DOMINICAN REP. VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,708	1	14,986	- 5,277
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,088	6	2,254	+ 4,834
Stroke	3	6,331	2	7,882	- 1,552
Kidney Disease	4	5,164	7	2,121	+ 3,044
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,328	4	2,762	+ 1,566
Liver Disease	6	3,503	5	2,680	+ 822
Lung Disease	7	3,281	15	1,360	+ 1,921
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,178	11	1,808	+ 370
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,135	3	6,937	- 4,802
Hypertension	10	1,692	10	1,894	- 202
Other Injuries	11	1,124	19	890	+ 234
Low Birth Weight	12	1,111	13	1,532	- 421
Tuberculosis	13	1,043	38	242	+ 801
Violence	14	963	9	1,917	- 953
Congenital Anomalies	15	949	17	1,038	- 89
Cervical Cancer	16	941	23	560	+ 381
Falls	17	937	30	435	+ 502
Malnutrition	18	906	34	372	+ 534
Birth Trauma	19	865	18	915	- 50
Lung Cancers	20	792	16	1,244	- 452
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	776	26	504	+ 271
Parkinson's Disease	22	749	28	446	+ 302
Stomach Cancer	23	690	24	547	+ 142
Chagas disease	24	663	73	0	+ 663
Liver Cancer	25	633	21	664	- 31
Suicide	26	628	25	530	+ 99
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	596	36	295	+ 301
Prostate Cancer	28	483	12	1,655	- 1,172
Breast Cancer	29	423	14	1,460	- 1,037
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	358	20	851	- 493
Drownings	31	357	37	248	+ 109
Endocrine Disorders	32	338	22	602	- 265
Alcohol	33	337	48	120	+ 217
Leukemia	34	334	32	409	- 75
Inflammatory/Heart	35	329	35	312	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	36	291	27	456	- 164
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	256	46	123	+ 134
Asthma	38	227	29	441	- 214
Maternal Conditions	39	216	39	202	+ 13
Drug Use	40	214	43	156	+ 58
Lymphomas	41	193	33	374	- 181
Epilepsy	42	175	42	158	+ 17
Skin Cancers	43	167	41	172	- 5
Fires	44	159	44	139	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	45	153	8	1,931	- 1,778
Appendicitis	46	137	52	67	+ 70
Uterin Cancer	47	133	57	43	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	48	117	40	200	- 83
Meningitis	49	112	45	134	- 22
Pertussis	50	106	47	121	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	97	54	48	+ 49
Encephalitis	52	96	56	44	+ 52
Syphilis	53	92	51	70	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	54	90	50	89	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	88	53	50	+ 38
Oral Cancer	56	80	31	434	- 354
Poisonings	57	58	55	47	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	58	38	58	35	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	59	38	49	92	- 55
Tetanus	60	27	61	17	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	62	13	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	13	68	1	+ 13
War	63	8	67	1	+ 7
Hepatitis B	64	5	63	11	- 6
Leishmaniasis	65	5	74	0	+ 5
Dengue	66	4	64	5	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	2	60	17	- 15
Chlamydia	68	2	66	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	22	- 22
Malaria	76	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Bolivia

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.