DR CONGO VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	159,426	7	34,713	+ 124,713
Stroke	2	68,502	6	36,596	+ 31,906
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	34,648	1	73,546	- 38,898
Liver Disease	4	22,897	13	15,044	+ 7,852
Hypertension	5	19,103	12	15,743	+ 3,361
Diabetes Mellitus	6	17,949	16	12,902	+ 5,047
Low Birth Weight	7	17,348	8	34,668	- 17,321
Road Traffic Accidents	8	16,219	10	30,256	- 14,037
Birth Trauma	9	14,110	9	33,075	- 18,966
Lung Disease	10	13,072	14	13,527	- 455
Congenital Anomalies	11	12,035	11	16,256	- 4,221
Stomach Cancer	12	8,366	37	2,579	+ 5,787
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	8,149	5	41,301	- 33,152
Tuberculosis	14	8,134	2	43,759	- 35,625
Drownings	15	6,438	34	3,454	+ 2,985
Oesophagus Cancer	16	6,026	53	790	+ 5,236
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	5,748	28	4,548	+ 1,200
Epilepsy	18	4,734	44	1,727	+ 3,008
Kidney Disease	19	4,535	20	9,077	- 4,542
Suicide	20	4,428	26	5,812	- 1,384
Falls	21	4,105	33	3,483	+ 622
Meningitis	22	3,775	17	11,568	- 7,793
Fires	23	3,529	39	2,007	+ 1,522
Lung Cancers	24	3,391	47	1,158	+ 2,234
HIV/AIDS	25	3,242	15	13,286	- 10,044
Pertussis	26	3,221	23	7,921	- 4,701
Other Injuries	27	3,192	22	8,272	- 5,080
Asthma	28	3,061	24	7,733	- 4,673
Parkinson's Disease	29	2,822	49	1,035	+ 1,787
Liver Cancer	30	2,623	31	3,840	- 1,217
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	2,465	43	1,728	+ 737
Lymphomas	32	2,465	38	2,061	+ 404
Breast Cancer	33	2,389	35	3,416	- 1,027
Endocrine Disorders	34	2,261	25	7,380	- 5,119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	2,239	36	2,966	- 727
Violence	36	1,884	18	11,120	- 9,236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,790	40	1,923	- 133
Alcohol	38	1,410	60	635	+ 775
Cervical Cancer	39	1,268	27	4,823	- 3,554
Uterin Cancer	40	1,231	63	352	+ 879
Oral Cancer	41	1,193	51	1,003	+ 190
Leukemia	42	1,174	41	1,871	- 697
Pancreas Cancer	43	1,078	50	1,017	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	44	871	29	4,045	- 3,174
Maternal Conditions	45	698	19	10,513	- 9,815
Ovary Cancer	46	659	58	656	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	47	612	62	370	+ 241
Bladder Cancer	48	569	65	270	+ 300
Hepatitis B	49	447	61	456	- 9
Poisonings	50	429	42	1,729	- 1,300
Skin Cancers	51	405	55	765	- 361
Prostate Cancer	52	364	30	3,948	- 3,585
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	306	66	217	+ 89
Encephalitis	54	304	57	680	- 376
Drug Use	55	237	59	638	- 402
Syphilis	56	226	32	3,751	- 3,526
Tetanus	57	223	46	1,166	- 943
Appendicitis	58	195	56	703	- 508
Skin Disease	59	102	54	781	- 679
Hepatitis C	60	88	69	69	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	61	81	67	88	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	79	71	44	+ 35
Leishmaniasis	63	43	52	869	- 826
Malnutrition	64	28	21	8,910	- 8,882
Chlamydia	65	15	73	15	+ 0
War	66	12	45	1,658	- 1,646
Diphtheria	67	8	70	47	- 39
Ascariasis	68	6	68	80	- 74
Dengue	69	1	74	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	38	- 38
Measles	71	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	75	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Schistosomiasis	76	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Tajikistan

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.