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Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
50.7
53.6
52.1
88
88
88
1970
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
1980
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
1990
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
2000
67.6
73.7
70.6
77
77
79
2010
75.0
79.4
77.2
33
47
38
 
 
Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
75.0
79.4
33
47
Age 5
73.1
74.5
65
115
Age 10
73.2
74.6
65
115
Age 15
73.3
74.7
65
115
Age 20
73.6
74.9
66
115
Age 25
74.1
75.2
62
114
Age 30
74.6
75.6
59
113
Age 35
75.2
76.0
55
113
Age 40
75.8
76.5
52
111
Age 45
76.5
77.1
53
110
Age 50
77.2
77.8
53
109
Age 55
78.1
78.6
57
105
Age 60
79.2
79.7
57
104
Age 65
80.7
81.1
56
99
Age 70
82.5
82.7
57
94
Age 75
84.8
85.0
56
84
Age 80
87.2
87.1
58
93
Age 85
90.2
90.0
62
97
Age 90
93.6
93.4
73
108
Age 95
97.6
97.4
72
117
Age 100
101.9
101.8
85
149
 
 
Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
9,676
17.31
2 Stroke
7,252
12.97
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
3,588
6.42
4 Hypertension
3,320
5.94
5 Road Traffic Accidents
3,173
5.68
6 Diabetes Mellitus
3,155
5.64
7 HIV/AIDS
2,261
4.04
8 Low Birth Weight
1,798
3.22
9 Liver Disease
1,674
2.99
10 Prostate Cancer
1,412
2.53
11 Violence
1,220
2.18
12 Tuberculosis
1,178
2.11
13 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,153
2.06
14 Other Injuries
1,147
2.05
15 Lung Disease
988
1.77
16 Lung Cancers
906
1.62
17 Birth Trauma
794
1.42
18 Malnutrition
774
1.38
19 Congenital Anomalies
749
1.34
20 Liver Cancer
704
1.26
21 Asthma
654
1.17
22 Cervical Cancer
591
1.06
23 Kidney Disease
565
1.01
24 Stomach Cancer
534
0.96
25 Breast Cancer
522
0.93
  Deaths %
26 Colon-Rectum Cancers
515
0.92
27 Suicide
448
0.80
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
357
0.64
29 Oral Cancer
322
0.58
30 Other Neoplasms
318
0.57
31 Alzheimers/Dementia
317
0.57
32 Endocrine Disorders
316
0.57
33 Leukemia
313
0.56
34 Anaemia
293
0.52
35 Pancreas Cancer
253
0.45
36 Maternal Conditions
235
0.42
37 Lymphomas
226
0.40
38 Dengue
196
0.35
39 Meningitis
187
0.33
40 Parkinson Disease
184
0.33
41 Epilepsy
165
0.30
42 Hepatitis B
158
0.28
43 Prostatic Hypertrophy
130
0.23
44 Oesophagus Cancer
120
0.21
45 Falls
116
0.21
46 Tetanus
109
0.19
47 Alcohol
96
0.17
48 Hepatitis C
87
0.16
49 Drownings
70
0.13
50 Inflammatory/Heart
70
0.13
 
 
Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
127.78
73
2 Stroke
95.70
92
3 Hypertension
43.55
43
4 Diabetes Mellitus
41.97
76
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
38.72
84
6 Road Traffic Accidents
34.77
18
7 HIV/AIDS
23.72
56
8 Liver Disease
22.27
29
9 Prostate Cancer
18.93
11
10 Low Birth Weight
14.57
66
11 Tuberculosis
14.49
80
12 Breast Cancer
13.26
133
13 Lung Disease
12.99
133
14 Violence
12.91
63
15 Other Injuries
12.75
89
16 Lung Cancers
12.13
97
17 Diarrhoeal diseases
11.29
72
18 Liver Cancer
9.28
59
19 Asthma
8.43
67
20 Cervical Cancer
7.59
72
21 Malnutrition
7.54
51
22 Kidney Disease
7.28
145
23 Stomach Cancer
6.99
88
24 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.78
99
25 Birth Trauma
6.44
76
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Congenital Anomalies
6.36
93
27 Suicide
5.09
127
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.68
71
29 Oral Cancer
4.27
58
30 Alzheimers/Dementia
4.14
100
31 Other Neoplasms
4.11
55
32 Leukemia
3.68
107
33 Anaemia
3.60
75
34 Endocrine Disorders
3.48
136
35 Pancreas Cancer
3.35
97
36 Lymphomas
2.85
161
37 Parkinson Disease
2.42
36
38 Maternal Conditions
2.25
76
39 Hepatitis B
1.95
45
40 Epilepsy
1.91
86
41 Meningitis
1.89
98
42 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.69
9
43 Dengue
1.67
7
44 Oesophagus Cancer
1.61
132
45 Falls
1.51
163
46 Tetanus
1.29
34
47 Alcohol
1.19
66
48 Hepatitis C
1.16
27
49 Inflammatory/Heart
0.89
185
50 Drownings
0.79
170
 
 
Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Prostate Cancer
18.93
11
2 Breast Cancer
13.26
133
3 Lung Cancers
12.13
97
4 Liver Cancer
9.28
59
5 Cervical Cancer
7.59
72
6 Stomach Cancer
6.99
88
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.78
99
8 Oral Cancer
4.27
58
9 Other Neoplasms
4.11
55
  Rate World Rank
10 Leukemia
3.68
107
11 Pancreas Cancer
3.35
97
12 Lymphomas
2.85
161
13 Oesophagus Cancer
1.61
132
14 Ovary Cancer
0.74
188
15 Uterin Cancer
0.68
124
16 Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
17 Skin Cancers
0.33
169
 
 
Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
7.5
77
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
17.5
13.3
121
58
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
10.2
40.5
102
33
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
233
47

 
Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
9,650,054
83
Sex Ratio M / F
1.03
34
Population 0-14
31.4 %
81
Population 15-64
62.7 %
118
Population 65 +
5.9 %
88
Birth Rate / 1000
22.39
77
Death Rate / 1000
5.28
159
Fertulity Rate
2.76
73
Infant Mortality
25.96
79
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.04
35
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.86
49
Net Migrattion
-2.22
120
Population Growth
1.49
81
Literacy Total
87.0
111
Literacy Male
86.8
117
Literacy Female
87.2
98
Unemployment
15.4
37
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
77.2
38
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
63.0
91
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$8,100
94
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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