DR CONGO VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	110,078	7	34,713	+ 75,365
Stroke	2	64,675	6	36,596	+ 28,079
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	47,733	5	41,301	+ 6,432
Low Birth Weight	4	42,698	8	34,668	+ 8,030
Lung Disease	5	39,769	14	13,527	+ 26,243
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	38,176	1	73,546	- 35,370
Diabetes Mellitus	7	29,199	16	12,902	+ 16,297
Birth Trauma	8	27,236	9	33,075	- 5,840
Kidney Disease	9	25,972	20	9,077	+ 16,896
Liver Disease	10	25,075	13	15,044	+ 10,031
Tuberculosis	11	19,253	2	43,759	- 24,506
Road Traffic Accidents	12	12,882	10	30,256	- 17,374
Other Injuries	13	12,351	22	8,272	+ 4,079
Congenital Anomalies	14	12,036	11	16,256	- 4,221
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	11,897	43	1,728	+ 10,169
Hypertension	16	10,480	12	15,743	- 5,263
Asthma	17	9,489	24	7,733	+ 1,755
Suicide	18	8,840	26	5,812	+ 3,028
Meningitis	19	8,243	17	11,568	- 3,325
Breast Cancer	20	8,235	35	3,416	+ 4,820
Oral Cancer	21	7,857	51	1,003	+ 6,854
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	6,958	28	4,548	+ 2,410
Violence	23	5,910	18	11,120	- 5,210
Maternal Conditions	24	5,667	19	10,513	- 4,846
Endocrine Disorders	25	5,231	25	7,380	- 2,148
Lung Cancers	26	4,430	47	1,158	+ 3,272
Malnutrition	27	4,048	21	8,910	- 4,863
Falls	28	3,952	33	3,483	+ 469
Oesophagus Cancer	29	3,597	53	790	+ 2,807
Tetanus	30	3,448	46	1,166	+ 2,283
Lymphomas	31	3,210	38	2,061	+ 1,149
HIV/AIDS	32	3,108	15	13,286	- 10,178
Encephalitis	33	3,041	57	680	+ 2,362
Pertussis	34	2,907	23	7,921	- 5,014
Parkinson's Disease	35	2,810	49	1,035	+ 1,776
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	2,492	40	1,923	+ 569
Drownings	37	2,458	34	3,454	- 995
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	2,414	36	2,966	- 553
Leukemia	39	2,403	41	1,871	+ 531
Epilepsy	40	2,228	44	1,727	+ 502
Liver Cancer	41	2,024	31	3,840	- 1,816
Fires	42	1,969	39	2,007	- 39
Stomach Cancer	43	1,849	37	2,579	- 730
Cervical Cancer	44	1,833	27	4,823	- 2,989
Prostate Cancer	45	1,628	30	3,948	- 2,321
Ovary Cancer	46	1,616	58	656	+ 960
Poisonings	47	1,538	42	1,729	- 190
Bladder Cancer	48	1,247	65	270	+ 977
Measles	49	1,179	3	42,254	- 41,075
Alcohol	50	1,152	60	635	+ 518
Appendicitis	51	1,130	56	703	+ 427
Inflammatory/Heart	52	1,060	29	4,045	- 2,985
Hepatitis B	53	1,037	61	456	+ 581
Skin Cancers	54	704	55	765	- 62
Dengue	55	654	74	1	+ 653
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	635	66	217	+ 417
Syphilis	57	589	32	3,751	- 3,162
Hepatitis C	58	561	69	69	+ 492
Uterin Cancer	59	545	63	352	+ 193
Pancreas Cancer	60	489	50	1,017	- 528
Drug Use	61	379	59	638	- 259
War	62	273	45	1,658	- 1,385
Malaria	63	268	4	41,813	- 41,544
Other Neoplasms	64	188	67	88	+ 101
Multiple Sclerosis	65	188	71	44	+ 144
Upper Respiratory	66	132	62	370	- 238
Skin Disease	67	60	54	781	- 721
Ascariasis	68	34	68	80	- 45
Diphtheria	69	31	70	47	- 16
Chlamydia	70	20	73	15	+ 6
Otitis Media	71	13	72	38	- 25
Leishmaniasis	72	2	52	869	- 867
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	64	347	- 347
Schistosomiasis	74	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Pakistan

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.