DOMINICAN REP. VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,969	1	14,986	+ 984
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	9,084	11	1,808	+ 7,276
Lung Disease	3	6,180	15	1,360	+ 4,820
Stroke	4	5,014	2	7,882	- 2,869
Lung Cancers	5	4,919	16	1,244	+ 3,676
Kidney Disease	6	2,716	7	2,121	+ 595
Drug Use	7	2,354	43	156	+ 2,198
Hypertension	8	2,086	10	1,894	+ 192
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,956	20	851	+ 1,105
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,943	4	2,762	- 820
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,908	6	2,254	- 347
Suicide	12	1,679	25	530	+ 1,150
Breast Cancer	13	1,539	14	1,460	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,486	22	602	+ 884
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,401	27	456	+ 945
Liver Disease	16	1,373	5	2,680	- 1,308
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,319	3	6,937	- 5,618
Falls	18	1,278	30	435	+ 843
Lymphomas	19	1,274	33	374	+ 900
Prostate Cancer	20	1,126	12	1,655	- 528
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,091	28	446	+ 645
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,029	35	312	+ 717
Liver Cancer	23	856	21	664	+ 192
Leukemia	24	853	32	409	+ 444
Other Injuries	25	822	19	890	- 68
Bladder Cancer	26	621	49	92	+ 528
Violence	27	600	9	1,917	- 1,316
Oesophagus Cancer	28	564	40	200	+ 363
Other Neoplasms	29	561	58	35	+ 526
Alcohol	30	464	48	120	+ 343
Ovary Cancer	31	462	50	89	+ 373
Skin Cancers	32	453	41	172	+ 280
Stomach Cancer	33	414	24	547	- 134
Congenital Anomalies	34	372	17	1,038	- 666
Oral Cancer	35	365	31	434	- 68
Uterin Cancer	36	318	57	43	+ 275
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	315	26	504	- 189
Cervical Cancer	38	221	23	560	- 339
Low Birth Weight	39	219	13	1,532	- 1,313
Malnutrition	40	214	34	372	- 158
Hepatitis C	41	180	60	17	+ 163
HIV/AIDS	42	179	8	1,931	- 1,752
Skin Disease	43	171	53	50	+ 121
Multiple Sclerosis	44	160	62	13	+ 147
Drownings	45	129	37	248	- 119
Asthma	46	121	29	441	- 320
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	115	46	123	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	109	36	295	- 185
Fires	49	101	44	139	- 38
Epilepsy	50	100	42	158	- 58
Anemia	51	99	81	0	+ 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	78	54	48	+ 29
Poisonings	53	53	55	47	+ 6
Birth Trauma	54	39	18	915	- 876
War	55	38	67	1	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	56	25	39	202	- 178
Schizophrenia	57	23	83	0	+ 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	21	85	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	59	19	63	11	+ 8
Meningitis	60	19	45	134	- 115
Osteoarthritis	61	18	84	0	+ 18
Tuberculosis	62	17	38	242	- 225
Appendicitis	63	13	52	67	- 53
Oral conditions	64	9	86	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	65	7	68	1	+ 6
Syphilis	66	2	51	70	- 69
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	56	44	- 44
Pertussis	69	0	47	121	- 120
Chagas disease	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	61	17	- 17
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	22	- 22
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	64	5	- 5
Malaria	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

United States

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.