CONGO VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,421	4	2,494	+ 2,927
Diabetes Mellitus	2	4,016	10	1,050	+ 2,967
Kidney Disease	3	2,081	15	613	+ 1,468
Stroke	4	1,856	5	2,267	- 411
Violence	5	1,513	18	539	+ 975
Liver Disease	6	1,392	13	931	+ 461
Lung Disease	7	1,358	17	541	+ 817
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,157	3	2,576	- 1,419
Hypertension	9	830	12	933	- 102
Road Traffic Accidents	10	760	7	1,598	- 838
Other Injuries	11	568	20	333	+ 235
Endocrine Disorders	12	528	27	208	+ 320
Congenital Anomalies	13	488	14	729	- 241
Malnutrition	14	352	24	272	+ 80
Prostate Cancer	15	350	28	198	+ 152
Breast Cancer	16	344	32	159	+ 185
Lung Cancers	17	343	47	54	+ 289
Low Birth Weight	18	334	9	1,283	- 949
Stomach Cancer	19	324	39	88	+ 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	320	38	89	+ 232
Liver Cancer	21	318	30	169	+ 148
Suicide	22	316	19	349	- 33
Other Neoplasms	23	289	63	8	+ 282
Lymphomas	24	231	45	61	+ 170
Leukemia	25	225	46	57	+ 168
Cervical Cancer	26	223	29	196	+ 27
Pancreas Cancer	27	210	52	42	+ 168
HIV/AIDS	28	193	1	4,509	- 4,317
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	162	8	1,304	- 1,142
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	161	25	230	- 69
Skin Disease	31	141	50	46	+ 96
Alcohol	32	137	49	46	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	128	35	105	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	34	124	48	49	+ 74
Falls	35	123	33	149	- 26
Birth Trauma	36	119	11	997	- 878
Anemia	37	102	82	0	+ 102
Tuberculosis	38	91	2	2,781	- 2,690
Epilepsy	39	89	40	76	+ 13
Skin Cancers	40	89	53	36	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	41	87	26	220	- 133
Drownings	42	84	36	104	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	43	73	42	69	+ 4
Drug Use	44	69	44	65	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	66	59	15	+ 51
Oral Cancer	46	63	54	33	+ 31
Asthma	47	63	23	291	- 228
Bladder Cancer	48	59	61	15	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	49	58	57	19	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	50	42	60	15	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	42	84	0	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	40	43	67	- 26
Appendicitis	53	36	58	18	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	54	35	16	578	- 543
Hepatitis C	55	29	67	2	+ 27
Fires	56	28	37	90	- 62
Poisonings	57	25	41	71	- 46
Meningitis	58	17	22	299	- 282
Osteoarthritis	59	14	85	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	66	4	+ 10
Hepatitis B	61	10	62	14	- 5
Encephalitis	62	7	56	20	- 13
Schizophrenia	63	6	81	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	6	64	7	- 1
Oral conditions	65	6	86	0	+ 6
War	66	5	72	1	+ 5
Dengue	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	71	1	+ 1
Chagas disease	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	70	1	21	329	- 328
Tetanus	71	0	55	23	- 23
Ascariasis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Syphilis	73	0	34	107	- 106
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	80	0	31	159	- 159
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	83	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	84	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	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.