CONGO VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,312	4	2,494	+ 2,818
Stroke	2	2,487	5	2,267	+ 220
Low Birth Weight	3	1,938	9	1,283	+ 655
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,525	3	2,576	- 1,051
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,384	7	1,598	- 214
Measles	6	1,124	31	159	+ 964
Birth Trauma	7	1,030	11	997	+ 33
Hypertension	8	880	12	933	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	758	8	1,304	- 546
Malaria	10	678	6	1,977	- 1,299
Congenital Anomalies	11	665	14	729	- 64
Kidney Disease	12	616	15	613	+ 3
Lung Disease	13	529	17	541	- 11
Liver Disease	14	525	13	931	- 405
Tuberculosis	15	513	2	2,781	- 2,268
Breast Cancer	16	371	32	159	+ 212
Diabetes Mellitus	17	371	10	1,050	- 679
Other Injuries	18	352	20	333	+ 19
Asthma	19	318	23	291	+ 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	312	25	230	+ 82
Violence	21	299	18	539	- 239
HIV/AIDS	22	282	1	4,509	- 4,228
Maternal Conditions	23	237	16	578	- 341
Pertussis	24	229	21	329	- 100
Leukemia	25	221	46	57	+ 163
Drownings	26	203	36	104	+ 100
Suicide	27	199	19	349	- 150
Falls	28	188	33	149	+ 40
Lymphomas	29	185	45	61	+ 124
Endocrine Disorders	30	176	27	208	- 32
Fires	31	158	37	90	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	32	136	57	19	+ 117
Meningitis	33	132	22	299	- 167
Malnutrition	34	132	24	272	- 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	127	38	89	+ 38
Drug Use	36	125	44	65	+ 60
Liver Cancer	37	114	30	169	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	38	101	26	220	- 118
Ovary Cancer	39	96	48	49	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	94	35	105	- 11
Cervical Cancer	41	93	29	196	- 103
Poisonings	42	90	41	71	+ 19
Epilepsy	43	89	40	76	+ 13
Hepatitis B	44	88	62	14	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	45	85	42	69	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	83	43	67	+ 16
Syphilis	47	73	34	107	- 34
Lung Cancers	48	66	47	54	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	49	63	28	198	- 135
Oral Cancer	50	60	54	33	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	51	58	39	88	- 30
Leishmaniasis	52	54	78	0	+ 54
Tetanus	53	46	55	23	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	54	45	61	15	+ 30
Skin Cancers	55	43	53	36	+ 7
War	56	41	72	1	+ 40
Encephalitis	57	37	56	20	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	58	33	52	42	- 9
Appendicitis	59	19	58	18	+ 0
Skin Disease	60	14	50	46	- 32
Alcohol	61	10	49	46	- 36
Uterin Cancer	62	9	60	15	- 6
Schistosomiasis	63	8	51	45	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	66	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	65	4	63	8	- 3
Ascariasis	66	3	69	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	59	15	- 13
Hepatitis C	68	2	67	2	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	7	- 6
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	65	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	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.