CONGO VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,722	4	2,494	+ 3,227
Stroke	2	2,574	5	2,267	+ 308
War	3	2,450	72	1	+ 2,450
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,273	3	2,576	- 304
Low Birth Weight	5	1,671	9	1,283	+ 388
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,624	7	1,598	+ 26
Birth Trauma	7	1,127	11	997	+ 129
Hypertension	8	1,004	12	933	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	829	8	1,304	- 475
Congenital Anomalies	10	814	14	729	+ 85
Lung Disease	11	606	17	541	+ 65
Measles	12	573	31	159	+ 413
Liver Disease	13	549	13	931	- 382
Violence	14	539	18	539	- 0
Kidney Disease	15	508	15	613	- 105
Other Injuries	16	422	20	333	+ 89
Asthma	17	400	23	291	+ 109
Tuberculosis	18	360	2	2,781	- 2,421
Diabetes Mellitus	19	340	10	1,050	- 709
Malaria	20	326	6	1,977	- 1,651
Suicide	21	322	19	349	- 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	267	25	230	+ 36
Pertussis	23	235	21	329	- 94
Falls	24	222	33	149	+ 73
Drownings	25	217	36	104	+ 113
Breast Cancer	26	215	32	159	+ 56
Malnutrition	27	201	24	272	- 71
Meningitis	28	193	22	299	- 106
Fires	29	188	37	90	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	173	38	89	+ 84
Stomach Cancer	31	171	39	88	+ 83
Maternal Conditions	32	169	16	578	- 409
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	158	35	105	+ 53
Leukemia	34	147	46	57	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	35	145	57	19	+ 126
Endocrine Disorders	36	140	27	208	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	134	43	67	+ 68
Drug Use	38	116	44	65	+ 51
Liver Cancer	39	116	30	169	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	40	111	26	220	- 109
Lung Cancers	41	108	47	54	+ 54
Oral Cancer	42	104	54	33	+ 71
Epilepsy	43	102	40	76	+ 26
Poisonings	44	101	41	71	+ 30
Lymphomas	45	82	45	61	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	46	75	1	4,509	- 4,434
Tetanus	47	75	55	23	+ 52
Encephalitis	48	70	56	20	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	49	69	42	69	- 0
Hepatitis B	50	57	62	14	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	51	54	52	42	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	52	36	48	49	- 14
Syphilis	53	33	34	107	- 73
Appendicitis	54	31	58	18	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	55	30	61	15	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	56	23	51	45	- 21
Cervical Cancer	57	23	29	196	- 174
Skin Cancers	58	19	53	36	- 17
Alcohol	59	15	49	46	- 31
Dengue	60	14	73	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	61	8	50	46	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	66	4	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	63	7	28	198	- 190
Other Neoplasms	64	4	63	8	- 4
Ascariasis	65	3	69	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	59	15	- 12
Diphtheria	67	3	68	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	2	67	2	- 1
Uterin Cancer	69	1	60	15	- 14
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	65	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	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.