COLOMBIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	68,706	1	43,066	+ 25,640
Stroke	2	36,139	3	16,573	+ 19,566
Road Traffic Accidents	3	31,804	6	7,765	+ 24,040
Diabetes Mellitus	4	12,664	11	5,028	+ 7,635
Liver Disease	5	12,289	19	2,426	+ 9,862
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,336	5	10,773	- 437
Kidney Disease	7	9,723	7	6,834	+ 2,889
HIV/AIDS	8	8,853	17	2,683	+ 6,170
Violence	9	8,787	2	19,268	- 10,481
Hypertension	10	8,684	8	6,400	+ 2,284
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	8,288	22	2,157	+ 6,131
Prostate Cancer	12	7,586	14	3,584	+ 4,001
Low Birth Weight	13	7,025	23	2,095	+ 4,930
Breast Cancer	14	6,694	13	3,669	+ 3,025
Lung Disease	15	6,237	4	15,928	- 9,692
Lung Cancers	16	5,702	10	5,250	+ 452
Congenital Anomalies	17	4,760	16	2,963	+ 1,797
Birth Trauma	18	4,194	41	648	+ 3,545
Other Injuries	19	4,081	28	1,592	+ 2,489
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	3,901	12	4,371	- 470
Liver Cancer	21	3,045	24	2,065	+ 980
Endocrine Disorders	22	2,762	30	1,367	+ 1,395
Cervical Cancer	23	2,569	20	2,266	+ 303
Stomach Cancer	24	2,510	9	6,112	- 3,602
Suicide	25	2,428	26	1,965	+ 463
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	2,312	38	747	+ 1,564
Pancreas Cancer	27	2,090	25	2,022	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,046	47	383	+ 1,663
Asthma	29	2,022	54	191	+ 1,830
Falls	30	1,994	29	1,518	+ 477
Oral Cancer	31	1,989	37	807	+ 1,182
Leukemia	32	1,874	21	2,208	- 334
Lymphomas	33	1,716	18	2,603	- 887
Malnutrition	34	1,704	27	1,878	- 175
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,428	31	1,329	+ 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	1,352	39	698	+ 654
Drownings	37	1,136	40	689	+ 447
Tuberculosis	38	1,110	32	1,272	- 162
Maternal Conditions	39	928	46	394	+ 534
Oesophagus Cancer	40	919	36	835	+ 84
Skin Cancers	41	789	35	1,028	- 239
Epilepsy	42	726	43	597	+ 128
Drug Use	43	715	44	492	+ 224
Fires	44	638	56	127	+ 511
Meningitis	45	613	50	244	+ 369
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	563	63	38	+ 525
Pertussis	47	553	69	18	+ 535
Alcohol	48	552	68	23	+ 529
Bladder Cancer	49	423	42	609	- 185
Ovary Cancer	50	407	33	1,122	- 715
Syphilis	51	322	65	30	+ 292
Appendicitis	52	306	52	213	+ 93
Skin Disease	53	228	34	1,102	- 874
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	222	51	242	- 20
Poisonings	55	214	61	61	+ 153
Encephalitis	56	204	64	38	+ 166
Uterin Cancer	57	197	45	423	- 226
Other Neoplasms	58	162	15	3,205	- 3,042
Schistosomiasis	59	100	77	1	+ 100
Hepatitis C	60	78	59	65	+ 13
Tetanus	61	78	71	14	+ 64
Multiple Sclerosis	62	60	60	62	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	50	62	50	- 1
Dengue	64	22	55	133	- 112
Malaria	65	18	67	26	- 8
Chlamydia	66	7	81	0	+ 7
War	67	5	49	260	- 255
Upper Respiratory	68	4	66	27	- 22
Diphtheria	69	3	80	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	70	3	76	5	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	72	0	72	8	- 8
Chagas disease	73	0	53	203	- 203
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	7	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	57	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	70	18	- 18
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	67	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	48	333	- 333
Oral conditions	86	0	75	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Dominican Rep.

Colombia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.