CONGO VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	9,169	5	2,267	+ 6,903
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,301	4	2,494	+ 2,807
Lung Disease	3	2,068	17	541	+ 1,528
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,952	10	1,050	+ 903
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,699	7	1,598	+ 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,690	25	230	+ 1,459
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,605	3	2,576	- 971
Kidney Disease	8	1,456	15	613	+ 843
Liver Cancer	9	1,441	30	169	+ 1,272
Liver Disease	10	1,378	13	931	+ 447
Lung Cancers	11	1,228	47	54	+ 1,174
Hypertension	12	1,146	12	933	+ 214
Falls	13	889	33	149	+ 741
Stomach Cancer	14	873	39	88	+ 785
Tuberculosis	15	545	2	2,781	- 2,236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	476	38	89	+ 387
Asthma	17	470	23	291	+ 179
Suicide	18	418	19	349	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	19	411	9	1,283	- 872
Oral Cancer	20	409	54	33	+ 376
Congenital Anomalies	21	407	14	729	- 322
Breast Cancer	22	357	32	159	+ 198
Other Injuries	23	319	20	333	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	24	309	26	220	+ 89
Parkinson's Disease	25	308	42	69	+ 239
Drownings	26	294	36	104	+ 190
HIV/AIDS	27	288	1	4,509	- 4,222
Leukemia	28	282	46	57	+ 225
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	253	8	1,304	- 1,051
Lymphomas	30	171	45	61	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	31	138	29	196	- 58
Birth Trauma	32	135	11	997	- 863
Oesophagus Cancer	33	131	57	19	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	34	120	27	208	- 88
Prostate Cancer	35	110	28	198	- 88
Violence	36	103	18	539	- 436
Measles	37	103	31	159	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	98	43	67	+ 32
Encephalitis	39	90	56	20	+ 70
Skin Disease	40	87	50	46	+ 42
Drug Use	41	79	44	65	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	42	67	60	15	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	55	35	105	- 50
Pancreas Cancer	44	54	52	42	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	45	52	61	15	+ 37
Alcohol	46	50	49	46	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	47	50	48	49	+ 0
Poisonings	48	48	41	71	- 23
Maternal Conditions	49	45	16	578	- 533
Pertussis	50	41	21	329	- 288
Meningitis	51	36	22	299	- 263
Fires	52	34	37	90	- 56
Epilepsy	53	34	40	76	- 42
Skin Cancers	54	27	53	36	- 9
Hepatitis B	55	22	62	14	+ 7
Syphilis	56	19	34	107	- 88
Other Neoplasms	57	19	63	8	+ 11
Tetanus	58	17	55	23	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	59	15	- 2
Appendicitis	60	12	58	18	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	66	4	+ 4
Dengue	62	7	73	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	63	7	24	272	- 265
Hepatitis C	64	5	67	2	+ 2
War	65	2	72	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	7	- 5
Malaria	67	1	6	1,977	- 1,976
Ascariasis	68	1	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	2	- 2
Chlamydia	70	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	45	- 45
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	65	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.