CONGO VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,003	4	2,494	+ 6,509
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,121	25	230	+ 4,891
Lung Disease	3	3,484	17	541	+ 2,943
Stroke	4	2,827	5	2,267	+ 560
Lung Cancers	5	2,773	47	54	+ 2,720
Kidney Disease	6	1,531	15	613	+ 918
Drug Use	7	1,327	44	65	+ 1,262
Hypertension	8	1,176	12	933	+ 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,102	38	89	+ 1,014
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,095	10	1,050	+ 46
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,076	3	2,576	- 1,501
Suicide	12	947	19	349	+ 598
Breast Cancer	13	868	32	159	+ 709
Endocrine Disorders	14	838	27	208	+ 630
Pancreas Cancer	15	790	52	42	+ 748
Liver Disease	16	774	13	931	- 157
Road Traffic Accidents	17	743	7	1,598	- 855
Falls	18	721	33	149	+ 572
Lymphomas	19	718	45	61	+ 657
Prostate Cancer	20	635	28	198	+ 437
Parkinson's Disease	21	615	42	69	+ 546
Inflammatory/Heart	22	580	26	220	+ 360
Liver Cancer	23	483	30	169	+ 313
Leukemia	24	481	46	57	+ 423
Other Injuries	25	464	20	333	+ 130
Bladder Cancer	26	350	61	15	+ 335
Violence	27	338	18	539	- 200
Oesophagus Cancer	28	318	57	19	+ 298
Other Neoplasms	29	316	63	8	+ 309
Alcohol	30	261	49	46	+ 215
Ovary Cancer	31	260	48	49	+ 211
Skin Cancers	32	255	53	36	+ 219
Stomach Cancer	33	233	39	88	+ 145
Congenital Anomalies	34	210	14	729	- 519
Oral Cancer	35	206	54	33	+ 173
Uterin Cancer	36	179	60	15	+ 165
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	178	8	1,304	- 1,127
Cervical Cancer	38	125	29	196	- 72
Low Birth Weight	39	123	9	1,283	- 1,160
Malnutrition	40	121	24	272	- 151
Hepatitis C	41	101	67	2	+ 99
HIV/AIDS	42	101	1	4,509	- 4,408
Skin Disease	43	96	50	46	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	44	90	66	4	+ 86
Drownings	45	73	36	104	- 31
Asthma	46	68	23	291	- 223
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	65	43	67	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	62	35	105	- 43
Fires	49	57	37	90	- 34
Epilepsy	50	56	40	76	- 20
Anemia	51	56	82	0	+ 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	44	59	15	+ 29
Poisonings	53	30	41	71	- 41
Birth Trauma	54	22	11	997	- 975
War	55	21	72	1	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	56	14	16	578	- 564
Schizophrenia	57	13	81	0	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	12	84	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	59	11	62	14	- 4
Meningitis	60	11	22	299	- 288
Osteoarthritis	61	10	85	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	62	10	2	2,781	- 2,771
Appendicitis	63	8	58	18	- 11
Oral conditions	64	5	86	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	4	64	7	- 3
Syphilis	66	1	34	107	- 106
Otitis Media	67	1	71	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	56	20	- 19
Pertussis	69	0	21	329	- 329
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	55	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	72	0	51	45	- 45
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	31	159	- 159
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

United States

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.