DR CONGO VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	175,225	7	34,713	+ 140,512
Stroke	2	163,851	6	36,596	+ 127,254
Diabetes Mellitus	3	151,930	16	12,902	+ 139,027
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	55,876	1	73,546	- 17,670
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	53,881	5	41,301	+ 12,580
Asthma	6	46,919	24	7,733	+ 39,185
Tuberculosis	7	42,763	2	43,759	- 997
Kidney Disease	8	41,814	20	9,077	+ 32,738
Suicide	9	32,945	26	5,812	+ 27,133
Lung Disease	10	31,859	14	13,527	+ 18,332
Cervical Cancer	11	30,063	27	4,823	+ 25,240
Liver Disease	12	29,671	13	15,044	+ 14,627
Low Birth Weight	13	27,111	8	34,668	- 7,558
Birth Trauma	14	22,873	9	33,075	- 10,203
Congenital Anomalies	15	22,804	11	16,256	+ 6,548
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	18,230	43	1,728	+ 16,502
Malnutrition	17	14,809	21	8,910	+ 5,899
Breast Cancer	18	14,773	35	3,416	+ 11,357
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	14,116	40	1,923	+ 12,193
Lung Cancers	20	13,846	47	1,158	+ 12,688
Hypertension	21	13,481	12	15,743	- 2,262
Meningitis	22	13,388	17	11,568	+ 1,819
Stomach Cancer	23	11,481	37	2,579	+ 8,902
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	10,813	28	4,548	+ 6,265
Other Injuries	25	10,333	22	8,272	+ 2,061
Oral Cancer	26	10,302	51	1,003	+ 9,299
Liver Cancer	27	9,195	31	3,840	+ 5,355
Drownings	28	9,105	34	3,454	+ 5,651
Inflammatory/Heart	29	7,464	29	4,045	+ 3,419
Endocrine Disorders	30	7,150	25	7,380	- 229
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	6,973	36	2,966	+ 4,007
Pertussis	32	6,315	23	7,921	- 1,607
Parkinson's Disease	33	5,929	49	1,035	+ 4,895
Violence	34	5,618	18	11,120	- 5,502
Maternal Conditions	35	5,613	19	10,513	- 4,899
Oesophagus Cancer	36	5,450	53	790	+ 4,660
Syphilis	37	4,395	32	3,751	+ 643
Epilepsy	38	4,368	44	1,727	+ 2,641
Leukemia	39	4,081	41	1,871	+ 2,209
Skin Disease	40	3,922	54	781	+ 3,141
Lymphomas	41	3,099	38	2,061	+ 1,038
Falls	42	3,090	33	3,483	- 392
Poisonings	43	3,070	42	1,729	+ 1,341
Prostate Cancer	44	2,666	30	3,948	- 1,283
Road Traffic Accidents	45	2,242	10	30,256	- 28,015
Uterin Cancer	46	2,051	63	352	+ 1,699
Fires	47	2,022	39	2,007	+ 15
Hepatitis B	48	1,923	61	456	+ 1,467
Pancreas Cancer	49	1,881	50	1,017	+ 865
Ovary Cancer	50	1,122	58	656	+ 466
Bladder Cancer	51	956	65	270	+ 686
Appendicitis	52	807	56	703	+ 104
Encephalitis	53	708	57	680	+ 28
Alcohol	54	637	60	635	+ 2
Tetanus	55	445	46	1,166	- 721
Skin Cancers	56	427	55	765	- 339
Drug Use	57	400	59	638	- 238
Other Neoplasms	58	306	67	88	+ 218
Dengue	59	263	74	1	+ 263
Upper Respiratory	60	263	62	370	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	61	178	71	44	+ 134
Hepatitis C	62	162	69	69	+ 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	107	66	217	- 110
Ascariasis	64	62	68	80	- 17
Diphtheria	65	51	70	47	+ 5
Chlamydia	66	36	73	15	+ 21
War	67	21	45	1,658	- 1,637
Measles	68	13	3	42,254	- 42,241
Otitis Media	69	9	72	38	- 29
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	15	13,286	- 13,286
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	52	869	- 869
Malaria	76	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	64	347	- 347
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Kiribati

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.