DOMINICAN REP. VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	8,602	2	7,882	+ 720
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,958	1	14,986	- 8,027
Lung Disease	3	2,930	15	1,360	+ 1,570
Tuberculosis	4	2,383	38	242	+ 2,141
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,315	26	504	+ 1,811
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,897	6	2,254	- 358
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,858	4	2,762	- 904
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,604	3	6,937	- 5,333
Liver Disease	9	1,348	5	2,680	- 1,332
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,252	40	200	+ 1,051
Low Birth Weight	11	1,119	13	1,532	- 413
Oral Cancer	12	994	31	434	+ 561
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	961	11	1,808	- 846
Hypertension	14	947	10	1,894	- 947
Birth Trauma	15	859	18	915	- 56
Lung Cancers	16	781	16	1,244	- 463
Kidney Disease	17	695	7	2,121	- 1,426
Congenital Anomalies	18	648	17	1,038	- 390
Measles	19	578	79	0	+ 578
Asthma	20	570	29	441	+ 129
Other Injuries	21	489	19	890	- 401
Drownings	22	455	37	248	+ 207
Breast Cancer	23	436	14	1,460	- 1,024
Stomach Cancer	24	436	24	547	- 112
Suicide	25	385	25	530	- 145
Cervical Cancer	26	329	23	560	- 231
Violence	27	296	9	1,917	- 1,620
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	291	20	851	- 560
Maternal Conditions	29	251	39	202	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	30	242	28	446	- 204
Falls	31	213	30	435	- 222
Drug Use	32	190	43	156	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	187	46	123	+ 65
Liver Cancer	34	185	21	664	- 479
Lymphomas	35	171	33	374	- 203
Malnutrition	36	155	34	372	- 217
Ovary Cancer	37	143	50	89	+ 54
Meningitis	38	135	45	134	+ 1
Pertussis	39	129	47	121	+ 8
Leukemia	40	122	32	409	- 287
Prostate Cancer	41	107	12	1,655	- 1,548
Inflammatory/Heart	42	95	35	312	- 216
Pancreas Cancer	43	91	27	456	- 365
Epilepsy	44	87	42	158	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	45	86	22	602	- 517
Fires	46	81	44	139	- 58
Appendicitis	47	81	52	67	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	80	36	295	- 215
Syphilis	49	79	51	70	+ 8
Skin Disease	50	73	53	50	+ 23
Hepatitis B	51	72	63	11	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	52	64	49	92	- 29
Skin Cancers	53	55	41	172	- 117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	52	54	48	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	55	36	8	1,931	- 1,895
Poisonings	56	35	55	47	- 12
Tetanus	57	29	61	17	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	58	26	57	43	- 17
Encephalitis	59	24	56	44	- 21
Alcohol	60	17	48	120	- 104
Other Neoplasms	61	16	58	35	- 20
Hepatitis C	62	13	60	17	- 4
War	63	13	67	1	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	64	11	62	13	- 2
Dengue	65	10	64	5	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	6	68	1	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	67	4	74	0	+ 4
Malaria	68	3	65	4	- 1
Ascariasis	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	66	2	- 0
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	0	69	1	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	22	- 22
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Bangladesh

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.