DR CONGO VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	129,336	6	36,596	+ 92,740
Coronary Heart Disease	2	102,144	7	34,713	+ 67,431
Diabetes Mellitus	3	95,902	16	12,902	+ 83,000
Kidney Disease	4	54,731	20	9,077	+ 45,655
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	45,103	1	73,546	- 28,442
Prostate Cancer	6	38,645	30	3,948	+ 34,697
Road Traffic Accidents	7	37,461	10	30,256	+ 7,205
Lung Disease	8	36,282	14	13,527	+ 22,755
Hypertension	9	36,030	12	15,743	+ 20,287
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	32,678	28	4,548	+ 28,131
Violence	11	25,410	18	11,120	+ 14,290
Liver Disease	12	23,928	13	15,044	+ 8,884
Inflammatory/Heart	13	21,630	29	4,045	+ 17,585
Breast Cancer	14	17,480	35	3,416	+ 14,065
Stomach Cancer	15	15,046	37	2,579	+ 12,467
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	14,493	36	2,966	+ 11,526
Endocrine Disorders	17	13,854	25	7,380	+ 6,475
Lung Cancers	18	12,838	47	1,158	+ 11,680
Low Birth Weight	19	11,805	8	34,668	- 22,864
Skin Disease	20	11,097	54	781	+ 10,317
Other Injuries	21	10,129	22	8,272	+ 1,857
Suicide	22	9,887	26	5,812	+ 4,075
Parkinson's Disease	23	9,525	49	1,035	+ 8,491
Lymphomas	24	8,986	38	2,061	+ 6,925
Cervical Cancer	25	8,144	27	4,823	+ 3,322
Falls	26	7,230	33	3,483	+ 3,747
Asthma	27	6,585	24	7,733	- 1,148
Drownings	28	6,403	34	3,454	+ 2,950
Alcohol	29	6,347	60	635	+ 5,712
Congenital Anomalies	30	5,558	11	16,256	- 10,698
Pancreas Cancer	31	5,534	50	1,017	+ 4,517
Epilepsy	32	4,887	44	1,727	+ 3,160
Malnutrition	33	4,520	21	8,910	- 4,390
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	3,686	40	1,923	+ 1,763
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	3,144	5	41,301	- 38,157
Leukemia	36	3,037	41	1,871	+ 1,166
Liver Cancer	37	2,775	31	3,840	- 1,065
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	2,703	43	1,728	+ 975
Fires	39	2,275	39	2,007	+ 268
Oesophagus Cancer	40	2,155	53	790	+ 1,365
Ovary Cancer	41	2,148	58	656	+ 1,492
Birth Trauma	42	2,124	9	33,075	- 30,951
Oral Cancer	43	2,112	51	1,003	+ 1,110
Tuberculosis	44	2,003	2	43,759	- 41,756
Uterin Cancer	45	1,397	63	352	+ 1,045
Drug Use	46	1,316	59	638	+ 677
Maternal Conditions	47	1,267	19	10,513	- 9,246
Other Neoplasms	48	1,247	67	88	+ 1,160
Meningitis	49	1,003	17	11,568	- 10,565
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	898	66	217	+ 681
Appendicitis	51	771	56	703	+ 68
Encephalitis	52	756	57	680	+ 76
Dengue	53	405	74	1	+ 404
Multiple Sclerosis	54	306	71	44	+ 262
Poisonings	55	179	42	1,729	- 1,550
Tetanus	56	146	46	1,166	- 1,019
Syphilis	57	129	32	3,751	- 3,622
War	58	115	45	1,658	- 1,543
Upper Respiratory	59	87	62	370	- 284
Hepatitis B	60	41	61	456	- 416
Schistosomiasis	61	35	48	1,071	- 1,036
Chlamydia	62	31	73	15	+ 16
Pertussis	63	21	23	7,921	- 7,901
Ascariasis	64	8	68	80	- 72
Hepatitis C	65	3	69	69	- 65
Otitis Media	66	1	72	38	- 37
Diphtheria	67	1	70	47	- 46
Skin Cancers	68	1	55	765	- 765
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	65	270	- 270
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	81	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Leishmaniasis	82	0	52	869	- 869
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	15	13,286	- 13,286
Trichuriasis	85	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Saint Lucia

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.