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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
50.7
53.6
52.1
88
88
88
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
67.6
73.7
70.6
77
77
79
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
75.0
79.4
77.2
33
47
38
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
75.0
79.4
33
47
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
74.1
75.5
65
115
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
74.2
75.6
65
115
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
74.3
75.7
65
115
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
74.6
75.9
66
115
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
75.1
76.2
62
114
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
75.6
76.6
59
113
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
76.2
77.0
55
113
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
76.8
77.5
52
111
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
77.5
78.1
53
110
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
78.2
78.8
53
109
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
79.1
79.6
57
105
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
80.2
80.7
57
104
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
81.7
82.1
56
99
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
83.5
83.7
57
94
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
85.8
86.0
56
84
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.2
88.1
58
93
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.2
91.0
62
97
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.6
94.4
73
108
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.6
98.4
72
117
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
102.8
85
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
127.78
73
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
95.70
92
  
36.89
160
3 Hypertension
43.55
43
  
3.67
183
4 Diabetes Mellitus
41.97
76
  
5.04
185
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
38.72
84
  
23.69
125
6 Road Traffic Accidents
34.77
18
  
4.77
180
7 HIV/AIDS
23.72
56
  
0.40
137
8 Liver Disease
22.27
29
  
9.48
96
9 Prostate Cancer
18.93
11
  
8.21
58
10 Low Birth Weight
14.57
66
  
3.39
144
11 Tuberculosis
14.49
80
  
0.41
170
12 Breast Cancer
13.26
133
  
23.62
20
13 Lung Disease
12.99
133
  
21.47
98
14 Violence
12.91
63
  
1.14
160
15 Other Injuries
12.75
89
  
5.54
170
16 Lung Cancers
12.13
97
  
30.98
18
17 Diarrhoeal diseases
11.29
72
  
1.95
119
18 Liver Cancer
9.28
59
  
3.07
164
19 Asthma
8.43
67
  
1.09
153
20 Cervical Cancer
7.59
72
  
1.38
161
21 Malnutrition
7.54
51
  
0.07
172
22 Kidney Disease
7.28
145
  
3.23
185
23 Stomach Cancer
6.99
88
  
4.81
130
24 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.78
99
  
15.49
33
25 Birth Trauma
6.44
76
  
0.64
166
26 Congenital Anomalies
6.36
93
  
3.68
164
27 Suicide
5.09
127
  
6.90
101
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.68
71
  
2.54
123
29 Oral Cancer
4.27
58
  
2.39
113
30 Alzheimers/Dementia
4.14
100
  
17.08
14
31 Other Neoplasms
4.11
55
  
2.95
92
32 Leukemia
3.68
107
  
4.39
63
33 Anaemia
3.60
75
  
0.15
171
34 Endocrine Disorders
3.48
136
  
3.13
147
35 Pancreas Cancer
3.35
97
  
6.81
39
36 Lymphomas
2.85
161
  
7.35
36
37 Parkinson Disease
2.42
36
  
3.48
8
38 Maternal Conditions
2.25
76
  
0.15
151
39 Hepatitis B
1.95
45
  
0.07
177
40 Epilepsy
1.91
86
  
1.57
104
41 Meningitis
1.89
98
  
0.41
149
42 Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.69
9
  
0.12
153
43 Dengue
1.67
7
  
0.00
192
44 Oesophagus Cancer
1.61
132
  
7.62
30
45 Falls
1.51
163
  
3.51
109
46 Tetanus
1.29
34
  
0.00
192
47 Alcohol
1.19
66
  
1.10
76
48 Hepatitis C
1.16
27
  
0.23
107
49 Inflammatory/Heart
0.89
185
  
2.97
152
50 Drownings
0.79
170
  
0.35
187
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
9,676
17.31
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
7,252
12.97
  
