"Congo has something like the 14th highest death rate on the planet," Mr. Roberts said.
Mississippi had the highest death rate for black women, 686 per 100,000.
"The second highest death rate is in kids under 5," Dr. Hall said.
The highest death rate over a three-year period between 2006 and 2008 was 29% at Scarborough.
Among Filipinos, men have higher rates of prostate cancer than other Asians, and women have the highest death rate from breast cancer.
Since then, two major chains, including the one with the highest death rate, have left the business, and two new ones have been formed.
The state of Mexico, known as Edomex in Spanish, has suffered most fatalities, while Guanajuato has the fourth highest death rate.
New Orleans, we learn, was once a cultural backwater that in the decades before the Civil War could boast the highest death rate of any American city.
The highest death rate -- 73percentt -- was among patients ages 10 to 19, while the overall fatality rate was 56percentt.
The hospital where former President Bill Clinton awaits bypass surgery has the highest death rate for the operation in New York State, according to the state's Health Department.
Overall, eating disorders have the highest death rate of any mental disorder, either by suicide or from the effects of starvation.
