DOMINICAN REP. VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,547	1	14,986	- 2,439
Stroke	2	5,381	2	7,882	- 2,502
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,069	3	6,937	- 4,868
Hypertension	4	1,925	10	1,894	+ 31
Kidney Disease	5	1,732	7	2,121	- 389
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,677	6	2,254	- 578
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,296	11	1,808	- 512
Low Birth Weight	8	1,252	13	1,532	- 281
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,076	4	2,762	- 1,686
Lung Disease	10	1,074	15	1,360	- 287
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,002	17	1,038	- 36
Lung Cancers	12	904	16	1,244	- 339
Birth Trauma	13	874	18	915	- 41
Breast Cancer	14	797	14	1,460	- 663
Liver Disease	15	797	5	2,680	- 1,883
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	722	20	851	- 129
Tuberculosis	17	653	38	242	+ 411
Asthma	18	469	29	441	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	19	467	24	547	- 80
Lymphomas	20	422	33	374	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	21	327	49	92	+ 235
Other Injuries	22	322	19	890	- 568
Falls	23	302	30	435	- 133
Parkinson's Disease	24	287	28	446	- 159
Leukemia	25	266	32	409	- 143
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	255	26	504	- 249
Cervical Cancer	27	250	23	560	- 310
Suicide	28	247	25	530	- 283
Prostate Cancer	29	246	12	1,655	- 1,409
Drug Use	30	226	43	156	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	31	224	27	456	- 232
Endocrine Disorders	32	213	22	602	- 389
Maternal Conditions	33	211	39	202	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	34	190	35	312	- 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	166	36	295	- 129
Violence	36	164	9	1,917	- 1,753
Skin Cancers	37	164	41	172	- 9
Oral Cancer	38	160	31	434	- 274
Fires	39	146	44	139	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	40	141	50	89	+ 52
Liver Cancer	41	127	21	664	- 537
Drownings	42	104	37	248	- 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	83	46	123	- 40
Epilepsy	44	82	42	158	- 77
Meningitis	45	74	45	134	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	46	72	40	200	- 128
Poisonings	47	66	55	47	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	48	44	8	1,931	- 1,887
Pertussis	49	39	47	121	- 82
Hepatitis B	50	38	63	11	+ 27
Encephalitis	51	33	56	44	- 11
Skin Disease	52	25	53	50	- 24
Malnutrition	53	19	34	372	- 353
Alcohol	54	19	48	120	- 102
Appendicitis	55	18	52	67	- 48
Uterin Cancer	56	17	57	43	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	57	17	62	13	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	13	58	35	- 22
Measles	59	13	79	0	+ 13
Tetanus	60	12	61	17	- 5
Syphilis	61	9	51	70	- 61
War	62	9	67	1	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	63	5	59	22	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	54	48	- 43
Hepatitis C	65	1	60	17	- 16
Leishmaniasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	66	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Algeria

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.