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DR Congo
COUNTRY #1
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DR CONGO VS GAMBIA

Compare DR Congo and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Gambia GAMBIA
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.0
64.8
170
165
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
60.0
64.8
170
165
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
66.0
70.3
161
156
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
66.7
71.0
159
153
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
67.4
71.5
157
153
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
67.8
71.8
158
153
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
68.3
72.2
157
153
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
68.8
72.6
157
154
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
69.4
73.1
157
156
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
70.1
73.7
157
157
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
71.0
74.5
158
158
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
72.2
75.4
158
157
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
73.6
76.5
160
156
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
75.4
77.9
160
157
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
77.5
79.6
159
155
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
80.0
81.5
156
154
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
82.8
83.9
152
147
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
85.9
86.7
148
143
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
89.4
90.0
139
137
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
117.32
16
113.77
18
2. Stroke
112.53
56
108.94
59
3. Coronary Heart Disease
108.48
92
142.59
53
4. Tuberculosis
79.20
9
28.42
38
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.99
28
41.12
43
6. Hypertension
50.51
14
22.89
68
7. Lung Disease
44.15
23
29.40
54
8. Road Traffic Accidents
39.80
25
51.34
8
9. Diabetes Mellitus
36.82
69
37.65
66
10. Liver Disease
36.25
41
33.48
48
11. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
6.08
156
12. Malaria
28.55
33
46.43
15
13. Measles
24.57
4
0.30
38
14. Kidney Disease
24.38
79
32.04
48
15. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
25.76
23
16. Asthma
20.76
18
15.88
35
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.83
52
19.89
49
18. HIV/AIDS
19.43
44
70.82
17
19. Violence
16.45
27
11.94
43
20. Maternal Conditions
16.42
13
18.68
8
21. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
4.44
182
22. Other Injuries
12.62
40
11.81
46
23. Suicide
12.41
45
9.64
77
24. Malnutrition
11.91
24
7.13
39
25. Low Birth Weight
11.44
22
9.17
43
26. Meningitis
11.11
32
13.27
23
27. Birth Trauma
10.95
18
10.44
21
28. Endocrine Disorders
10.69
18
11.17
16
29. Inflammatory/Heart
9.82
29
6.44
58
30. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
30.83
3
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
1.05
183
32. Falls
8.41
41
9.85
22
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
35
6.72
59
34. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
1.43
178
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.00
58
6.56
37
36. Pertussis
4.63
14
2.22
39
37. Lymphomas
4.48
101
0.74
181
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.14
24
2.55
52
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.70
117
6.31
18
40. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
3.62
150
41. Leukemia
3.40
102
0.09
183
42. Drownings
3.10
72
2.58
84
43. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
0.44
183
44. Fires
3.03
48
3.83
32
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
0.54
179
46. Schistosomiasis
2.63
13
2.34
17
47. Poisonings
2.58
30
2.48
34
48. Epilepsy
2.36
50
2.78
36
49. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
0.01
181
50. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
0.48
177
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
73,546
11.18
1,340
10.42
2. Tuberculosis
43,759
6.65
445
3.46
3. Measles
42,254
6.42
13
0.10
4. Malaria
41,813
6.35
674
5.24
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
41,301
6.28
626
4.87
6. Stroke
36,596
5.56
802
6.24
7. Coronary Heart Disease
34,713
5.28
1,007
7.83
8. Low Birth Weight
34,668
5.27
662
5.15
9. Birth Trauma
33,075
5.03
754
5.86
10. Road Traffic Accidents
30,256
4.60
695
5.40
11. Congenital Anomalies
16,256
2.47
383
2.98
12. Hypertension
15,743
2.39
172
1.34
13. Liver Disease
15,044
2.29
323
2.51
14. Lung Disease
13,527
2.06
206
1.60
15. HIV/AIDS
13,286
2.02
1,125
8.75
16. Diabetes Mellitus
12,902
1.96
290
2.25
17. Meningitis
11,568
1.76
229
1.78
18. Violence
11,120
1.69
195
1.52
19. Maternal Conditions
10,513
1.60
345
2.68
20. Kidney Disease
9,077
1.38
266
2.07
21. Malnutrition
8,910
1.35
110
0.86
22. Other Injuries
8,272
1.26
194
1.51
23. Pertussis
7,921
1.20
99
0.77
24. Asthma
7,733
1.18
134
1.04
25. Endocrine Disorders
7,380
1.12
230
1.79
26. Suicide
5,812
0.88
113
0.88
27. Cervical Cancer
4,823
0.73
145
1.13
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,548
0.69
89
0.69
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4,045
0.61
59
0.46
30. Prostate Cancer
3,948
0.60
21
0.16
31. Liver Cancer
3,840
0.58
377
2.93
32. Syphilis
3,751
0.57
55
0.43
33. Falls
3,483
0.53
83
0.65
34. Drownings
3,454
0.52
69
0.54
35. Breast Cancer
3,416
0.52
26
0.20
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,966
0.45
11
0.09
37. Stomach Cancer
2,579
0.39
14
0.11
38. Lymphomas
2,061
0.31
12
0.09
39. Fires
2,007
0.31
67
0.52
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,923
0.29
56
0.44
41. Leukemia
1,871
0.28
2
0.02
42. Poisonings
1,729
0.26
42
0.33
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,728
0.26
24
0.19
44. Epilepsy
1,727
0.26
43
0.33
45. War
1,658
0.25
0
0.00
46. Tetanus
1,166
0.18
18
0.14
47. Lung Cancers
1,158
0.18
34
0.26
48. Schistosomiasis
1,071
0.16
23
0.18
49. Parkinson's Disease
1,035
0.16
34
0.26
50. Pancreas Cancer
1,017
0.15
6
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
6.08
156
2. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
25.76
23
3. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
4.44
182
4. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
30.83
3
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
1.05
183
6. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
1.43
178
7. Lymphomas
4.48
101
0.74
181
8. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
3.62
150
9. Leukemia
3.40
102
0.09
183
10. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
0.44
183
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
0.54
179
12. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
0.01
181
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
0.48
177
14. Skin Cancers
2.16
74
0.01
177
15. Uterin Cancer
1.91
111
0.23
180
16. Bladder Cancer
0.78
167
0.44
181
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.