DR CONGO VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	121,828	7	34,713	+ 87,115
Stroke	2	47,956	6	36,596	+ 11,360
Road Traffic Accidents	3	23,244	10	30,256	- 7,012
Hypertension	4	21,433	12	15,743	+ 5,690
Diabetes Mellitus	5	18,161	16	12,902	+ 5,259
Kidney Disease	6	15,420	20	9,077	+ 6,344
Lung Disease	7	14,896	14	13,527	+ 1,369
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	14,680	1	73,546	- 58,866
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	14,423	28	4,548	+ 9,875
Stomach Cancer	10	12,824	37	2,579	+ 10,245
Lung Cancers	11	8,857	47	1,158	+ 7,699
Liver Disease	12	8,666	13	15,044	- 6,379
Low Birth Weight	13	6,346	8	34,668	- 28,322
Congenital Anomalies	14	6,324	11	16,256	- 9,932
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	5,974	36	2,966	+ 3,008
Suicide	16	5,659	26	5,812	- 154
Other Injuries	17	5,285	22	8,272	- 2,986
Leukemia	18	5,178	41	1,871	+ 3,307
Breast Cancer	19	4,878	35	3,416	+ 1,463
Liver Cancer	20	4,850	31	3,840	+ 1,010
Prostate Cancer	21	4,678	30	3,948	+ 729
Asthma	22	4,387	24	7,733	- 3,346
Lymphomas	23	3,762	38	2,061	+ 1,701
Falls	24	3,684	33	3,483	+ 201
Birth Trauma	25	3,571	9	33,075	- 29,504
Parkinson's Disease	26	3,323	49	1,035	+ 2,288
Violence	27	3,310	18	11,120	- 7,810
HIV/AIDS	28	3,291	15	13,286	- 9,995
Pancreas Cancer	29	3,157	50	1,017	+ 2,141
Oesophagus Cancer	30	3,096	53	790	+ 2,306
Drug Use	31	2,928	59	638	+ 2,289
Endocrine Disorders	32	2,732	25	7,380	- 4,648
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	2,397	5	41,301	- 38,904
Fires	34	2,380	39	2,007	+ 372
Inflammatory/Heart	35	2,103	29	4,045	- 1,942
Bladder Cancer	36	1,841	65	270	+ 1,571
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,627	40	1,923	- 296
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,300	43	1,728	- 427
Ovary Cancer	39	1,224	58	656	+ 568
Drownings	40	1,215	34	3,454	- 2,239
Tuberculosis	41	1,151	2	43,759	- 42,608
War	42	1,107	45	1,658	- 551
Poisonings	43	1,065	42	1,729	- 664
Epilepsy	44	938	44	1,727	- 788
Oral Cancer	45	855	51	1,003	- 148
Meningitis	46	838	17	11,568	- 10,731
Skin Cancers	47	677	55	765	- 88
Cervical Cancer	48	654	27	4,823	- 4,169
Hepatitis B	49	555	61	456	+ 99
Multiple Sclerosis	50	529	71	44	+ 485
Uterin Cancer	51	464	63	352	+ 112
Maternal Conditions	52	372	19	10,513	- 10,141
Alcohol	53	330	60	635	- 305
Encephalitis	54	321	57	680	- 359
Skin Disease	55	310	54	781	- 471
Malnutrition	56	204	21	8,910	- 8,706
Appendicitis	57	202	56	703	- 501
Other Neoplasms	58	146	67	88	+ 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	105	66	217	- 113
Pertussis	60	98	23	7,921	- 7,823
Syphilis	61	68	32	3,751	- 3,683
Tetanus	62	48	46	1,166	- 1,118
Upper Respiratory	63	21	62	370	- 350
Leishmaniasis	64	10	52	869	- 858
Chlamydia	65	5	73	15	- 10
Schistosomiasis	66	4	48	1,071	- 1,067
Ascariasis	67	4	68	80	- 76
Measles	68	3	3	42,254	- 42,251
Hepatitis C	69	2	69	69	- 67
Diphtheria	70	1	70	47	- 46
Otitis Media	71	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	64	347	- 347
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

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DR 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.