CONGO VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,477	1	4,509	- 2,033
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,353	3	2,576	- 224
Malaria	3	1,967	6	1,977	- 10
Tuberculosis	4	1,832	2	2,781	- 949
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,632	7	1,598	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,590	8	1,304	+ 285
Stroke	7	1,527	5	2,267	- 740
Birth Trauma	8	1,364	11	997	+ 366
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,194	4	2,494	- 1,300
Low Birth Weight	10	1,100	9	1,283	- 183
Congenital Anomalies	11	885	14	729	+ 156
Maternal Conditions	12	618	16	578	+ 40
Liver Disease	13	595	13	931	- 335
Cervical Cancer	14	581	29	196	+ 384
Diabetes Mellitus	15	565	10	1,050	- 485
Malnutrition	16	504	24	272	+ 232
Hypertension	17	471	12	933	- 462
Violence	18	426	18	539	- 113
Kidney Disease	19	411	15	613	- 202
Other Injuries	20	386	20	333	+ 53
Meningitis	21	288	22	299	- 11
Lung Disease	22	276	17	541	- 265
Pertussis	23	251	21	329	- 78
Suicide	24	224	19	349	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	25	203	57	19	+ 184
Syphilis	26	191	34	107	+ 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	185	25	230	- 45
Prostate Cancer	28	164	28	198	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	29	161	27	208	- 47
Asthma	30	154	23	291	- 137
Oral Cancer	31	149	54	33	+ 116
Drownings	32	148	36	104	+ 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	142	38	89	+ 53
Falls	34	139	33	149	- 10
Fires	35	129	37	90	+ 38
Liver Cancer	36	128	30	169	- 42
Breast Cancer	37	116	32	159	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	38	111	26	220	- 109
Stomach Cancer	39	108	39	88	+ 20
Poisonings	40	106	41	71	+ 35
Lymphomas	41	73	45	61	+ 12
Skin Cancers	42	67	53	36	+ 31
Epilepsy	43	64	40	76	- 12
Bladder Cancer	44	60	61	15	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	45	46	42	69	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	42	35	105	- 63
Leukemia	47	38	46	57	- 20
Drug Use	48	37	44	65	- 29
Tetanus	49	36	55	23	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	36	43	67	- 30
Schistosomiasis	51	34	51	45	- 11
Skin Disease	52	32	50	46	- 13
Ovary Cancer	53	30	48	49	- 19
Upper Respiratory	54	27	64	7	+ 20
Measles	55	27	31	159	- 133
Alcohol	56	24	49	46	- 22
Uterin Cancer	57	20	60	15	+ 5
Appendicitis	58	20	58	18	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	18	56	20	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	15	62	14	+ 1
Lung Cancers	61	14	47	54	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	62	14	52	42	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	59	15	- 8
Other Neoplasms	64	5	63	8	- 2
Ascariasis	65	5	69	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	4	67	2	+ 1
War	67	3	72	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	66	4	- 1
Otitis Media	69	2	71	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	65	7	- 6
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Tanzania

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.