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Zambia
COUNTRY #1
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ZAMBIA VS DR CONGO

Compare Zambia 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
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Zambia ZAMBIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Zambia ZAMBIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
112.53
56
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
19.43
44
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
117.32
16
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
108.48
92
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
36.25
41
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
50.51
14
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
55.99
28
8. Malaria
54.16
2
28.55
33
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
79.20
9
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
22.64
30
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
36.82
69
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
31.05
27
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
39.80
25
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
24.38
79
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
44.15
23
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
19.83
52
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
11.91
24
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
11.11
32
19. Suicide
14.43
32
12.41
45
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
12.62
40
21. Asthma
10.81
57
20.76
18
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
10.95
18
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
11.44
22
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
15.42
112
25. Falls
9.14
30
8.41
41
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
7.74
35
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
16.42
13
28. Violence
7.04
67
16.45
27
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
4.48
101
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
9.82
29
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
2.18
101
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
3.48
152
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
3.70
117
34. Fires
3.87
31
3.03
48
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
2.58
30
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
5.00
58
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
10.69
18
38. Drownings
3.21
69
3.10
72
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
6.55
82
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
9.05
87
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.40
102
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
4.14
24
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
2.36
50
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
1.79
13
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
2.21
121
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
0.78
167
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
4.63
14
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
9.59
31
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
3.08
143
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
1.51
82
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
13,286
2.02
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
73,546
11.18
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
36,596
5.56
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
41,813
6.35
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
41,301
6.28
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
43,759
6.65
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
33,075
5.03
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
34,668
5.27
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
15,044
2.29
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
34,713
5.28
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
30,256
4.60
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
16,256
2.47
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
15,743
2.39
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
12,902
1.96
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
8,910
1.35
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
11,568
1.76
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
4,823
0.73
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
9,077
1.38
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
8,272
1.26
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
5,812
0.88
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
13,527
2.06
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
10,513
1.60
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
11,120
1.69
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
3,751
0.57
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
7,921
1.20
26. Asthma
741
0.66
7,733
1.18
27. Drownings
689
0.62
3,454
0.52
28. Falls
596
0.53
3,483
0.53
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
4,548
0.69
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
3,948
0.60
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
2,061
0.31
32. Fires
546
0.49
2,007
0.31
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
4,045
0.61
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
1,729
0.26
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
3,416
0.52
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
790
0.12
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
7,380
1.12
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
1,727
0.26
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
1,871
0.28
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
1,923
0.29
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
1,158
0.18
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
2,579
0.39
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
2,966
0.45
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
1,166
0.18
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
1,728
0.26
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
3,840
0.58
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
1,035
0.16
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
1,003
0.15
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
635
0.10
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
270
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
22.64
30
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
31.05
27
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
15.42
112
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
4.48
101
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
2.18
101
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
3.48
152
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
6.55
82
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
9.05
87
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.40
102
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
2.21
121
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
0.78
167
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
9.59
31
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
3.08
143
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
2.16
74
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
1.91
111
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
2.92
114
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.