DR CONGO VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	134,499	15	13,286	+ 121,213
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	72,534	1	73,546	- 1,012
Coronary Heart Disease	3	57,148	7	34,713	+ 22,435
Road Traffic Accidents	4	40,625	10	30,256	+ 10,369
Stroke	5	34,492	6	36,596	- 2,104
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	30,917	5	41,301	- 10,385
Low Birth Weight	7	27,169	8	34,668	- 7,500
Birth Trauma	8	22,915	9	33,075	- 10,160
Diabetes Mellitus	9	22,500	16	12,902	+ 9,598
Malnutrition	10	16,123	21	8,910	+ 7,213
Congenital Anomalies	11	14,920	11	16,256	- 1,336
Kidney Disease	12	14,895	20	9,077	+ 5,818
Suicide	13	13,919	26	5,812	+ 8,107
Cervical Cancer	14	13,612	27	4,823	+ 8,789
Malaria	15	13,478	4	41,813	- 28,335
Tuberculosis	16	13,452	2	43,759	- 30,308
Liver Disease	17	13,063	13	15,044	- 1,982
Violence	18	12,894	18	11,120	+ 1,773
Maternal Conditions	19	11,769	19	10,513	+ 1,257
Other Injuries	20	11,140	22	8,272	+ 2,868
Asthma	21	10,299	24	7,733	+ 2,566
Meningitis	22	8,917	17	11,568	- 2,652
Lung Disease	23	7,828	14	13,527	- 5,699
Hypertension	24	7,710	12	15,743	- 8,033
Inflammatory/Heart	25	7,047	29	4,045	+ 3,002
Lymphomas	26	6,458	38	2,061	+ 4,397
Drownings	27	6,431	34	3,454	+ 2,978
Breast Cancer	28	5,646	35	3,416	+ 2,231
Oesophagus Cancer	29	5,393	53	790	+ 4,603
Fires	30	5,333	39	2,007	+ 3,326
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	5,165	28	4,548	+ 617
Prostate Cancer	32	4,225	30	3,948	+ 277
Stomach Cancer	33	3,760	37	2,579	+ 1,181
Endocrine Disorders	34	3,724	25	7,380	- 3,655
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	3,688	40	1,923	+ 1,765
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	3,647	43	1,728	+ 1,919
Poisonings	37	3,467	42	1,729	+ 1,738
Liver Cancer	38	3,430	31	3,840	- 410
Epilepsy	39	3,417	44	1,727	+ 1,690
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	3,399	36	2,966	+ 432
Falls	41	3,128	33	3,483	- 355
Pertussis	42	2,818	23	7,921	- 5,104
Lung Cancers	43	1,923	47	1,158	+ 766
Skin Cancers	44	1,776	55	765	+ 1,011
Leukemia	45	1,639	41	1,871	- 233
Parkinson's Disease	46	1,518	49	1,035	+ 484
Pancreas Cancer	47	1,458	50	1,017	+ 442
Drug Use	48	1,430	59	638	+ 792
Oral Cancer	49	1,397	51	1,003	+ 394
Uterin Cancer	50	1,224	63	352	+ 872
Ovary Cancer	51	1,167	58	656	+ 511
Skin Disease	52	1,164	54	781	+ 383
Schistosomiasis	53	1,158	48	1,071	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	54	839	65	270	+ 570
Syphilis	55	838	32	3,751	- 2,914
Encephalitis	56	790	57	680	+ 110
Tetanus	57	684	46	1,166	- 481
Appendicitis	58	445	56	703	- 258
Upper Respiratory	59	438	62	370	+ 68
Hepatitis B	60	382	61	456	- 74
Alcohol	61	324	60	635	- 310
Other Neoplasms	62	250	67	88	+ 163
Measles	63	205	3	42,254	- 42,049
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	177	66	217	- 41
War	65	175	45	1,658	- 1,483
Hepatitis C	66	96	69	69	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	67	95	71	44	+ 51
Otitis Media	68	22	72	38	- 16
Chlamydia	69	21	73	15	+ 6
Ascariasis	70	15	68	80	- 65
Trypanosomiasis	71	14	64	347	- 333
Diphtheria	72	13	70	47	- 34
Dengue	73	1	74	1	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	52	869	- 869
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

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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.