CONGO VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,700	4	2,494	+ 4,205
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,836	3	2,576	+ 2,260
Stroke	3	3,824	5	2,267	+ 1,557
Kidney Disease	4	2,030	15	613	+ 1,417
Hypertension	5	1,779	12	933	+ 846
Lung Disease	6	1,679	17	541	+ 1,138
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,663	10	1,050	+ 614
Tuberculosis	8	1,395	2	2,781	- 1,386
Violence	9	765	18	539	+ 226
Road Traffic Accidents	10	671	7	1,598	- 927
Asthma	11	588	23	291	+ 297
Endocrine Disorders	12	539	27	208	+ 332
Lung Cancers	13	531	47	54	+ 477
Low Birth Weight	14	523	9	1,283	- 760
Breast Cancer	15	505	32	159	+ 347
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	416	38	89	+ 327
Congenital Anomalies	17	415	14	729	- 314
Birth Trauma	18	410	11	997	- 587
Liver Cancer	19	395	30	169	+ 226
Liver Disease	20	365	13	931	- 566
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	354	35	105	+ 249
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	319	8	1,304	- 985
Other Neoplasms	23	265	63	8	+ 258
Malnutrition	24	222	24	272	- 49
Skin Disease	25	218	50	46	+ 172
Prostate Cancer	26	214	28	198	+ 16
Drownings	27	200	36	104	+ 96
Falls	28	199	33	149	+ 50
Leukemia	29	185	46	57	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	30	183	26	220	- 37
Other Injuries	31	182	20	333	- 151
Anemia	32	177	82	0	+ 177
Cervical Cancer	33	159	29	196	- 38
Oral Cancer	34	150	54	33	+ 118
Suicide	35	120	19	349	- 229
Lymphomas	36	117	45	61	+ 56
Pancreas Cancer	37	109	52	42	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	38	105	16	578	- 472
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	104	25	230	- 127
Ovary Cancer	40	103	48	49	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	41	96	39	88	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	93	43	67	+ 27
Pertussis	43	91	21	329	- 238
Syphilis	44	60	34	107	- 47
Epilepsy	45	58	40	76	- 18
Dengue	46	55	73	0	+ 55
Meningitis	47	54	22	299	- 245
Measles	48	46	31	159	- 113
War	49	42	72	1	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	50	39	60	15	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	39	84	0	+ 39
Drug Use	52	36	44	65	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	53	35	57	19	+ 15
Fires	54	31	37	90	- 59
Parkinson's Disease	55	31	42	69	- 38
Hepatitis B	56	30	62	14	+ 16
Osteoarthritis	57	29	85	0	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	58	29	61	15	+ 15
Tetanus	59	27	55	23	+ 4
Alcohol	60	21	49	46	- 25
Skin Cancers	61	19	53	36	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	17	59	15	+ 2
Appendicitis	63	14	58	18	- 4
Schistosomiasis	64	12	51	45	- 33
Poisonings	65	12	41	71	- 59
HIV/AIDS	66	11	1	4,509	- 4,499
Encephalitis	67	10	56	20	- 10
Schizophrenia	68	7	81	0	+ 7
Malaria	69	5	6	1,977	- 1,972
Upper Respiratory	70	2	64	7	- 5
Leprosy	71	2	77	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	72	2	66	4	- 2
Oral conditions	73	1	86	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	1	71	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	75	1	68	2	- 1
Ascariasis	76	1	69	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	67	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	65	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	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.