DOMINICAN REP. VS AZERBAIJAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AZERBAIJAN		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,837	1	14,986	+ 18,851
Stroke	2	13,141	2	7,882	+ 5,258
Liver Disease	3	3,594	5	2,680	+ 913
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,420	4	2,762	- 342
Hypertension	5	2,407	10	1,894	+ 513
Lung Disease	6	1,868	15	1,360	+ 507
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,809	6	2,254	- 445
Inflammatory/Heart	8	1,707	35	312	+ 1,395
Kidney Disease	9	1,615	7	2,121	- 506
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,391	11	1,808	- 416
Lung Cancers	11	1,364	16	1,244	+ 120
Stomach Cancer	12	1,319	24	547	+ 772
Breast Cancer	13	931	14	1,460	- 529
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	800	20	851	- 51
Low Birth Weight	15	736	13	1,532	- 796
Road Traffic Accidents	16	687	3	6,937	- 6,250
Tuberculosis	17	603	38	242	+ 361
Oesophagus Cancer	18	581	40	200	+ 380
Congenital Anomalies	19	551	17	1,038	- 488
Fires	20	480	44	139	+ 341
Other Injuries	21	473	19	890	- 418
Birth Trauma	22	466	18	915	- 449
Parkinson's Disease	23	442	28	446	- 4
Asthma	24	436	29	441	- 5
Suicide	25	418	25	530	- 112
HIV/AIDS	26	404	8	1,931	- 1,527
Liver Cancer	27	385	21	664	- 279
Drownings	28	340	37	248	+ 92
Falls	29	311	30	435	- 124
Endocrine Disorders	30	305	22	602	- 297
Pancreas Cancer	31	295	27	456	- 161
Cervical Cancer	32	282	23	560	- 278
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	266	26	504	- 238
Violence	34	255	9	1,917	- 1,661
Ovary Cancer	35	255	50	89	+ 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	250	36	295	- 45
Alcohol	37	248	48	120	+ 127
Lymphomas	38	233	33	374	- 141
Epilepsy	39	227	42	158	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	206	46	123	+ 83
Bladder Cancer	41	184	49	92	+ 92
Oral Cancer	42	162	31	434	- 272
Prostate Cancer	43	159	12	1,655	- 1,496
Leukemia	44	145	32	409	- 264
Skin Cancers	45	128	41	172	- 44
Encephalitis	46	110	56	44	+ 65
Uterin Cancer	47	99	57	43	+ 56
Poisonings	48	94	55	47	+ 48
Pertussis	49	69	47	121	- 51
Meningitis	50	64	45	134	- 69
Maternal Conditions	51	50	39	202	- 152
Drug Use	52	50	43	156	- 106
Syphilis	53	33	51	70	- 37
Other Neoplasms	54	20	58	35	- 15
Malnutrition	55	19	34	372	- 353
Upper Respiratory	56	17	68	1	+ 16
Hepatitis B	57	16	63	11	+ 6
Skin Disease	58	14	53	50	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	59	13	62	13	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	13	52	67	- 54
Tetanus	61	7	61	17	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	54	48	- 41
Leishmaniasis	63	4	74	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	64	1	66	2	- 0
War	65	1	67	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	60	17	- 17
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	22	- 22
Dengue	77	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Azerbaijan

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.