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DR Congo
COUNTRY #1
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DR CONGO VS CUBA

Compare DR Congo and Cuba 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.

Cuba
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
DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Cuba Population Pyramid
10,162,395
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Cuba CUBA
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Cuba CUBA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
  
62.6
65.9
64.2
39
46
43
1970
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
  
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
1980
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
  
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
1990
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
  
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
2000
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
  
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
2010
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
  
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
2019
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
  
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Cuba CUBA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.0
64.8
170
165
75.4
80.3
46
48
Age
60.0
64.8
170
165
75.4
80.3
46
48
Age 5
66.0
70.3
161
156
75.8
80.6
47
50
Age 10
66.7
71.0
159
153
75.9
80.7
47
50
Age 15
67.4
71.5
157
153
76.0
80.8
47
50
Age 20
67.8
71.8
158
153
76.1
80.9
48
50
Age 25
68.3
72.2
157
153
76.3
81.0
49
50
Age 30
68.8
72.6
157
154
76.5
81.1
50
49
Age 35
69.4
73.1
157
156
76.8
81.2
50
50
Age 40
70.1
73.7
157
157
77.1
81.4
52
50
Age 45
71.0
74.5
158
158
77.5
81.7
54
51
Age 50
72.2
75.4
158
157
78.1
82.0
55
53
Age 55
73.6
76.5
160
156
78.8
82.5
57
53
Age 60
75.4
77.9
160
157
80.0
83.2
56
51
Age 65
77.5
79.6
159
155
81.4
84.1
53
50
Age 70
80.0
81.5
156
154
83.1
85.4
53
50
Age 75
82.8
83.9
152
147
85.3
87.0
52
48
Age 80
85.9
86.7
148
143
87.8
89.0
50
49
Age 85
89.4
90.0
139
137
90.6
91.3
45
39
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Cuba CUBA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
117.32
16
36.59
76
2. Stroke
112.53
56
47.47
133
3. Coronary Heart Disease
108.48
92
97.65
113
4. Tuberculosis
79.20
9
0.26
153
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.99
28
1.04
134
6. Hypertension
50.51
14
15.63
107
7. Lung Disease
44.15
23
24.23
81
8. Road Traffic Accidents
39.80
25
7.39
135
9. Diabetes Mellitus
36.82
69
8.47
151
10. Liver Disease
36.25
41
10.30
126
11. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
32.22
24
12. Malaria
28.55
33
0.00
96
13. Measles
24.57
4
0.00
119
14. Kidney Disease
24.38
79
8.34
148
15. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
7.15
102
16. Asthma
20.76
18
1.59
121
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.83
52
21.90
28
18. HIV/AIDS
19.43
44
3.76
80
19. Violence
16.45
27
5.02
87
20. Maternal Conditions
16.42
13
0.46
116
21. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
15.77
107
22. Other Injuries
12.62
40
8.43
81
23. Suicide
12.41
45
10.19
69
24. Malnutrition
11.91
24
0.32
123
25. Low Birth Weight
11.44
22
1.31
160
26. Meningitis
11.11
32
0.58
107
27. Birth Trauma
10.95
18
0.61
142
28. Endocrine Disorders
10.69
18
2.70
124
29. Inflammatory/Heart
9.82
29
6.07
66
30. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
4.02
130
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
13.88
34
32. Falls
8.41
41
11.48
14
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
35
3.64
142
34. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
4.86
111
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.00
58
1.94
112
36. Pertussis
4.63
14
0.00
159
37. Lymphomas
4.48
101
5.96
44
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.14
24
0.93
125
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.70
117
2.97
146
40. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
29.41
14
41. Leukemia
3.40
102
3.76
82
42. Drownings
3.10
72
2.02
115
43. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
3.35
132
44. Fires
3.03
48
0.33
160
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
4.44
78
46. Schistosomiasis
2.63
13
0.00
101
47. Poisonings
2.58
30
0.11
168
48. Epilepsy
2.36
50
0.78
160
49. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
4.45
46
50. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
4.50
40
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Cuba CUBA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
73,546
11.18
8,564
8.55
2. Tuberculosis
43,759
6.65
45
0.04
3. Measles
42,254
6.42
0
0.00
4. Malaria
41,813
6.35
0
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
41,301
6.28
206
0.21
6. Stroke
36,596
5.56
10,725
10.70
7. Coronary Heart Disease
34,713
5.28
22,079
22.03
8. Low Birth Weight
34,668
5.27
98
0.10
9. Birth Trauma
33,075
5.03
49
0.05
10. Road Traffic Accidents
30,256
4.60
1,007
1.00
11. Congenital Anomalies
16,256
2.47
368
0.37
12. Hypertension
15,743
2.39
3,469
3.46
13. Liver Disease
15,044
2.29
1,873
1.87
14. Lung Disease
13,527
2.06
5,492
5.48
15. HIV/AIDS
13,286
2.02
471
0.47
16. Diabetes Mellitus
12,902
1.96
1,791
1.79
17. Meningitis
11,568
1.76
83
0.08
18. Violence
11,120
1.69
584
0.58
19. Maternal Conditions
10,513
1.60
43
0.04
20. Kidney Disease
9,077
1.38
1,700
1.70
21. Malnutrition
8,910
1.35
64
0.06
22. Other Injuries
8,272
1.26
1,869
1.87
23. Pertussis
7,921
1.20
0
0.00
24. Asthma
7,733
1.18
301
0.30
25. Endocrine Disorders
7,380
1.12
412
0.41
26. Suicide
5,812
0.88
1,638
1.63
27. Cervical Cancer
4,823
0.73
666
0.66
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,548
0.69
5,841
5.83
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4,045
0.61
1,156
1.15
30. Prostate Cancer
3,948
0.60
3,365
3.36
31. Liver Cancer
3,840
0.58
815
0.81
32. Syphilis
3,751
0.57
1
0.00
33. Falls
3,483
0.53
2,810
2.80
34. Drownings
3,454
0.52
231
0.23
35. Breast Cancer
3,416
0.52
1,673
1.67
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,966
0.45
2,958
2.95
37. Stomach Cancer
2,579
0.39
991
0.99
38. Lymphomas
2,061
0.31
1,089
1.09
39. Fires
2,007
0.31
55
0.05
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,923
0.29
420
0.42
41. Leukemia
1,871
0.28
633
0.63
42. Poisonings
1,729
0.26
17
0.02
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,728
0.26
162
0.16
44. Epilepsy
1,727
0.26
108
0.11
45. War
1,658
0.25
1
0.00
46. Tetanus
1,166
0.18
1
0.00
47. Lung Cancers
1,158
0.18
5,985
5.97
48. Schistosomiasis
1,071
0.16
0
0.00
49. Parkinson's Disease
1,035
0.16
691
0.69
50. Pancreas Cancer
1,017
0.15
905
0.90
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Cuba CUBA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
32.22
24
2. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
7.15
102
3. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
15.77
107
4. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
4.02
130
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
13.88
34
6. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
4.86
111
7. Lymphomas
4.48
101
5.96
44
8. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
29.41
14
9. Leukemia
3.40
102
3.76
82
10. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
3.35
132
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
4.44
78
12. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
4.45
46
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
4.50
40
14. Skin Cancers
2.16
74
2.28
63
15. Uterin Cancer
1.91
111
5.57
12
16. Bladder Cancer
0.78
167
3.33
48
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.