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United States
COUNTRY #1
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
UNITED STATES VS CONGO

Compare United States and 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.

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
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Congo CONGO
  United States UNITED STATES   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
133.74
63
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
20.22
43
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
31.45
46
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
2.77
164
5. Stroke
22.27
164
120.40
39
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
1.92
49
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
9.95
160
8. Suicide
14.51
31
11.62
55
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
29.78
60
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
31.52
25
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
39.65
27
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
51.04
38
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
4.17
161
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
52.27
12
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
36.31
40
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
86.29
37
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
6.36
46
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.96
144
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
2.21
171
20. Violence
6.00
81
11.99
41
21. Falls
5.68
90
7.27
66
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
9.18
32
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
9.74
68
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.37
130
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
6.39
68
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
4.68
62
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
1.70
157
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
6.57
65
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.55
80
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.40
146
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
0.87
164
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
0.72
168
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
13.92
60
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.39
105
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
9.29
42
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.82
96
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.94
131
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
1.35
166
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
43.98
42
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
101.72
12
41. Drownings
1.19
140
1.92
118
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.09
96
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.13
133
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
9.47
31
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
2.02
62
46. Asthma
0.84
141
13.81
44
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
2.02
67
48. Fires
0.73
124
2.74
56
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
2.80
45
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
5.10
56
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
2,494
7.60
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
230
0.70
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
541
1.65
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
2,267
6.90
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
54
0.16
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
613
1.87
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
65
0.20
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
933
2.84
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
89
0.27
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
1,050
3.20
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
2,576
7.85
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
349
1.06
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
159
0.48
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
208
0.63
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
42
0.13
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
931
2.84
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
1,598
4.87
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
149
0.45
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
61
0.19
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
198
0.60
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
69
0.21
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
220
0.67
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
169
0.51
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
57
0.17
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
333
1.01
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
15
0.05
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
539
1.64
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
19
0.06
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
8
0.02
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
46
0.14
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
49
0.15
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
36
0.11
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
88
0.27
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
729
2.22
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
33
0.10
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
15
0.05
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
1,304
3.97
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
196
0.60
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
1,283
3.91
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
272
0.83
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
2
0.01
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
4,509
13.73
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
46
0.14
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
4
0.01
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
104
0.32
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
291
0.89
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
67
0.20
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
105
0.32
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
90
0.27
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
76
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
2.77
164
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
9.95
160
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
31.52
25
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
4.17
161
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
1.96
144
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
2.21
171
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
3.37
130
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
6.39
68
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
1.70
157
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.40
146
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
0.87
164
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
0.72
168
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
13.92
60
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.82
96
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
3.94
131
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
1.35
166
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.