55,919
11.98
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
3,588
6.42
  
37,348
8.00
4 Hypertension
3,320
5.94
  
5,191
1.11
5 Road Traffic Accidents
3,173
5.68
  
3,073
0.66
6 Diabetes Mellitus
3,155
5.64
  
6,682
1.43
7 HIV/AIDS
2,261
4.04
  
266
0.06
8 Low Birth Weight
1,798
3.22
  
1,386
0.30
9 Liver Disease
1,674
2.99
  
7,767
1.66
10 Prostate Cancer
1,412
2.53
  
11,508
2.46
11 Violence
1,220
2.18
  
703
0.15
12 Tuberculosis
1,178
2.11
  
443
0.09
13 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,153
2.06
  
3,081
0.66
14 Other Injuries
1,147
2.05
  
6,029
1.29
15 Lung Disease
988
1.77
  
29,069
6.23
16 Lung Cancers
906
1.62
  
35,845
7.68
17 Birth Trauma
794
1.42
  
262
0.06
18 Malnutrition
774
1.38
  
85
0.02
19 Congenital Anomalies
749
1.34
  
1,950
0.42
20 Liver Cancer
704
1.26
  
3,470
0.74
21 Asthma
654
1.17
  
1,260
0.27
22 Cervical Cancer
591
1.06
  
1,322
0.28
23 Kidney Disease
565
1.01
  
4,804
1.03
24 Stomach Cancer
534
0.96
  
6,006
1.29
25 Breast Cancer
522
0.93
  
14,343
3.07
26 Colon-Rectum Cancers
515
0.92
  
18,951
4.06
27 Suicide
448
0.80
  
4,660
1.00
28 Peptic Ulcer Disease
357
0.64
  
3,294
0.71
29 Oral Cancer
322
0.58
  
2,428
0.52
30 Other Neoplasms
318
0.57
  
3,829
0.82
31 Alzheimers/Dementia
317
0.57
  
29,116
6.24
32 Endocrine Disorders
316
0.57
  
3,056
0.65
33 Leukemia
313
0.56
  
5,077
1.09
34 Anaemia
293
0.52
  
260
0.06
35 Pancreas Cancer
253
0.45
  
7,954
1.70
36 Maternal Conditions
235
0.42
  
81
0.02
37 Lymphomas
226
0.40
  
8,744
1.87
38 Dengue
196
0.35
  
0
0.00
39 Meningitis
187
0.33
  
278
0.06
40 Parkinson Disease
184
0.33
  
5,348
1.15
41 Epilepsy
165
0.30
  
1,201
0.26
42 Hepatitis B
158
0.28
  
57
0.01
43 Prostatic Hypertrophy
130
0.23
  
193
0.04
44 Oesophagus Cancer
120
0.21
  
8,762
1.88
45 Falls
116
0.21
  
4,450
0.95
46 Tetanus
109
0.19
  
0
0.00
47 Alcohol
96
0.17
  
862
0.18
48 Hepatitis C
87
0.16
  
189
0.04
49 Drownings
70
0.13
  
233
0.05
50 Inflammatory/Heart
70
0.13
  
3,014
0.65
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Prostate Cancer
18.93
11
  
8.21
58
2 Breast Cancer
13.26
133
  
23.62
20
3 Lung Cancers
12.13
97
  
30.98
18
4 Liver Cancer
9.28
59
  
3.07
164
5 Cervical Cancer
7.59
72
  
1.38
161
6 Stomach Cancer
6.99
88
  
4.81
130
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.78
99
  
15.49
33
8 Oral Cancer
4.27
58
  
2.39
113
9 Other Neoplasms
4.11
55
  
2.95
92
10 Leukemia
3.68
107
  
4.39
63
11 Pancreas Cancer
3.35
97
  
6.81
39
12 Lymphomas
2.85
161
  
7.35
36
13 Oesophagus Cancer
1.61
132
  
7.62
30
14 Ovary Cancer
0.74
188
  
3.96
20
15 Uterin Cancer
0.68
124
  
1.53
64
16 Bladder Cancer
0.61
175
  
4.27
28
17 Skin Cancers
0.33
169
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Dominican Rep
DOMINICAN REP		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
9,650,054
83
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.03
34
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
31.4 %
81
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
62.7 %
118
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
5.9 %
88
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
22.39
77
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
5.28
159
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.76
73
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
25.96
79
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.04
142
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.04
35
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.86
49
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-2.22
120
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.49
81
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
87.0
111
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
86.8
117
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
87.2
98
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
15.4
37
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
77.2
38
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
63.0
91
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$8,100
94
  
$36,600
23
 

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