	169	- 38
Epilepsy	40	131	40	76	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	41	112	16	578	- 465
Fires	42	101	37	90	+ 10
Alcohol	43	100	49	46	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	44	95	48	49	+ 46
Skin Disease	45	77	50	46	+ 32
Dengue	46	76	73	0	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	47	66	27	208	- 142
Bladder Cancer	48	61	61	15	+ 46
Inflammatory/Heart	49	55	26	220	- 165
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	52	59	15	+ 37
Measles	51	52	31	159	- 108
Drug Use	52	51	44	65	- 15
Appendicitis	53	49	58	18	+ 30
Pertussis	54	44	21	329	- 285
Malnutrition	55	37	24	272	- 234
Hepatitis B	56	35	62	14	+ 21
Malaria	57	33	6	1,977	- 1,944
Tetanus	58	31	55	23	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	59	30	60	15	+ 15
Skin Cancers	60	22	53	36	- 14
Poisonings	61	15	41	71	- 55
Other Neoplasms	62	13	63	8	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	63	10	66	4	+ 6
Syphilis	64	9	34	107	- 98
Hepatitis C	65	6	67	2	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	66	4	78	0	+ 4
War	67	4	72	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	3	64	7	- 4
Chlamydia	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	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.