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Myanmar
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Myanmar and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
Myanmar Population Pyramid
62,253,423
DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Myanmar MYANMAR   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Myanmar MYANMAR   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.4
45.4
43.9
126
127
125
 
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
49.8
53.6
51.7
120
115
117
 
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
55.4
59.4
57.3
121
119
118
 
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
57.0
61.1
59.0
133
129
132
 
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
60.2
64.1
62.1
126
127
130
 
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
63.5
67.3
65.4
127
133
131
 
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
65.9
72.2
69.1
133
121
126
 
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Myanmar MYANMAR   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
65.9
72.2
133
121
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
65.9
72.2
133
121
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
69.3
75.2
133
115
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
69.4
75.3
135
115
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
69.6
75.5
136
115
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
69.9
75.6
136
115
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
70.4
75.9
135
115
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
70.8
76.1
134
114
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
71.3
76.4
134
114
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
71.8
76.8
134
112
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
72.5
77.3
135
111
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
73.4
77.9
138
111
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
74.7
78.7
138
108
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
76.2
79.6
139
107
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
78.1
80.9
143
107
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
80.3
82.4
140
110
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
83.0
84.5
142
112
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
86.0
87.0
139
120
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.4
90.1
135
121
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Myanmar MYANMAR   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
185.28
7
112.53
56
2. Coronary Heart Disease
90.33
123
108.48
92
3. Lung Disease
73.61
9
44.15
23
4. Diabetes Mellitus
48.14
42
36.82
69
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
40.28
67
117.32
16
6. Tuberculosis
38.12
27
79.20
9
7. Liver Disease
33.29
50
36.25
41
8. Asthma
24.48
11
20.76
18
9. Kidney Disease
23.48
89
24.38
79
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.94
71
39.80
25
11. Hypertension
20.51
79
50.51
14
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.12
104
19.83
52
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
17.00
61
55.99
28
14. Lung Cancers
16.58
74
3.48
152
15. Cervical Cancer
14.20
59
22.64
30
16. HIV/AIDS
13.93
50
19.43
44
17. Falls
13.85
9
8.41
41
18. Stomach Cancer
11.58
26
6.55
82
19. Breast Cancer
11.49
147
15.42
112
20. Liver Cancer
10.79
27
9.59
31
21. Low Birth Weight
8.91
46
11.44
22
22. Oral Cancer
8.77
8
2.21
121
23. Measles
8.71
8
24.57
4
24. Birth Trauma
7.82
43
10.95
18
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.75
122
9.05
87
26. Oesophagus Cancer
6.70
25
2.18
101
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.05
47
5.00
58
28. Other Injuries
5.48
124
12.62
40
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.25
108
7.74
35
30. Parkinson's Disease
4.36
78
3.70
117
31. Drownings
4.24
40
3.10
72
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.16
110
9.82
29
33. Violence
3.92
102
16.45
27
34. Ovary Cancer
3.69
122
3.08
143
35. Lymphomas
3.11
142
4.48
101
36. Leukemia
3.05
119
3.40
102
37. Maternal Conditions
3.00
58
16.42
13
38. Suicide
2.96
162
12.41
45
39. Endocrine Disorders
2.91
116
10.69
18
40. Malnutrition
2.65
78
11.91
24
41. Prostate Cancer
2.63
177
31.05
27
42. Pertussis
2.43
32
4.63
14
43. Skin Cancers
2.27
64
2.16
74
44. Skin Disease
2.02
63
1.81
79
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.00
71
4.14
24
46. Pancreas Cancer
1.68
149
2.92
114
47. Bladder Cancer
1.46
130
0.78
167
48. Poisonings
1.44
60
2.58
30
49. War
1.26
17
1.98
12
50. Epilepsy
1.02
134
2.36
50
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Myanmar MYANMAR   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
71,440
19.81
36,596
5.56
2. Coronary Heart Disease
34,871
9.67
34,713
5.28
3. Lung Disease
26,531
7.36
13,527
2.06
4. Diabetes Mellitus
19,944
5.53
12,902
1.96
5. Tuberculosis
19,299
5.35
43,759
6.65
6. Liver Disease
17,143
4.75
15,044
2.29
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,726
4.64
73,546
11.18
8. Road Traffic Accidents
11,004
3.05
30,256
4.60
9. Kidney Disease
9,924
2.75
9,077
1.38
10. Asthma
9,557
2.65
7,733
1.18
11. Hypertension
7,843
2.18
15,743
2.39
12. HIV/AIDS
7,707
2.14
13,286
2.02
13. Lung Cancers
7,558
2.10
1,158
0.18
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
7,237
2.01
41,301
6.28
15. Low Birth Weight
7,125
1.98
34,668
5.27
16. Birth Trauma
6,169
1.71
33,075
5.03
17. Falls
5,686
1.58
3,483
0.53
18. Stomach Cancer
5,343
1.48
2,579
0.39
19. Liver Cancer
5,215
1.45
3,840
0.58
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,082
1.41
4,548
0.69
21. Measles
4,465
1.24
42,254
6.42
22. Oral Cancer
4,209
1.17
1,003
0.15
23. Cervical Cancer
3,945
1.09
4,823
0.73
24. Congenital Anomalies
3,679
1.02
16,256
2.47
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3,325
0.92
790
0.12
26. Breast Cancer
3,192
0.89
3,416
0.52
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,996
0.83
2,966
0.45
28. Other Injuries
2,762
0.77
8,272
1.26
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,558
0.71
1,923
0.29
30. Drownings
2,212
0.61
3,454
0.52
31. Violence
2,124
0.59
11,120
1.69
32. Inflammatory/Heart
1,702
0.47
4,045
0.61
33. Maternal Conditions
1,681
0.47
10,513
1.60
34. Suicide
1,565
0.43
5,812
0.88
35. Leukemia
1,546
0.43
1,871
0.28
36. Lymphomas
1,472
0.41
2,061
0.31
37. Parkinson's Disease
1,450
0.40
1,035
0.16
38. Endocrine Disorders
1,265
0.35
7,380
1.12
39. Pertussis
1,244
0.35
7,921
1.20
40. Ovary Cancer
1,053
0.29
656
0.10
41. Skin Cancers
962
0.27
765
0.12
42. Malnutrition
945
0.26
8,910
1.35
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
893
0.25
1,728
0.26
44. Pancreas Cancer
743
0.21
1,017
0.15
45. Skin Disease
734
0.20
781
0.12
46. Poisonings
728
0.20
1,729
0.26
47. War
688
0.19
1,658
0.25
48. Bladder Cancer
573
0.16
270
0.04
49. Meningitis
550
0.15
11,568
1.76
50. Epilepsy
524
0.15
1,727
0.26
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Myanmar MYANMAR   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
16.58
74
3.48
152
2. Cervical Cancer
14.20
59
22.64
30
3. Stomach Cancer
11.58
26
6.55
82
4. Breast Cancer
11.49
147
15.42
112
5. Liver Cancer
10.79
27
9.59
31
6. Oral Cancer
8.77
8
2.21
121
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.75
122
9.05
87
8. Oesophagus Cancer
6.70
25
2.18
101
9. Ovary Cancer
3.69
122
3.08
143
10. Lymphomas
3.11
142
4.48
101
11. Leukemia
3.05
119
3.40
102
12. Prostate Cancer
2.63
177
31.05
27
13. Skin Cancers
2.27
64
2.16
74
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.68
149
2.92
114
15. Bladder Cancer
1.46
130
0.78
167
16. Uterin Cancer
0.94
163
1.91
111
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.