DR CONGO VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	238,723	7	34,713	+ 204,010
Stroke	2	98,343	6	36,596	+ 61,747
Hypertension	3	33,139	12	15,743	+ 17,397
Kidney Disease	4	31,535	20	9,077	+ 22,458
Diabetes Mellitus	5	22,771	16	12,902	+ 9,869
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	22,338	1	73,546	- 51,208
Lung Cancers	7	20,325	47	1,158	+ 19,167
Lung Disease	8	19,434	14	13,527	+ 5,908
Road Traffic Accidents	9	19,091	10	30,256	- 11,166
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	15,332	28	4,548	+ 10,784
Liver Disease	11	15,020	13	15,044	- 25
Breast Cancer	12	11,123	35	3,416	+ 7,708
Asthma	13	10,315	24	7,733	+ 2,581
Low Birth Weight	14	10,201	8	34,668	- 24,468
Tuberculosis	15	8,859	2	43,759	- 34,900
Suicide	16	8,079	26	5,812	+ 2,267
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	7,889	36	2,966	+ 4,923
Cervical Cancer	18	7,741	27	4,823	+ 2,918
Falls	19	7,581	33	3,483	+ 4,098
Lymphomas	20	7,019	38	2,061	+ 4,958
Other Injuries	21	7,011	22	8,272	- 1,261
Congenital Anomalies	22	6,557	11	16,256	- 9,699
Birth Trauma	23	6,380	9	33,075	- 26,695
Prostate Cancer	24	5,908	30	3,948	+ 1,960
Stomach Cancer	25	5,221	37	2,579	+ 2,641
Parkinson's Disease	26	4,664	49	1,035	+ 3,629
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	3,678	5	41,301	- 37,623
Endocrine Disorders	28	3,486	25	7,380	- 3,894
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	3,320	40	1,923	+ 1,397
Bladder Cancer	30	3,298	65	270	+ 3,028
Leukemia	31	3,194	41	1,871	+ 1,322
Inflammatory/Heart	32	3,156	29	4,045	- 889
Fires	33	2,791	39	2,007	+ 783
Ovary Cancer	34	2,468	58	656	+ 1,812
Oral Cancer	35	2,409	51	1,003	+ 1,406
Pancreas Cancer	36	2,305	50	1,017	+ 1,289
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	2,217	43	1,728	+ 490
Maternal Conditions	38	2,172	19	10,513	- 8,340
Violence	39	1,951	18	11,120	- 9,169
Meningitis	40	1,674	17	11,568	- 9,894
Skin Cancers	41	1,474	55	765	+ 708
Oesophagus Cancer	42	1,356	53	790	+ 566
Drownings	43	1,314	34	3,454	- 2,139
Liver Cancer	44	1,305	31	3,840	- 2,535
Epilepsy	45	1,037	44	1,727	- 690
Pertussis	46	1,001	23	7,921	- 6,920
Drug Use	47	991	59	638	+ 353
Hepatitis B	48	976	61	456	+ 519
HIV/AIDS	49	892	15	13,286	- 12,394
Poisonings	50	821	42	1,729	- 908
Malnutrition	51	618	21	8,910	- 8,292
Encephalitis	52	545	57	680	- 135
Uterin Cancer	53	476	63	352	+ 124
Skin Disease	54	459	54	781	- 322
Syphilis	55	433	32	3,751	- 3,318
Appendicitis	56	402	56	703	- 301
Alcohol	57	337	60	635	- 298
Multiple Sclerosis	58	326	71	44	+ 282
Tetanus	59	236	46	1,166	- 930
Other Neoplasms	60	216	67	88	+ 129
Schistosomiasis	61	205	48	1,071	- 865
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	118	66	217	- 100
War	63	67	45	1,658	- 1,591
Leishmaniasis	64	47	52	869	- 821
Hepatitis C	65	22	69	69	- 46
Ascariasis	66	15	68	80	- 65
Upper Respiratory	67	11	62	370	- 359
Chlamydia	68	5	73	15	- 10
Diphtheria	69	3	70	47	- 44
Measles	70	1	3	42,254	- 42,253
Otitis Media	71	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	64	347	- 347
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Morocco

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.