CONGO VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,650	4	2,494	+ 156
Stroke	2	1,587	5	2,267	- 679
Road Traffic Accidents	3	937	7	1,598	- 661
Diabetes Mellitus	4	919	10	1,050	- 131
Hypertension	5	836	12	933	- 97
Kidney Disease	6	815	15	613	+ 202
Lung Cancers	7	578	47	54	+ 524
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	512	3	2,576	- 2,065
Congenital Anomalies	9	510	14	729	- 219
Low Birth Weight	10	468	9	1,283	- 815
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	385	25	230	+ 155
Breast Cancer	12	374	32	159	+ 216
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	336	38	89	+ 248
Liver Disease	14	269	13	931	- 661
Lung Disease	15	242	17	541	- 299
Leukemia	16	202	46	57	+ 144
Stomach Cancer	17	199	39	88	+ 111
Lymphomas	18	176	45	61	+ 115
Other Injuries	19	160	20	333	- 173
Birth Trauma	20	148	11	997	- 850
Violence	21	147	18	539	- 392
Pancreas Cancer	22	134	52	42	+ 92
Bladder Cancer	23	116	61	15	+ 101
Falls	24	104	33	149	- 45
Liver Cancer	25	101	30	169	- 68
Endocrine Disorders	26	98	27	208	- 110
Parkinson's Disease	27	92	42	69	+ 23
Suicide	28	90	19	349	- 259
Fires	29	83	37	90	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	83	8	1,304	- 1,221
Oral Cancer	31	78	54	33	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	32	76	48	49	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	33	71	28	198	- 126
Drug Use	34	63	44	65	- 3
Asthma	35	62	23	291	- 228
Drownings	36	58	36	104	- 45
Meningitis	37	43	22	299	- 256
Inflammatory/Heart	38	41	26	220	- 179
Uterin Cancer	39	41	60	15	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	36	35	105	- 69
Cervical Cancer	41	35	29	196	- 161
Oesophagus Cancer	42	34	57	19	+ 15
Pertussis	43	30	21	329	- 299
Maternal Conditions	44	29	16	578	- 549
Syphilis	45	28	34	107	- 78
Epilepsy	46	27	40	76	- 49
Poisonings	47	25	41	71	- 45
Skin Disease	48	23	50	46	- 23
Skin Cancers	49	21	53	36	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	12	43	67	- 54
Malnutrition	51	8	24	272	- 264
Encephalitis	52	7	56	20	- 12
Tuberculosis	53	7	2	2,781	- 2,774
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	66	4	+ 3
Alcohol	55	6	49	46	- 40
Tetanus	56	6	55	23	- 17
Other Neoplasms	57	5	63	8	- 3
Appendicitis	58	4	58	18	- 14
War	59	3	72	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	2	62	14	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	59	15	- 13
Schistosomiasis	62	1	51	45	- 43
HIV/AIDS	63	1	1	4,509	- 4,508
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	2	- 2
Measles	65	0	31	159	- 159
Leishmaniasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	2	- 2
Ascariasis	68	0	69	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	7	- 7
Chlamydia	70	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	65	7	- 7
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	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.