DR CONGO VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	123,274	7	34,713	+ 88,561
Stroke	2	53,030	6	36,596	+ 16,434
Road Traffic Accidents	3	38,896	10	30,256	+ 8,640
Kidney Disease	4	28,582	20	9,077	+ 19,505
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	19,364	1	73,546	- 54,182
Falls	6	16,864	33	3,483	+ 13,381
Liver Disease	7	15,572	13	15,044	+ 528
Other Injuries	8	12,644	22	8,272	+ 4,373
Diabetes Mellitus	9	12,284	16	12,902	- 618
Lung Disease	10	8,975	14	13,527	- 4,551
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	7,712	28	4,548	+ 3,164
Congenital Anomalies	12	7,286	11	16,256	- 8,970
Suicide	13	6,460	26	5,812	+ 648
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	5,148	36	2,966	+ 2,182
Endocrine Disorders	15	4,570	25	7,380	- 2,810
Inflammatory/Heart	16	4,237	29	4,045	+ 192
Asthma	17	3,687	24	7,733	- 4,046
Low Birth Weight	18	3,123	8	34,668	- 31,546
Leukemia	19	2,920	41	1,871	+ 1,049
Breast Cancer	20	2,867	35	3,416	- 549
Liver Cancer	21	2,668	31	3,840	- 1,171
Hypertension	22	2,634	12	15,743	- 13,109
Fires	23	2,607	39	2,007	+ 599
Drownings	24	2,594	34	3,454	- 860
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,452	49	1,035	+ 1,417
Lung Cancers	26	2,448	47	1,158	+ 1,290
Tuberculosis	27	2,374	2	43,759	- 41,385
Lymphomas	28	2,260	38	2,061	+ 199
Epilepsy	29	2,193	44	1,727	+ 466
Violence	30	2,039	18	11,120	- 9,081
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,661	50	1,017	+ 645
Skin Disease	32	1,630	54	781	+ 849
Drug Use	33	1,550	59	638	+ 912
Oral Cancer	34	1,467	51	1,003	+ 464
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,442	5	41,301	- 39,859
Stomach Cancer	36	1,228	37	2,579	- 1,351
Birth Trauma	37	1,084	9	33,075	- 31,992
Uterin Cancer	38	1,020	63	352	+ 668
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	884	43	1,728	- 844
Poisonings	40	882	42	1,729	- 846
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	869	40	1,923	- 1,054
Ovary Cancer	42	781	58	656	+ 126
Encephalitis	43	740	57	680	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	44	724	53	790	- 66
Meningitis	45	715	17	11,568	- 10,853
Bladder Cancer	46	676	65	270	+ 406
HIV/AIDS	47	606	15	13,286	- 12,680
Maternal Conditions	48	544	19	10,513	- 9,968
Cervical Cancer	49	495	27	4,823	- 4,328
Prostate Cancer	50	468	30	3,948	- 3,480
Alcohol	51	405	60	635	- 230
Malnutrition	52	251	21	8,910	- 8,660
Hepatitis B	53	180	61	456	- 276
Pertussis	54	177	23	7,921	- 7,744
Skin Cancers	55	173	55	765	- 593
Multiple Sclerosis	56	154	71	44	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	57	127	67	88	+ 39
Appendicitis	58	109	56	703	- 594
Syphilis	59	103	32	3,751	- 3,649
Schistosomiasis	60	79	48	1,071	- 992
Tetanus	61	49	46	1,166	- 1,117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	28	66	217	- 189
Dengue	63	28	74	1	+ 27
Hepatitis C	64	24	69	69	- 45
War	65	10	45	1,658	- 1,648
Ascariasis	66	4	68	80	- 75
Leishmaniasis	67	3	52	869	- 865
Measles	68	3	3	42,254	- 42,251
Diphtheria	69	2	70	47	- 45
Upper Respiratory	70	2	62	370	- 368
Chlamydia	71	1	73	15	- 14
Otitis Media	72	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	75	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	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

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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.