DR CONGO VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	137,461	15	13,286	+ 124,175
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	75,113	1	73,546	+ 1,568
Coronary Heart Disease	3	62,508	7	34,713	+ 27,795
Stroke	4	58,603	6	36,596	+ 22,007
Diabetes Mellitus	5	57,637	16	12,902	+ 44,735
Tuberculosis	6	41,939	2	43,759	- 1,821
Violence	7	40,094	18	11,120	+ 28,974
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	30,249	5	41,301	- 11,052
Kidney Disease	9	29,216	20	9,077	+ 20,139
Suicide	10	26,299	26	5,812	+ 20,487
Road Traffic Accidents	11	24,848	10	30,256	- 5,409
Hypertension	12	24,417	12	15,743	+ 8,675
Lung Disease	13	22,711	14	13,527	+ 9,184
Liver Disease	14	17,209	13	15,044	+ 2,165
Lung Cancers	15	14,712	47	1,158	+ 13,554
Low Birth Weight	16	11,933	8	34,668	- 22,735
Other Injuries	17	11,482	22	8,272	+ 3,210
Asthma	18	11,391	24	7,733	+ 3,657
Endocrine Disorders	19	11,246	25	7,380	+ 3,866
Cervical Cancer	20	10,607	27	4,823	+ 5,784
Inflammatory/Heart	21	10,326	29	4,045	+ 6,281
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	8,928	28	4,548	+ 4,380
Breast Cancer	23	8,656	35	3,416	+ 5,240
Prostate Cancer	24	8,351	30	3,948	+ 4,402
Congenital Anomalies	25	8,307	11	16,256	- 7,950
Meningitis	26	6,989	17	11,568	- 4,579
Fires	27	6,907	39	2,007	+ 4,900
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	6,848	36	2,966	+ 3,882
Oesophagus Cancer	29	6,655	53	790	+ 5,865
Birth Trauma	30	5,735	9	33,075	- 27,341
Lymphomas	31	5,380	38	2,061	+ 3,319
Drownings	32	4,588	34	3,454	+ 1,135
Liver Cancer	33	4,551	31	3,840	+ 711
Malnutrition	34	4,545	21	8,910	- 4,365
Pancreas Cancer	35	3,832	50	1,017	+ 2,816
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	3,616	40	1,923	+ 1,693
Epilepsy	37	3,570	44	1,727	+ 1,843
Maternal Conditions	38	3,245	19	10,513	- 7,268
Stomach Cancer	39	2,930	37	2,579	+ 351
Leukemia	40	2,794	41	1,871	+ 923
Oral Cancer	41	2,684	51	1,003	+ 1,681
Falls	42	2,671	33	3,483	- 811
Pertussis	43	2,181	23	7,921	- 5,740
Syphilis	44	2,157	32	3,751	- 1,595
Skin Disease	45	2,103	54	781	+ 1,322
Parkinson's Disease	46	2,057	49	1,035	+ 1,022
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	1,937	43	1,728	+ 210
Skin Cancers	48	1,895	55	765	+ 1,130
Alcohol	49	1,884	60	635	+ 1,249
Poisonings	50	1,862	42	1,729	+ 134
Ovary Cancer	51	1,815	58	656	+ 1,160
Bladder Cancer	52	1,583	65	270	+ 1,313
Drug Use	53	1,470	59	638	+ 831
Uterin Cancer	54	978	63	352	+ 626
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	717	66	217	+ 500
Appendicitis	56	523	56	703	- 181
Measles	57	516	3	42,254	- 41,738
Other Neoplasms	58	509	67	88	+ 422
Encephalitis	59	447	57	680	- 233
Upper Respiratory	60	426	62	370	+ 56
Hepatitis B	61	266	61	456	- 190
Multiple Sclerosis	62	216	71	44	+ 172
Malaria	63	158	4	41,813	- 41,655
War	64	125	45	1,658	- 1,533
Tetanus	65	72	46	1,166	- 1,093
Schistosomiasis	66	67	48	1,071	- 1,004
Otitis Media	67	37	72	38	- 1
Chlamydia	68	35	73	15	+ 20
Diphtheria	69	31	70	47	- 16
Hepatitis C	70	15	69	69	- 53
Ascariasis	71	5	68	80	- 74
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	64	347	- 347
Leishmaniasis	77	0	52	869	- 869
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

South Africa

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.