Congo-Geographic+Statistics

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population of congo 62,660,551 the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu) and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population degree of risk: very high major Health problems, food or waterborne diseases, bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, vectorborne diseases, malaria, plague, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations, water contact disease, schistosomiasis 10.34 deaths/1,000 population 65.52 deaths/1,000 live births US is 6.37 deaths/1,000 live births (10 times lower)
 * Population** **Statistics:**
 * life expectency
 * 1) total population: 51.46 years
 * 2) male: 50.01 years
 * 3) female: 52.94 years
 * Ethnic groups:
 * 1) there are over 200 different African ethnic groups
 * 2) the majority are Bantu
 * Health risks
 * Mortality rate
 * Infant mortality rate

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 * a person from the Luba Tribe (4) || Kongo Tribe in a ceramonial dance (4) ||

Works Cited: 1."Congo Democratic Republic Of." __Cia World Factbook.Com__. Cia. 1 May 2007 <[|https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cg.html>.] 2."Democratic Republic of Congo." __Mapquest.Com__. 1 May 2007 .] 3. "Democratic Republic of Congo." __Allcountries.Org__. 1 May 2007 . 4. "The Kuba." __Users.Telenet.Be/African-Shop/Kuba.Htm__. 1 May 2007 .]