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HEALTH PROFILE: DR Congo

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DR Congo DR CONGO POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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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.