DOMINICAN REP. VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,707	1	14,986	- 6,279
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	6,299	11	1,808	+ 4,491
Stroke	3	4,174	2	7,882	- 3,708
Lung Cancers	4	3,543	16	1,244	+ 2,299
Lung Disease	5	3,429	15	1,360	+ 2,069
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,509	20	851	+ 1,658
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,807	4	2,762	- 956
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,796	6	2,254	- 458
Prostate Cancer	9	1,522	12	1,655	- 133
Breast Cancer	10	1,376	14	1,460	- 84
Suicide	11	1,273	25	530	+ 743
Kidney Disease	12	1,268	7	2,121	- 852
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,260	27	456	+ 804
Falls	14	1,259	30	435	+ 824
Lymphomas	15	1,228	33	374	+ 854
Endocrine Disorders	16	941	22	602	+ 338
Skin Cancers	17	937	41	172	+ 765
Leukemia	18	859	32	409	+ 450
Parkinson's Disease	19	823	28	446	+ 376
Liver Cancer	20	823	21	664	+ 159
Drug Use	21	720	43	156	+ 564
Other Injuries	22	664	19	890	- 226
Hypertension	23	659	10	1,894	- 1,235
Inflammatory/Heart	24	635	35	312	+ 323
Oesophagus Cancer	25	603	40	200	+ 403
Liver Disease	26	574	5	2,680	- 2,106
Stomach Cancer	27	520	24	547	- 27
Other Neoplasms	28	506	58	35	+ 471
Road Traffic Accidents	29	503	3	6,937	- 6,434
Bladder Cancer	30	480	49	92	+ 387
Ovary Cancer	31	405	50	89	+ 316
Oral Cancer	32	393	31	434	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	33	287	17	1,038	- 751
Skin Disease	34	240	53	50	+ 190
Uterin Cancer	35	212	57	43	+ 169
Asthma	36	184	29	441	- 257
Alcohol	37	153	48	120	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	153	46	123	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	39	138	23	560	- 422
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	119	26	504	- 385
Epilepsy	41	115	42	158	- 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	111	36	295	- 183
Low Birth Weight	43	100	13	1,532	- 1,432
Violence	44	98	9	1,917	- 1,818
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	92	54	48	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	46	76	62	13	+ 63
Drownings	47	72	37	248	- 176
Hepatitis C	48	70	60	17	+ 53
Anemia	49	64	81	0	+ 64
Birth Trauma	50	57	18	915	- 858
Malnutrition	51	47	34	372	- 324
Osteoarthritis	52	46	84	0	+ 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	29	85	0	+ 29
Schizophrenia	54	26	83	0	+ 26
Fires	55	22	44	139	- 117
Tuberculosis	56	21	38	242	- 221
HIV/AIDS	57	20	8	1,931	- 1,911
Hepatitis B	58	17	63	11	+ 6
Oral conditions	59	16	86	0	+ 16
Meningitis	60	15	45	134	- 119
Poisonings	61	14	55	47	- 33
Appendicitis	62	11	52	67	- 56
Maternal Conditions	63	8	39	202	- 194
Upper Respiratory	64	7	68	1	+ 6
War	65	3	67	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	1	51	70	- 69
Encephalitis	68	1	56	44	- 43
Pertussis	69	1	47	121	- 120
Tetanus	70	1	61	17	- 17
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	66	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	22	- 22
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Australia

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.