World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Congo and Dominican Republic 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.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Congo Population Pyramid
1,777,932
Dominican Republic Population Pyramid
5,803,929
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
CONGO | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | ||||||||||||
CONGO | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | ||||||||||||
World Rank
|
World Rank
|
||||||||||||
M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
44.8
|
49.4
|
47.1
|
116
|
99
|
106
|
50.7
|
53.6
|
52.1
|
88
|
88
|
88
|
|
1970 |
51.6
|
56.0
|
53.8
|
107
|
100
|
105
|
57.0
|
60.4
|
58.6
|
85
|
87
|
86
|
|
1980 |
54.1
|
58.5
|
56.3
|
123
|
121
|
122
|
61.3
|
65.1
|
63.2
|
87
|
89
|
88
|
|
1990 |
54.4
|
59.5
|
56.9
|
145
|
137
|
140
|
65.6
|
70.6
|
68.0
|
84
|
89
|
91
|
|
2000 |
51.9
|
54.0
|
52.9
|
152
|
153
|
152
|
69.6
|
74.7
|
72.0
|
63
|
70
|
64
|
|
2010 |
60.7
|
63.2
|
62.0
|
141
|
147
|
144
|
69.7
|
75.9
|
72.7
|
92
|
86
|
90
|
|
2019 |
63.8
|
65.6
|
64.7
|
140
|
158
|
151
|
69.8
|
76.2
|
72.8
|
103
|
95
|
104
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
CONGO | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
63.8
|
65.6
|
140
|
158
|
69.8
|
76.2
|
103
|
95
|
|
Age 5 |
67.3
|
68.6
|
147
|
171
|
72.0
|
78.2
|
95
|
87
|
|
Age 10 |
67.6
|
68.9
|
148
|
172
|
72.1
|
78.3
|
96
|
88
|
|
Age 15 |
67.8
|
69.0
|
148
|
172
|
72.2
|
78.4
|
97
|
88
|
|
Age 20 |
68.2
|
69.4
|
147
|
172
|
72.5
|
78.5
|
95
|
88
|
|
Age 25 |
68.7
|
69.7
|
147
|
172
|
73.0
|
78.7
|
91
|
87
|
|
Age 30 |
69.2
|
70.3
|
147
|
172
|
73.5
|
79.0
|
90
|
80
|
|
Age 35 |
69.8
|
70.9
|
147
|
171
|
74.1
|
79.3
|
87
|
79
|
|
Age 40 |
70.5
|
71.8
|
148
|
173
|
74.8
|
79.7
|
85
|
77
|
|
Age 45 |
71.4
|
72.8
|
150
|
174
|
75.5
|
80.2
|
81
|
75
|
|
Age 50 |
72.6
|
74.1
|
151
|
172
|
76.5
|
80.7
|
79
|
72
|
|
Age 55 |
74.0
|
75.5
|
151
|
171
|
77.7
|
81.5
|
78
|
70
|
|
Age 60 |
75.7
|
77.1
|
150
|
171
|
79.0
|
82.4
|
72
|
68
|
|
Age 65 |
77.8
|
78.9
|
149
|
171
|
80.8
|
83.5
|
65
|
62
|
|
Age 70 |
80.2
|
80.9
|
147
|
170
|
82.8
|
84.8
|
62
|
60
|
|
Age 75 |
82.9
|
83.4
|
146
|
167
|
85.2
|
86.5
|
55
|
58
|
|
Age 80 |
86.0
|
86.3
|
140
|
164
|
87.7
|
88.2
|
53
|
64
|
|
Age 85 |
89.3
|
89.5
|
148
|
165
|
90.4
|
90.5
|
56
|
78
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
CONGO | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
133.74
|
63
|
144.42
|
50
|
|
2. | Stroke |
120.40
|
39
|
76.94
|
97
|
|
3. | HIV/AIDS |
101.72
|
12
|
18.91
|
45
|
|
4. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
86.29
|
37
|
20.03
|
116
|
|
5. | Tuberculosis |
75.20
|
10
|
2.34
|
104
|
|
6. | Hypertension |
52.27
|
12
|
18.05
|
93
|
|
7. | Diabetes Mellitus |
51.04
|
38
|
27.63
|
93
|
|
8. | Malaria |
49.23
|
9
|
0.04
|
60
|
|
9. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
43.98
|
42
|
4.57
|
81
|
|
10. | Road Traffic Accidents |
