DOMINICAN REP. VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,342	1	14,986	+ 17,356
Stroke	2	7,707	2	7,882	- 175
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,412	6	2,254	+ 2,158
Lung Cancers	4	3,741	16	1,244	+ 2,497
Lung Disease	5	3,025	15	1,360	+ 1,664
Hypertension	6	2,808	10	1,894	+ 914
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,593	4	2,762	- 169
Liver Disease	8	2,276	5	2,680	- 404
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,144	3	6,937	- 4,793
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	1,705	20	851	+ 854
Kidney Disease	11	1,695	7	2,121	- 425
Stomach Cancer	12	1,628	24	547	+ 1,081
Breast Cancer	13	1,613	14	1,460	+ 153
Liver Cancer	14	1,316	21	664	+ 652
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,301	27	456	+ 845
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,025	17	1,038	- 13
Other Injuries	17	954	19	890	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	854	36	295	+ 559
Prostate Cancer	19	803	12	1,655	- 852
Bladder Cancer	20	647	49	92	+ 555
Inflammatory/Heart	21	631	35	312	+ 320
Leukemia	22	494	32	409	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	23	472	13	1,532	- 1,061
Uterin Cancer	24	441	57	43	+ 398
Violence	25	407	9	1,917	- 1,510
Lymphomas	26	386	33	374	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	27	359	23	560	- 201
Suicide	28	356	25	530	- 173
Ovary Cancer	29	329	50	89	+ 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	245	46	123	+ 122
Hepatitis C	31	234	60	17	+ 217
HIV/AIDS	32	232	8	1,931	- 1,699
Oral Cancer	33	218	31	434	- 216
Skin Cancers	34	205	41	172	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	35	189	22	602	- 413
Oesophagus Cancer	36	186	40	200	- 15
Other Neoplasms	37	159	58	35	+ 124
Tuberculosis	38	158	38	242	- 84
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	145	11	1,808	- 1,663
Falls	40	136	30	435	- 299
Drug Use	41	130	43	156	- 26
Birth Trauma	42	124	18	915	- 790
Skin Disease	43	99	53	50	+ 49
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	97	85	0	+ 97
Drownings	45	76	37	248	- 171
Poisonings	46	73	55	47	+ 27
Fires	47	48	44	139	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	48	42	28	446	- 404
Asthma	49	35	29	441	- 406
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	35	26	504	- 470
Hepatitis B	51	33	63	11	+ 22
Epilepsy	52	33	42	158	- 126
Multiple Sclerosis	53	32	62	13	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	32	54	48	- 16
Maternal Conditions	55	31	39	202	- 172
Meningitis	56	24	45	134	- 110
Encephalitis	57	18	56	44	- 26
Anemia	58	17	81	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	59	17	52	67	- 50
Osteoarthritis	60	13	84	0	+ 13
Schizophrenia	61	12	83	0	+ 12
Alcohol	62	11	48	120	- 109
Upper Respiratory	63	9	68	1	+ 8
Oral conditions	64	7	86	0	+ 7
Otitis Media	65	5	71	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	66	5	34	372	- 367
Leishmaniasis	67	3	74	0	+ 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	3	82	0	+ 3
War	69	1	67	1	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Pertussis	71	1	47	121	- 120
Ascariasis	72	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Syphilis	75	0	51	70	- 70
Chlamydia	76	0	66	2	- 2
Dengue	77	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	61	17	- 17
Schistosomiasis	82	0	59	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Armenia

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.