Dem. Rep. Congo - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 70.07
2010 63.59
2015 60.18
2019 56.18

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 6.64
2010 7.97
2015 8.77
2019 9.69

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 23.29
2010 28.45
2015 31.05
2019 34.13

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 22.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.60 in 2004, while its lowest value was 21.90 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 24.90
2001 25.10
2002 24.90
2003 25.40
2004 25.60
2005 25.40
2006 25.40
2007 25.00
2008 25.00
2009 25.10
2010 24.70
2011 24.30
2012 23.80
2013 23.30
2014 23.00
2015 22.50
2016 22.10
2017 21.90
2018 22.20
2019 22.20

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 26.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 31.50 in 2000, while its lowest value was 25.70 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 31.50
2001 31.20
2002 30.50
2003 30.80
2004 30.30
2005 29.70
2006 29.40
2007 28.70
2008 28.80
2009 29.10
2010 28.80
2011 28.50
2012 28.10
2013 27.50
2014 26.90
2015 26.20
2016 25.80
2017 25.70
2018 26.10
2019 26.00

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 24.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 28.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 23.70 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 28.00
2001 27.90
2002 27.50
2003 27.90
2004 27.80
2005 27.50
2006 27.30
2007 26.80
2008 26.80
2009 27.00
2010 26.70
2011 26.30
2012 25.90
2013 25.30
2014 24.80
2015 24.30
2016 23.90
2017 23.70
2018 24.10
2019 24.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 166.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 160.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 163.90

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 2.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.50 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.50
2001 2.40
2002 2.20
2003 2.30
2004 2.20
2005 2.30
2006 2.30
2007 2.30
2008 2.30
2009 2.40
2010 2.50
2011 2.40
2012 2.40
2013 2.40
2014 2.40
2015 2.30
2016 2.10
2017 2.20
2018 2.20
2019 2.00

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 1.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.40 in 2014 and a minimum value of 1.10 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.20
2001 1.20
2002 1.10
2003 1.10
2004 1.20
2005 1.20
2006 1.20
2007 1.20
2008 1.20
2009 1.20
2010 1.30
2011 1.30
2012 1.40
2013 1.30
2014 1.40
2015 1.30
2016 1.10
2017 1.20
2018 1.20
2019 1.10

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 2.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.70 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.90 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.70
2001 3.60
2002 3.40
2003 3.40
2004 3.20
2005 3.40
2006 3.50
2007 3.40
2008 3.40
2009 3.50
2010 3.60
2011 3.60
2012 3.50
2013 3.50
2014 3.50
2015 3.30
2016 3.00
2017 3.10
2018 3.10
2019 2.90

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 2.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.40 in 2006 and a minimum value of 2.70 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.30
2001 3.30
2002 3.30
2003 3.40
2004 3.40
2005 3.40
2006 3.40
2007 3.30
2008 3.30
2009 3.30
2010 3.20
2011 3.10
2012 3.00
2013 2.90
2014 2.90
2015 2.80
2016 2.80
2017 2.70
2018 2.80
2019 2.80

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 10.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.50 in 2000 and a minimum value of 10.30 in 2016.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 12.50
2001 12.20
2002 12.20
2003 12.20
2004 11.90
2005 11.70
2006 11.50
2007 11.10
2008 11.10
2009 11.30
2010 11.20
2011 11.10
2012 10.90
2013 10.70
2014 10.60
2015 10.40
2016 10.30
2017 10.30
2018 10.70
2019 10.60

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 6.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.90 in 2000 and a minimum value of 6.50 in 2016.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 7.90
2001 7.70
2002 7.70
2003 7.70
2004 7.60
2005 7.50
2006 7.40
2007 7.20
2008 7.10
2009 7.30
2010 7.20
2011 7.10
2012 6.90
2013 6.80
2014 6.70
2015 6.60
2016 6.50
2017 6.50
2018 6.70
2019 6.70

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 34.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.50 in 2002 and a minimum value of 33.00 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 38.10
2001 38.00
2002 38.50
2003 38.00
2004 36.50
2005 36.80
2006 36.60
2007 36.00
2008 35.80
2009 36.30
2010 36.00
2011 35.60
2012 34.00
2013 34.00
2014 33.60
2015 33.50
2016 33.70
2017 33.20
2018 33.00
2019 34.90

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 59.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors