CONGO VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,250	4	2,494	+ 2,756
Violence	2	3,538	18	539	+ 2,999
Stroke	3	2,367	5	2,267	+ 101
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,181	10	1,050	+ 1,131
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,171	7	1,598	+ 573
HIV/AIDS	6	1,462	1	4,509	- 3,048
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,403	3	2,576	- 1,174
Kidney Disease	8	1,157	15	613	+ 545
Hypertension	9	1,014	12	933	+ 81
Lung Disease	10	1,005	17	541	+ 464
Lung Cancers	11	761	47	54	+ 707
Low Birth Weight	12	603	9	1,283	- 681
Prostate Cancer	13	556	28	198	+ 358
Congenital Anomalies	14	555	14	729	- 174
Breast Cancer	15	500	32	159	+ 341
Liver Disease	16	457	13	931	- 474
Stomach Cancer	17	424	39	88	+ 336
Other Neoplasms	18	423	63	8	+ 415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	398	38	89	+ 309
Cervical Cancer	20	388	29	196	+ 191
Other Injuries	21	330	20	333	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	265	8	1,304	- 1,039
Lymphomas	23	243	45	61	+ 182
Birth Trauma	24	212	11	997	- 785
Pancreas Cancer	25	211	52	42	+ 169
Liver Cancer	26	201	30	169	+ 31
Leukemia	27	197	46	57	+ 139
Falls	28	169	33	149	+ 20
Chagas disease	29	161	79	0	+ 161
Endocrine Disorders	30	148	27	208	- 60
Tuberculosis	31	146	2	2,781	- 2,635
Malnutrition	32	123	24	272	- 149
Inflammatory/Heart	33	117	26	220	- 103
Suicide	34	114	19	349	- 235
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	112	25	230	- 119
Ovary Cancer	36	110	48	49	+ 60
Skin Cancers	37	108	53	36	+ 72
Oral Cancer	38	106	54	33	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	39	82	16	578	- 495
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	81	35	105	- 24
Epilepsy	41	80	40	76	+ 4
Malaria	42	78	6	1,977	- 1,899
Drownings	43	76	36	104	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	44	72	57	19	+ 53
Bladder Cancer	45	71	61	15	+ 57
Asthma	46	61	23	291	- 230
Uterin Cancer	47	60	60	15	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	48	49	42	69	- 20
Meningitis	49	49	22	299	- 250
Drug Use	50	44	44	65	- 21
War	51	36	72	1	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	35	59	15	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	29	84	0	+ 29
Fires	54	28	37	90	- 62
Anemia	55	25	82	0	+ 25
Appendicitis	56	19	58	18	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	16	43	67	- 51
Poisonings	58	13	41	71	- 57
Dengue	59	13	73	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	66	4	+ 6
Encephalitis	61	7	56	20	- 13
Alcohol	62	7	49	46	- 39
Hepatitis B	63	6	62	14	- 9
Pertussis	64	5	21	329	- 324
Hepatitis C	65	4	67	2	+ 2
Skin Disease	66	3	50	46	- 42
Syphilis	67	3	34	107	- 104
Tetanus	68	1	55	23	- 22
Schizophrenia	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	69	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	1	85	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	74	0	64	7	- 6
Otitis Media	75	0	71	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	51	45	- 45
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	31	159	- 159
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	65	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Venezuela

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.