DR CONGO VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	129,680	7	34,713	+ 94,967
Stroke	2	115,649	6	36,596	+ 79,053
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	69,353	1	73,546	- 4,193
Diabetes Mellitus	4	49,343	16	12,902	+ 36,441
HIV/AIDS	5	26,565	15	13,286	+ 13,279
Kidney Disease	6	26,519	20	9,077	+ 17,442
Hypertension	7	25,839	12	15,743	+ 10,096
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	24,934	5	41,301	- 16,367
Low Birth Weight	9	24,700	8	34,668	- 9,968
Liver Disease	10	23,809	13	15,044	+ 8,765
Lung Disease	11	22,918	14	13,527	+ 9,392
Violence	12	22,873	18	11,120	+ 11,752
Road Traffic Accidents	13	20,761	10	30,256	- 9,495
Birth Trauma	14	20,621	9	33,075	- 12,454
Congenital Anomalies	15	17,862	11	16,256	+ 1,606
Other Injuries	16	14,713	22	8,272	+ 6,441
Prostate Cancer	17	13,318	30	3,948	+ 9,370
Maternal Conditions	18	13,242	19	10,513	+ 2,730
Drownings	19	12,825	34	3,454	+ 9,372
Asthma	20	10,871	24	7,733	+ 3,137
Suicide	21	10,656	26	5,812	+ 4,844
Tuberculosis	22	9,891	2	43,759	- 33,869
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	9,375	28	4,548	+ 4,828
Endocrine Disorders	24	9,341	25	7,380	+ 1,962
Inflammatory/Heart	25	9,238	29	4,045	+ 5,193
Stomach Cancer	26	8,473	37	2,579	+ 5,894
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	7,993	43	1,728	+ 6,266
Meningitis	28	7,656	17	11,568	- 3,912
Malnutrition	29	7,037	21	8,910	- 1,873
Breast Cancer	30	6,919	35	3,416	+ 3,504
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	6,914	40	1,923	+ 4,991
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	6,678	36	2,966	+ 3,711
Liver Cancer	33	6,504	31	3,840	+ 2,664
Cervical Cancer	34	5,622	27	4,823	+ 800
Falls	35	5,389	33	3,483	+ 1,906
Lung Cancers	36	4,826	47	1,158	+ 3,668
Fires	37	4,614	39	2,007	+ 2,607
Pertussis	38	4,383	23	7,921	- 3,538
Alcohol	39	4,197	60	635	+ 3,563
Skin Disease	40	4,169	54	781	+ 3,388
Epilepsy	41	4,012	44	1,727	+ 2,285
Parkinson's Disease	42	3,234	49	1,035	+ 2,200
Leukemia	43	2,950	41	1,871	+ 1,079
Pancreas Cancer	44	2,634	50	1,017	+ 1,617
Oral Cancer	45	2,561	51	1,003	+ 1,558
Syphilis	46	2,467	32	3,751	- 1,284
Lymphomas	47	2,311	38	2,061	+ 250
Appendicitis	48	1,685	56	703	+ 982
Oesophagus Cancer	49	1,522	53	790	+ 732
Poisonings	50	1,516	42	1,729	- 213
Ovary Cancer	51	1,507	58	656	+ 851
Drug Use	52	1,373	59	638	+ 735
Tetanus	53	1,165	46	1,166	- 1
Encephalitis	54	1,155	57	680	+ 475
Bladder Cancer	55	904	65	270	+ 634
Skin Cancers	56	554	55	765	- 212
Uterin Cancer	57	412	63	352	+ 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	365	66	217	+ 148
Malaria	59	353	4	41,813	- 41,459
Other Neoplasms	60	299	67	88	+ 212
Multiple Sclerosis	61	278	71	44	+ 235
Hepatitis B	62	255	61	456	- 201
Upper Respiratory	63	185	62	370	- 185
Dengue	64	165	74	1	+ 164
Hepatitis C	65	72	69	69	+ 3
War	66	54	45	1,658	- 1,604
Ascariasis	67	52	68	80	- 28
Chlamydia	68	45	73	15	+ 30
Diphtheria	69	31	70	47	- 16
Otitis Media	70	12	72	38	- 26
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Leishmaniasis	79	0	52	869	- 869
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Haiti

DR 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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.