39.65
|
27
|
67.23
|
1
|
|
11. | Liver Disease |
36.31
|
40
|
26.51
|
71
|
|
12. | Prostate Cancer |
31.52
|
25
|
35.41
|
21
|
|
13. | Lung Disease |
31.45
|
46
|
13.00
|
153
|
|
14. | Kidney Disease |
29.78
|
60
|
20.79
|
105
|
|
15. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
20.22
|
43
|
15.84
|
126
|
|
16. | Cervical Cancer |
13.92
|
60
|
10.82
|
79
|
|
17. | Asthma |
13.81
|
44
|
4.26
|
94
|
|
18. | Maternal Conditions |
12.50
|
22
|
1.85
|
73
|
|
19. | Violence |
11.99
|
41
|
18.10
|
23
|
|
20. | Suicide |
11.62
|
55
|
5.12
|
141
|
|
21. | Breast Cancer |
9.95
|
160
|
28.28
|
14
|
|
22. | Other Injuries |
9.74
|
68
|
8.26
|
84
|
|
23. | Malnutrition |
9.47
|
31
|
3.35
|
65
|
|
24. | Low Birth Weight |
9.29
|
42
|
9.31
|
41
|
|
25. | Inflammatory/Heart |
9.18
|
32
|
2.98
|
138
|
|
26. | Birth Trauma |
7.30
|
48
|
5.51
|
59
|
|
27. | Falls |
7.27
|
66
|
3.93
|
126
|
|
28. | Meningitis |
6.68
|
42
|
1.21
|
72
|
|
29. | Congenital Anomalies |
6.57
|
65
|
7.20
|
49
|
|
30. | Liver Cancer |
6.39
|
68
|
6.73
|
60
|
|
31. | Endocrine Disorders |
6.36
|
46
|
5.59
|
59
|
|
32. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
5.10
|
56
|
2.84
|
87
|
|
33. | Parkinson's Disease |
4.68
|
62
|
4.27
|
82
|
|
34. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
4.17
|
161
|
8.53
|
95
|
|
35. | Stomach Cancer |
3.94
|
131
|
5.54
|
98
|
|
36. | Pertussis |
3.65
|
20
|
1.07
|
64
|
|
37. | Ovary Cancer |
3.37
|
130
|
1.73
|
177
|
|
38. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
2.80
|
45
|
1.17
|
104
|
|
39. | Lung Cancers |
2.77
|
164
|
12.65
|
92
|
|
40. | Fires |
2.74
|
56
|
1.27
|
99
|
|
41. | Lymphomas |
2.21
|
171
|
3.77
|
130
|
|
42. | Epilepsy |
2.02
|
67
|
1.51
|
97
|
|
43. | Skin Disease |
2.02
|
62
|
0.47
|
143
|
|
44. | Poisonings |
2.00
|
44
|
0.42
|
107
|
|
45. | Pancreas Cancer |
1.96
|
144
|
4.61
|
73
|
|
46. | Drownings |
1.92
|
118
|
2.29
|
100
|
|
47. | Drug Use |
1.92
|
49
|
1.53
|
66
|
|
48. | Skin Cancers |
1.82
|
96
|
1.71
|
104
|
|
49. | Measles |
1.76
|
26
|
0.00
|
122
|
|
50. | Schistosomiasis |
1.72
|
28
|
0.22
|
50
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
CONGO | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | HIV/AIDS |
4,509
|
13.73
|
1,931
|
2.83
|
|
2. | Tuberculosis |
2,781
|
8.47
|
242
|
0.35
|
|
3. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
2,576
|
7.85
|
2,254
|
3.31
|
|
4. | Coronary Heart Disease |
2,494
|
7.60
|
14,986
|
21.98
|
|
5. | Stroke |
2,267
|
6.90
|
7,882
|
11.56
|
|
6. | Malaria |
1,977
|
6.02
|
4
|
0.01
|
|
7. | Road Traffic Accidents |
1,598
|
4.87
|
6,937
|
10.17
|
|
8. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
1,304
|
3.97
|
504
|
0.74
|
|
9. | Low Birth Weight |
1,283
|
3.91
|
1,532
|
2.25
|
|
10. | Diabetes Mellitus |
1,050
|
3.20
|
2,762
|
4.05
|
|
11. | Birth Trauma |
997
|
3.04
|
915
|
1.34
|
|
12. | Hypertension |
933
|
2.84
|
1,894
|
2.78
|
|
13. | Liver Disease |
931
|
2.84
|
2,680
|
3.93
|
|
14. | Congenital Anomalies |
