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HEALTH PROFILE: DR Congo

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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DR Congo DR CONGO POPULATION PYRAMID
194,488,663
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DR Congo
COUNTRY PROFILE
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
DR Congo DR CONGO LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.4
90.0
139
137
DR Congo DR CONGO TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
117.32
16
2. Stroke
112.53
56
3. Coronary Heart Disease
108.48
92
4. Tuberculosis
79.20
9
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.99
28
6. Hypertension
50.51
14
7. Lung Disease
44.15
23
8. Road Traffic Accidents
39.80
25
9. Diabetes Mellitus
36.82
69
10. Liver Disease
36.25
41
11. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
12. Malaria
28.55
33
13. Measles
24.57
4
14. Kidney Disease
24.38
79
15. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
16. Asthma
20.76
18
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.83
52
18. HIV/AIDS
19.43
44
19. Violence
16.45
27
20. Maternal Conditions
16.42
13
21. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
22. Other Injuries
12.62
40
23. Suicide
12.41
45
24. Malnutrition
11.91
24
25. Low Birth Weight
11.44
22
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26. Meningitis
11.11
32
27. Birth Trauma
10.95
18
28. Endocrine Disorders
10.69
18
29. Inflammatory/Heart
9.82
29
30. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
32. Falls
8.41
41
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
35
34. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.00
58
36. Pertussis
4.63
14
37. Lymphomas
4.48
101
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.14
24
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.70
117
40. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
41. Leukemia
3.40
102
42. Drownings
3.10
72
43. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
44. Fires
3.03
48
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
46. Schistosomiasis
2.63
13
47. Poisonings
2.58
30
48. Epilepsy
2.36
50
49. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
50. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
DR Congo DR CONGO TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
73,546
11.18
2. Tuberculosis
43,759
6.65
3. Measles
42,254
6.42
4. Malaria
41,813
6.35
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
41,301
6.28
6. Stroke
36,596
5.56
7. Coronary Heart Disease
34,713
5.28
8. Low Birth Weight
34,668
5.27
9. Birth Trauma
33,075
5.03
10. Road Traffic Accidents
30,256
4.60
11. Congenital Anomalies
16,256
2.47
12. Hypertension
15,743
2.39
13. Liver Disease
15,044
2.29
14. Lung Disease
13,527
2.06
15. HIV/AIDS
13,286
2.02
16. Diabetes Mellitus
12,902
1.96
17. Meningitis
11,568
1.76
18. Violence
11,120
1.69
19. Maternal Conditions
10,513
1.60
20. Kidney Disease
9,077
1.38
21. Malnutrition
8,910
1.35
22. Other Injuries
8,272
1.26
23. Pertussis
7,921
1.20
24. Asthma
7,733
1.18
25. Endocrine Disorders
7,380
1.12
  Deaths %
26. Suicide
5,812
0.88
27. Cervical Cancer
4,823
0.73
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,548
0.69
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4,045
0.61
30. Prostate Cancer
3,948
0.60
31. Liver Cancer
3,840
0.58
32. Syphilis
3,751
0.57
33. Falls
3,483
0.53
34. Drownings
3,454
0.52
35. Breast Cancer
3,416
0.52
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,966
0.45
37. Stomach Cancer
2,579
0.39
38. Lymphomas
2,061
0.31
39. Fires
2,007
0.31
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,923
0.29
41. Leukemia
1,871
0.28
42. Poisonings
1,729
0.26
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,728
0.26
44. Epilepsy
1,727
0.26
45. War
1,658
0.25
46. Tetanus
1,166
0.18
47. Lung Cancers
1,158
0.18
48. Schistosomiasis
1,071
0.16
49. Parkinson's Disease
1,035
0.16
50. Pancreas Cancer
1,017
0.15
DR Congo DR CONGO CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
2. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
3. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
4. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
6. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
7. Lymphomas
4.48
101
8. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
  Rate World Rank
9. Leukemia
3.40
102
10. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
12. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
14. Skin Cancers
2.16
74
15. Uterin Cancer
1.91
111
16. Bladder Cancer
0.78
167
DR Congo DR CONGO HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
1.1
158
SMOKING %
M F Rank
21.4
2.8
112
114
OBESITY %
M F Rank
3.6
9.7
167
161
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
N/D
N/D
DR Congo DR CONGO LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
DR Congo DR CONGO DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
  Value World Rank
Population Total
105.045m
15
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
70
Population 0-14
46.4%
6
Population 15-64
51.2%
188
Population 65 +
2.5%
185
Birth Rate / 1000
40.08
7
Death Rate / 1000
7.94
77
Fertility Rate
5.70
3
Infant Mortality
62.63
11
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
183
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
175
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
90
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.76
121
Net Migration
-0.78
115
Population Growth
3.16%
7
Literacy Total
77.0%
135
Literacy Male
88.5%
101
Literacy Female
66.5%
123
Unemployment
N/D
N/D
Life Expectancy / Birth
62.4
170
Healthy Life Expectancy
54.1
168
GDP per Capita USD
$1,100
190

COVID-19 REPORT

  CASES    DEATHS 
99,338
1,468
4/1/24
DR Congo COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected DR Congo causes.

 
 
DR Congo COVID-19 CASE CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
DR Congo COVID-19 DEATH CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
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.