DR CONGO VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	100,537	7	34,713	+ 65,824
Stroke	2	47,065	6	36,596	+ 10,469
Low Birth Weight	3	36,670	8	34,668	+ 2,002
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	28,856	1	73,546	- 44,690
Road Traffic Accidents	5	26,202	10	30,256	- 4,054
Measles	6	21,269	3	42,254	- 20,985
Birth Trauma	7	19,495	9	33,075	- 13,580
Hypertension	8	16,663	12	15,743	+ 921
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	14,353	5	41,301	- 26,948
Malaria	10	12,837	4	41,813	- 28,975
Congenital Anomalies	11	12,593	11	16,256	- 3,663
Kidney Disease	12	11,651	20	9,077	+ 2,574
Lung Disease	13	10,019	14	13,527	- 3,507
Liver Disease	14	9,942	13	15,044	- 5,102
Tuberculosis	15	9,717	2	43,759	- 34,042
Breast Cancer	16	7,022	35	3,416	+ 3,606
Diabetes Mellitus	17	7,021	16	12,902	- 5,882
Other Injuries	18	6,659	22	8,272	- 1,613
Asthma	19	6,027	24	7,733	- 1,707
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	5,909	28	4,548	+ 1,361
Violence	21	5,666	18	11,120	- 5,454
HIV/AIDS	22	5,331	15	13,286	- 7,955
Maternal Conditions	23	4,484	19	10,513	- 6,029
Pertussis	24	4,342	23	7,921	- 3,579
Leukemia	25	4,180	41	1,871	+ 2,309
Drownings	26	3,851	34	3,454	+ 397
Suicide	27	3,759	26	5,812	- 2,053
Falls	28	3,565	33	3,483	+ 82
Lymphomas	29	3,506	38	2,061	+ 1,445
Endocrine Disorders	30	3,336	25	7,380	- 4,043
Fires	31	2,996	39	2,007	+ 988
Oesophagus Cancer	32	2,574	53	790	+ 1,784
Meningitis	33	2,497	17	11,568	- 9,071
Malnutrition	34	2,490	21	8,910	- 6,420
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	2,398	36	2,966	- 569
Drug Use	36	2,369	59	638	+ 1,730
Liver Cancer	37	2,164	31	3,840	- 1,676
Inflammatory/Heart	38	1,918	29	4,045	- 2,127
Ovary Cancer	39	1,815	58	656	+ 1,159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	1,772	40	1,923	- 151
Cervical Cancer	41	1,760	27	4,823	- 3,063
Poisonings	42	1,701	42	1,729	- 27
Epilepsy	43	1,680	44	1,727	- 47
Hepatitis B	44	1,670	61	456	+ 1,214
Parkinson's Disease	45	1,611	49	1,035	+ 577
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	1,565	43	1,728	- 163
Syphilis	47	1,380	32	3,751	- 2,371
Lung Cancers	48	1,246	47	1,158	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	49	1,197	30	3,948	- 2,752
Oral Cancer	50	1,126	51	1,003	+ 124
Stomach Cancer	51	1,092	37	2,579	- 1,487
Leishmaniasis	52	1,025	52	869	+ 157
Tetanus	53	864	46	1,166	- 302
Bladder Cancer	54	843	65	270	+ 573
Skin Cancers	55	815	55	765	+ 49
War	56	769	45	1,658	- 889
Encephalitis	57	693	57	680	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	58	622	50	1,017	- 394
Appendicitis	59	354	56	703	- 350
Skin Disease	60	256	54	781	- 525
Alcohol	61	193	60	635	- 442
Uterin Cancer	62	163	63	352	- 189
Schistosomiasis	63	156	48	1,071	- 914
Multiple Sclerosis	64	123	71	44	+ 79
Other Neoplasms	65	79	67	88	- 8
Ascariasis	66	48	68	80	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	45	66	217	- 172
Hepatitis C	68	39	69	69	- 29
Diphtheria	69	26	70	47	- 21
Upper Respiratory	70	12	62	370	- 358
Chlamydia	71	2	73	15	- 12
Dengue	72	0	74	1	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	64	347	- 347
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Sudan

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.