729
|
2.22
|
1,038
|
1.52
|
|
15. | Kidney Disease |
613
|
1.87
|
2,121
|
3.11
|
|
16. | Maternal Conditions |
578
|
1.76
|
202
|
0.30
|
|
17. | Lung Disease |
541
|
1.65
|
1,360
|
1.99
|
|
18. | Violence |
539
|
1.64
|
1,917
|
2.81
|
|
19. | Suicide |
349
|
1.06
|
530
|
0.78
|
|
20. | Other Injuries |
333
|
1.01
|
890
|
1.31
|
|
21. | Pertussis |
329
|
1.00
|
121
|
0.18
|
|
22. | Meningitis |
299
|
0.91
|
134
|
0.20
|
|
23. | Asthma |
291
|
0.89
|
441
|
0.65
|
|
24. | Malnutrition |
272
|
0.83
|
372
|
0.55
|
|
25. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
230
|
0.70
|
1,808
|
2.65
|
|
26. | Inflammatory/Heart |
220
|
0.67
|
312
|
0.46
|
|
27. | Endocrine Disorders |
208
|
0.63
|
602
|
0.88
|
|
28. | Prostate Cancer |
198
|
0.60
|
1,655
|
2.43
|
|
29. | Cervical Cancer |
196
|
0.60
|
560
|
0.82
|
|
30. | Liver Cancer |
169
|
0.51
|
664
|
0.97
|
|
31. | Measles |
159
|
0.48
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
32. | Breast Cancer |
159
|
0.48
|
1,460
|
2.14
|
|
33. | Falls |
149
|
0.45
|
435
|
0.64
|
|
34. | Syphilis |
107
|
0.33
|
70
|
0.10
|
|
35. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
105
|
0.32
|
295
|
0.43
|
|
36. | Drownings |
104
|
0.32
|
248
|
0.36
|
|
37. | Fires |
90
|
0.27
|
139
|
0.20
|
|
38. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
89
|
0.27
|
851
|
1.25
|
|
39. | Stomach Cancer |
88
|
0.27
|
547
|
0.80
|
|
40. | Epilepsy |
76
|
0.23
|
158
|
0.23
|
|
41. | Poisonings |
71
|
0.22
|
47
|
0.07
|
|
42. | Parkinson's Disease |
69
|
0.21
|
446
|
0.65
|
|
43. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
67
|
0.20
|
123
|
0.18
|
|
44. | Drug Use |
65
|
0.20
|
156
|
0.23
|
|
45. | Lymphomas |
61
|
0.19
|
374
|
0.55
|
|
46. | Leukemia |
57
|
0.17
|
409
|
0.60
|
|
47. | Lung Cancers |
54
|
0.16
|
1,244
|
1.82
|
|
48. | Ovary Cancer |
49
|
0.15
|
89
|
0.13
|
|
49. | Alcohol |
46
|
0.14
|
120
|
0.18
|
|
50. | Skin Disease |
46
|
0.14
|
50
|
0.07
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
CONGO | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Prostate Cancer |
31.52
|
25
|
35.41
|
21
|
|
2. | Cervical Cancer |
13.92
|
60
|
10.82
|
79
|
|
3. | Breast Cancer |
9.95
|
160
|
28.28
|
14
|
|
4. | Liver Cancer |
6.39
|
68
|
6.73
|
60
|
|
5. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
4.17
|
161
|
8.53
|
95
|
|
6. | Stomach Cancer |
3.94
|
131
|
5.54
|
98
|
|
7. | Ovary Cancer |
3.37
|
130
|
1.73
|
177
|
|
8. | Lung Cancers |
2.77
|
164
|
12.65
|
92
|
|
9. | Lymphomas |
2.21
|
171
|
3.77
|
130
|
|
10. | Pancreas Cancer |
1.96
|
144
|
4.61
|
73
|
|
11. | Skin Cancers |
1.82
|
96
|
1.71
|
104
|
|
12. | Leukemia |
1.70
|
157
|
3.99
|
71
|
|
13. | Uterin Cancer |
1.40
|
146
|
0.83
|
167
|
|
14. | Oral Cancer |
1.35
|
166
|
4.35
|
51
|
|
15. | Oesophagus Cancer |
0.87
|
164
|
2.08
|
110
|
|
16. | Bladder Cancer |
0.72
|
168
|
0.91
|
159
|
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.
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.