DOMINICAN REP. VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,223	1	14,986	- 3,762
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,433	6	2,254	+ 7,179
Lung Disease	3	5,347	15	1,360	+ 3,987
Stroke	4	5,265	2	7,882	- 2,617
Kidney Disease	5	3,127	7	2,121	+ 1,007
Lung Cancers	6	2,305	16	1,244	+ 1,061
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,055	20	851	+ 1,204
Breast Cancer	8	1,625	14	1,460	+ 165
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,574	4	2,762	- 1,188
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,449	3	6,937	- 5,488
Hypertension	11	1,335	10	1,894	- 559
Other Injuries	12	1,298	19	890	+ 408
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,265	35	312	+ 953
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,060	27	456	+ 604
Prostate Cancer	15	1,037	12	1,655	- 617
Liver Disease	16	927	5	2,680	- 1,753
Endocrine Disorders	17	918	22	602	+ 315
Suicide	18	862	25	530	+ 333
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	860	11	1,808	- 948
Stomach Cancer	20	811	24	547	+ 263
Other Neoplasms	21	742	58	35	+ 707
Skin Disease	22	730	53	50	+ 680
Violence	23	624	9	1,917	- 1,292
Lymphomas	24	623	33	374	+ 249
Cervical Cancer	25	571	23	560	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	26	557	17	1,038	- 481
Leukemia	27	504	32	409	+ 95
Low Birth Weight	28	502	13	1,532	- 1,030
Oesophagus Cancer	29	473	40	200	+ 272
Liver Cancer	30	471	21	664	- 193
Bladder Cancer	31	386	49	92	+ 293
HIV/AIDS	32	341	8	1,931	- 1,590
Ovary Cancer	33	301	50	89	+ 212
Skin Cancers	34	247	41	172	+ 75
Oral Cancer	35	247	31	434	- 187
Parkinson's Disease	36	222	28	446	- 224
Uterin Cancer	37	217	57	43	+ 174
Malnutrition	38	214	34	372	- 158
Drug Use	39	190	43	156	+ 34
Anemia	40	159	81	0	+ 159
Tuberculosis	41	151	38	242	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	133	26	504	- 371
Falls	43	117	30	435	- 318
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	112	36	295	- 183
Chagas disease	45	104	73	0	+ 104
Alcohol	46	102	48	120	- 19
Asthma	47	93	29	441	- 348
Drownings	48	88	37	248	- 160
Birth Trauma	49	86	18	915	- 829
Epilepsy	50	76	42	158	- 82
Meningitis	51	73	45	134	- 61
Fires	52	64	44	139	- 75
Maternal Conditions	53	64	39	202	- 138
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	56	54	48	+ 8
Poisonings	55	44	55	47	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	32	46	123	- 91
Hepatitis C	57	26	60	17	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	58	23	62	13	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	59	17	84	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	60	16	52	67	- 50
Schizophrenia	61	14	83	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	62	13	63	11	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	11	85	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	64	4	56	44	- 41
Syphilis	65	3	51	70	- 67
Oral conditions	66	3	86	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	67	3	68	1	+ 2
Pertussis	68	2	47	121	- 118
Leprosy	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	1	67	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	61	17	- 16
Leishmaniasis	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	78	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	66	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	65	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	22	- 22
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Argentina

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.