CENTRAL AFRICA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,344	7	2,900	+ 5,444
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,746	33	204	+ 4,542
Lung Disease	3	3,229	18	956	+ 2,273
Stroke	4	2,620	5	3,284	- 664
Lung Cancers	5	2,570	55	47	+ 2,523
Kidney Disease	6	1,419	21	710	+ 709
Drug Use	7	1,230	57	44	+ 1,186
Hypertension	8	1,090	12	1,252	- 162
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,022	45	116	+ 905
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,015	15	1,141	- 126
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	997	1	5,231	- 4,235
Suicide	12	877	24	585	+ 293
Breast Cancer	13	804	26	344	+ 460
Endocrine Disorders	14	776	25	423	+ 353
Pancreas Cancer	15	732	60	37	+ 695
Liver Disease	16	717	14	1,153	- 436
Road Traffic Accidents	17	689	10	1,790	- 1,101
Falls	18	668	36	181	+ 487
Lymphomas	19	666	42	119	+ 547
Prostate Cancer	20	588	38	156	+ 432
Parkinson's Disease	21	570	48	67	+ 503
Inflammatory/Heart	22	538	30	270	+ 268
Liver Cancer	23	447	44	117	+ 331
Leukemia	24	446	47	88	+ 357
Other Injuries	25	430	23	621	- 191
Bladder Cancer	26	324	64	23	+ 301
Violence	27	314	17	1,009	- 695
Oesophagus Cancer	28	295	53	48	+ 246
Other Neoplasms	29	293	70	5	+ 288
Alcohol	30	242	52	62	+ 181
Ovary Cancer	31	241	50	64	+ 177
Skin Cancers	32	236	58	43	+ 194
Stomach Cancer	33	216	49	65	+ 151
Congenital Anomalies	34	194	19	776	- 581
Oral Cancer	35	191	46	91	+ 100
Uterin Cancer	36	166	65	20	+ 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	165	3	4,684	- 4,519
Cervical Cancer	38	115	32	230	- 115
Low Birth Weight	39	114	8	2,228	- 2,113
Malnutrition	40	112	22	691	- 579
Hepatitis C	41	94	69	6	+ 88
HIV/AIDS	42	94	4	3,753	- 3,659
Skin Disease	43	89	54	48	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	44	84	72	4	+ 80
Drownings	45	67	34	202	- 135
Asthma	46	63	20	761	- 698
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	60	35	194	- 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	57	27	317	- 260
Fires	49	53	39	142	- 89
Epilepsy	50	52	43	119	- 67
Anemia	51	51	84	0	+ 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	41	66	15	+ 26
Poisonings	53	28	40	134	- 106
Birth Trauma	54	20	9	2,192	- 2,171
War	55	20	28	314	- 294
Maternal Conditions	56	13	13	1,174	- 1,161
Schizophrenia	57	12	86	0	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	11	80	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	59	10	61	33	- 23
Meningitis	60	10	16	1,015	- 1,005
Osteoarthritis	61	10	81	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	62	9	2	4,704	- 4,695
Appendicitis	63	7	51	62	- 55
Oral conditions	64	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	4	63	24	- 21
Syphilis	66	1	41	120	- 119
Otitis Media	67	1	68	6	- 6
Encephalitis	68	0	62	28	- 28
Pertussis	69	0	31	265	- 265
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	29	280	- 280
Schistosomiasis	72	0	37	169	- 169
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	11	- 11
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Leishmaniasis	79	0	56	46	- 46
Measles	80	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	71	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

United States

Central Africa

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.