DOMINICAN REP. VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,374	1	14,986	+ 7,388
Stroke	2	9,217	2	7,882	+ 1,335
Hypertension	3	3,106	10	1,894	+ 1,212
Kidney Disease	4	2,955	7	2,121	+ 835
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,134	4	2,762	- 628
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,094	6	2,254	- 161
Lung Cancers	7	1,905	16	1,244	+ 661
Lung Disease	8	1,821	15	1,360	+ 461
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,789	3	6,937	- 5,148
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,437	11	1,808	- 371
Liver Disease	11	1,408	5	2,680	- 1,273
Breast Cancer	12	1,042	14	1,460	- 418
Asthma	13	967	29	441	+ 526
Low Birth Weight	14	956	13	1,532	- 576
Tuberculosis	15	830	38	242	+ 588
Suicide	16	757	25	530	+ 228
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	739	20	851	- 111
Cervical Cancer	18	725	23	560	+ 165
Falls	19	710	30	435	+ 276
Lymphomas	20	658	33	374	+ 284
Other Injuries	21	657	19	890	- 233
Congenital Anomalies	22	615	17	1,038	- 424
Birth Trauma	23	598	18	915	- 317
Prostate Cancer	24	554	12	1,655	- 1,101
Stomach Cancer	25	489	24	547	- 58
Parkinson's Disease	26	437	28	446	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	345	26	504	- 160
Endocrine Disorders	28	327	22	602	- 276
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	311	36	295	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	30	309	49	92	+ 217
Leukemia	31	299	32	409	- 109
Inflammatory/Heart	32	296	35	312	- 16
Fires	33	262	44	139	+ 122
Ovary Cancer	34	231	50	89	+ 143
Oral Cancer	35	226	31	434	- 208
Pancreas Cancer	36	216	27	456	- 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	208	46	123	+ 85
Maternal Conditions	38	204	39	202	+ 1
Violence	39	183	9	1,917	- 1,734
Meningitis	40	157	45	134	+ 23
Skin Cancers	41	138	41	172	- 34
Oesophagus Cancer	42	127	40	200	- 73
Drownings	43	123	37	248	- 125
Liver Cancer	44	122	21	664	- 542
Epilepsy	45	97	42	158	- 61
Pertussis	46	94	47	121	- 27
Drug Use	47	93	43	156	- 63
Hepatitis B	48	91	63	11	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	49	84	8	1,931	- 1,847
Poisonings	50	77	55	47	+ 30
Malnutrition	51	58	34	372	- 314
Encephalitis	52	51	56	44	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	53	45	57	43	+ 2
Skin Disease	54	43	53	50	- 7
Syphilis	55	41	51	70	- 30
Appendicitis	56	38	52	67	- 29
Alcohol	57	32	48	120	- 89
Multiple Sclerosis	58	31	62	13	+ 17
Tetanus	59	22	61	17	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	60	20	58	35	- 15
Schistosomiasis	61	19	59	22	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	54	48	- 37
War	63	6	67	1	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	64	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	60	17	- 15
Ascariasis	66	1	70	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	66	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Morocco

Dominican Rep.

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.