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Congo
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Congo and Cape Verde health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Cape Verde
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Cape Verde Population Pyramid
679,399
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Congo CONGO   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
 
50.7
53.7
52.2
87
87
87
1970
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
 
55.2
58.2
56.7
90
93
92
1980
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
 
59.1
63.0
61.0
98
99
97
1990
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
 
62.7
68.0
65.3
107
106
108
2000
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
 
68.2
71.4
69.9
79
99
95
2010
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
 
70.6
74.2
72.5
77
99
94
2019
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
 
69.9
77.9
74.0
100
76
88
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.8
65.6
140
158
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age
63.8
65.6
140
158
69.9
77.9
100
76
Age 5
67.3
68.6
147
171
71.1
79.0
107
73
Age 10
67.6
68.9
148
172
71.1
79.1
110
73
Age 15
67.8
69.0
148
172
71.2
79.1
110
73
Age 20
68.2
69.4
147
172
71.5
79.2
110
73
Age 25
68.7
69.7
147
172
71.9
79.4
112
72
Age 30
69.2
70.3
147
172
72.2
79.5
112
72
Age 35
69.8
70.9
147
171
72.5
79.7
113
73
Age 40
70.5
71.8
148
173
73.0
79.9
114
74
Age 45
71.4
72.8
150
174
73.5
80.2
117
74
Age 50
72.6
74.1
151
172
74.4
80.6
119
76
Age 55
74.0
75.5
151
171
75.4
81.1
121
78
Age 60
75.7
77.1
150
171
76.8
81.8
119
80
Age 65
77.8
78.9
149
171
78.5
82.7
124
83
Age 70
80.2
80.9
147
170
80.6
83.8
134
87
Age 75
82.9
83.4
146
167
83.1
85.4
138
90
Age 80
86.0
86.3
140
164
86.0
87.5
143
95
Age 85
89.3
89.5
148
165
89.4
90.3
144
102
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.74
63
122.67
76
2. Stroke
120.40
39
71.23
103
3. HIV/AIDS
101.72
12
6.45
70
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
86.29
37
59.11
60
5. Tuberculosis
75.20
10
4.35
88
6. Hypertension
52.27
12
12.84
116
7. Diabetes Mellitus
51.04
38
29.83
89
8. Malaria
49.23
9
0.00
90
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
43.98
42
9.54
69
10. Road Traffic Accidents
39.65
27
31.57
45
11. Liver Disease
36.31
40
24.37
78
12. Prostate Cancer
31.52
25
40.00
13
13. Lung Disease
31.45
46
15.67
136
14. Kidney Disease
29.78
60
21.60
100
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.22
43
16.89
109
16. Cervical Cancer
13.92
60
12.21
71
17. Asthma
13.81
44
5.86
82
18. Maternal Conditions
12.50
22
0.75
96
19. Violence
11.99
41
14.22
30
20. Suicide
11.62
55
15.23
27
21. Breast Cancer
9.95
160
9.70
163
22. Other Injuries
9.74
68
7.51
94
23. Malnutrition
9.47
31
1.83
85
24. Low Birth Weight
9.29
42
4.59
93
25. Inflammatory/Heart
9.18
32
3.52
122
26. Birth Trauma
7.30
48
1.92
92
27. Falls
7.27
66
6.61
75
28. Meningitis
6.68
42
3.28
50
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.57
65
5.58
97
30. Liver Cancer
6.39
68
12.90
19
31. Endocrine Disorders
6.36
46
1.90
153
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.10
56
2.47
93
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.68
62
5.23
42
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
161
5.57
141
35. Stomach Cancer
3.94
131
17.14
5
36. Pertussis
3.65
20
0.07
110
37. Ovary Cancer
3.37
130
1.41
180
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.80
45
1.20
100
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
164
12.10
94
40. Fires
2.74
56
3.16
45
41. Lymphomas
2.21
171
4.54
96
42. Epilepsy
2.02
67
3.48
17
43. Skin Disease
2.02
62
1.46
99
44. Poisonings
2.00
44
0.54
93
45. Pancreas Cancer
1.96
144
6.72
45
46. Drownings
1.92
118
5.15
25
47. Drug Use
1.92
49
3.13
25
48. Skin Cancers
1.82
96
0.71
151
49. Measles
1.76
26
0.00
113
50. Schistosomiasis
1.72
28
0.00
95
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Congo CONGO   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,509
13.73
34
1.31
2. Tuberculosis
2,781
8.47
23
0.89
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,576
7.85
236
9.09
4. Coronary Heart Disease
2,494
7.60
457
17.60
5. Stroke
2,267
6.90
272
10.48
6. Malaria
1,977
6.02
0
0.00
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,598
4.87
147
5.66
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,304
3.97
41
1.58
9. Low Birth Weight
1,283
3.91
37
1.43
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,050
3.20
112
4.31
11. Birth Trauma
997
3.04
15
0.58
12. Hypertension
933
2.84
49
1.89
13. Liver Disease
931
2.84
101
3.89
14. Congenital Anomalies
729
2.22
38
1.46
15. Kidney Disease
613
1.87
85
3.27
16. Maternal Conditions
578
1.76
5
0.19
17. Lung Disease
541
1.65
58
2.23
18. Violence
539
1.64
73
2.81
19. Suicide
349
1.06
71
2.73
20. Other Injuries
333
1.01
33
1.27
21. Pertussis
329
1.00
0
0.00
22. Meningitis
299
0.91
14
0.54
23. Asthma
291
0.89
23
0.89
24. Malnutrition
272
0.83
8
0.31
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
230
0.70
68
2.62
26. Inflammatory/Heart
220
0.67
14
0.54
27. Endocrine Disorders
208
0.63
9
0.35
28. Prostate Cancer
198
0.60
52
2.00
29. Cervical Cancer
196
0.60
27
1.04
30. Liver Cancer
169
0.51
49
1.89
31. Breast Cancer
159
0.48
24
0.92
32. Measles
159
0.48
0
0.00
33. Falls
149
0.45
27
1.04
34. Syphilis
107
0.33
3
0.12
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
105
0.32
10
0.39
36. Drownings
104
0.32
27
1.04
37. Fires
90
0.27
13
0.50
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
89
0.27
21
0.81
39. Stomach Cancer
88
0.27
67
2.58
40. Epilepsy
76
0.23
16
0.62
41. Poisonings
71
0.22
2
0.08
42. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.21
20
0.77
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
67
0.20
5
0.19
44. Drug Use
65
0.20
14
0.54
45. Lymphomas
61
0.19
19
0.73
46. Leukemia
57
0.17
10
0.39
47. Lung Cancers
54
0.16
44
1.69
48. Ovary Cancer
49
0.15
3
0.12
49. Skin Disease
46
0.14
6
0.23
50. Alcohol
46
0.14
4
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   Cape Verde CAPE VERDE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.52
25
40.00
13
2. Cervical Cancer
13.92
60
12.21
71
3. Breast Cancer
9.95
160
9.70
163
4. Liver Cancer
6.39
68
12.90
19
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
161
5.57
141
6. Stomach Cancer
3.94
131
17.14
5
7. Ovary Cancer
3.37
130
1.41
180
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
164
12.10
94
9. Lymphomas
2.21
171
4.54
96
10. Pancreas Cancer
1.96
144
6.72
45
11. Skin Cancers
1.82
96
0.71
151
12. Leukemia
1.70
157
2.72
135
13. Uterin Cancer
1.40
146
0.94
162
14. Oral Cancer
1.35
166
4.69
43
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
164
11.35
8
16. Bladder Cancer
0.72
168
1.29
141
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.