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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo
CONGO		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
51.4
54.5
52.9
155
154
155
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
53.3
55.8
54.5
161
163
162
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Congo
CONGO		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
53.3
55.8
161
163
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
61.6
65.4
169
167
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
62.4
66.1
168
167
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
62.8
66.5
168
167
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
63.3
67.0
168
167
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
64.1
67.8
168
167
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
65.1
69.0
168
167
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
66.3
70.2
168
167
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
67.8
71.7
168
167
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
69.4
73.1
168
167
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
71.1
74.4
169
170
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
73.0
75.8
166
167
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.1
77.3
163
168
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.4
79.0
166
166
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.9
81.1
170
166
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.8
83.6
174
173
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.1
86.7
178
173
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.9
90.2
170
182
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.1
169
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo
CONGO		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
164.73
19
  
0.40
137
2 Stroke
149.54
31
  
36.89
160
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
136.68
29
  
23.69
125
4 Coronary Heart Disease
127.57
75
  
68.80
155
5 Malaria
74.40
12
  
0.01
104
6 Diarrhoeal diseases
71.93
32
  
1.95
119
7 Tuberculosis
62.95
27
  
0.41
170
8 Diabetes Mellitus
56.53
42
  
5.04
185
9 Lung Disease
44.46
35
  
21.47
98
10 Road Traffic Accidents
42.41
7
  
4.77
180
11 Violence
38.87
11
  
1.14
160
12 Trypanosomiasis
31.62
2
  
0.00
192
13 Low Birth Weight
28.50
10
  
3.39
144
14 Hypertension
28.49
81
  
3.67
183
15 Asthma
27.09
10
  
1.09
153
16 Kidney Disease
25.52
43
  
3.23
185
17 Maternal Conditions
22.02
26
  
0.15
151
18 Endocrine Disorders
17.83
30
  
3.13
147
19 Liver Cancer
16.87
18
  
3.07
164
20 Breast Cancer
16.83
92
  
23.62
20
21 Birth Trauma
16.52
32
  
0.64
166
22 Other Injuries
15.66
74
  
5.54
170
23 Suicide
15.06
30
  
6.90
101
24 Inflammatory/Heart
14.80
36
  
2.97
152
25 Poisonings
11.89
12
  
2.81
89
26 Cervical Cancer
10.07
40
  
1.38
161
27 Prostate Cancer
9.57
43
  
8.21
58
28 Congenital Anomalies
9.50
18
  
3.68
164
29 Meningitis
9.34
39
  
0.41
149
30 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.27
46
  
17.08
14
31 Epilepsy
9.12
22
  
1.57
104
32 Liver Disease
8.19
113
  
9.48
96
33 Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.70
35
  
2.54
123
34 Schistosomiasis
6.49
29
  
0.00
64
35 Fires
5.73
23
  
0.45
158
36 Falls
5.70
49
  
3.51
109
37 Anaemia
5.70
44
  
0.15
171
38 Drownings
5.01
60
  
0.35
187
39 Skin Disease
4.80
41
  
1.50
104
40 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.38
141
  
15.49
33
41 Other Neoplasms
4.32
50
  
2.95
92
42 Malnutrition
4.29
73
  
0.07
172
43 Lymphomas
4.21
125
  
7.35
36
44 Leukemia
3.32
119
  
4.39
63
45 Ovary Cancer
2.73
62
  
3.96
20
46 Syphilis
2.42
31
  
0.00
147
47 Stomach Cancer
2.39
175
  
4.81
130
48 Parkinson Disease
2.01
59
  
3.48
8
49 Lung Cancers
2.00
174
  
30.98
18
50 Pertussis
1.73
41
  
0.02
106
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Congo
CONGO		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
4,882
12.41
  
266
0.06
2 Malaria
4,376
11.12
  
5
0.00
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
4,086
10.39
  
37,348
8.00
4 Diarrhoeal diseases
2,827
7.19
  
3,081
0.66
5 Stroke
2,519
6.40
  
55,919
11.98
6 Coronary Heart Disease
2,153
5.47
  
92,299
19.77
7 Low Birth Weight
1,784
4.54
  
1,386
0.30
8 Tuberculosis
1,780
4.53
  
443
0.09
9 Road Traffic Accidents
1,247
3.17
  
3,073
0.66
10 Violence
1,180
3.00
  
703
0.15
11 Birth Trauma
1,034
2.63
  
262
0.06
12 Trypanosomiasis
1,024
2.60
  
0
0.00
13 Diabetes Mellitus
979
2.49
  
6,682
1.43
14 Lung Disease
760
1.93
  
29,069
6.23
15 Maternal Conditions
739
1.88
  
81
0.02
16 Congenital Anomalies
552
1.40
  
1,950
0.42
17 Other Injuries
522
1.33
  
6,029
1.29
18 Asthma
510
1.30
  
1,260
0.27
19 Hypertension
474
1.21
  
5,191
1.11
20 Kidney Disease
465
1.18
  
4,804
1.03
21 Meningitis
407
1.03
  
278
0.06
22 Liver Cancer
386
0.98
  
3,470
0.74
23 Suicide
381
0.97
  
4,660
1.00
24 Endocrine Disorders
344
0.87
  
3,056
0.65
25 Poisonings
324
0.82
  
1,805
0.39
26 Inflammatory/Heart
279
0.71
  
3,014
0.65
27 Epilepsy
216
0.55
  
1,201
0.26
28 Fires
192
0.49
  
380
0.08
29 Cervical Cancer
191
0.49
  
1,322
0.28
30 Breast Cancer
180
0.46
  
14,343
3.07
31 Drownings
164
0.42
  
233
0.05
32 Malnutrition
160
0.41
  
85
0.02
33 Schistosomiasis
158
0.40
  
1
0.00
34 Liver Disease
155
0.39
  
7,767
1.66
35 Prostate Cancer
154
0.39
  
11,508
2.46
36 Alzheimers/Dementia
140
0.36
  
29,116
6.24
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
140
0.36
  
3,294
0.71
38 Falls
125
0.32
  
4,450
0.95
39 Anaemia
122
0.31
  
260
0.06
40 Syphilis
116
0.29
  
3
0.00
41 Pertussis
108
0.27
  
6
0.00
42 Lymphomas
102
0.26
  
8,744
1.87
43 Other Neoplasms
89
0.23
  
3,829
0.82
44 Leukemia
89
0.23
  
5,077
1.09
45 Colon-Rectum Cancers
86
0.22
  
18,951
4.06
46 Skin Disease
83
0.21
  
2,188
0.47
47 Ovary Cancer
57
0.14
  
4,366
0.94
48 Stomach Cancer
45
0.11
  
6,006
1.29
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
39
0.10
  
1,204
0.26
50 Upper Respiratory
35
0.09
  
56
0.01
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo
CONGO		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Liver Cancer
16.87
18
  
3.07
164
2 Breast Cancer
16.83
92
  
23.62
20
3 Cervical Cancer
10.07
40
  
1.38
161
4 Prostate Cancer
9.57
43
  
8.21
58
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.38
141
  
15.49
33
6 Other Neoplasms
4.32
50
  
2.95
92
7 Lymphomas
4.21
125
  
7.35
36
8 Leukemia
3.32
119
  
4.39
63
9 Ovary Cancer
2.73
62
  
3.96
20
10 Stomach Cancer
2.39
175
  
4.81
130
11 Lung Cancers
2.00
174
  
30.98
18
12 Pancreas Cancer
1.34
148
  
6.81
39
13 Oral Cancer
1.16
182
  
2.39
113
14 Skin Cancers
1.10
103
  
2.74
32
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.58
183
  
7.62
30
16 Bladder Cancer
0.49
183
  
4.27
28
17 Uterin Cancer
0.32
172
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Congo
CONGO		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
4,012,809
124
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
45.9 %
11
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
51.2 %
186
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.8 %
172
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
41.37
15
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
12.01
38
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
5.84
13
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
79.78
22
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.99
128
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.70
144
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-1.82
115
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.75
16
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
83.8
121
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
89.6
106
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
78.4
118
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
54.5
162
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
48.0
164
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$4,000
126
  
$36,600
23
 

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