DOMINICAN REP. VS BRUNEI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRUNEI		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,484	1	14,986	- 8,502
Stroke	2	5,280	2	7,882	- 2,602
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,940	4	2,762	+ 1,178
Kidney Disease	4	2,301	7	2,121	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	5	1,894	22	602	+ 1,292
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,606	11	1,808	- 202
Lung Cancers	7	1,597	16	1,244	+ 353
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,523	20	851	+ 672
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,521	6	2,254	- 733
Lung Disease	10	1,351	15	1,360	- 9
Hypertension	11	1,011	10	1,894	- 883
Breast Cancer	12	862	14	1,460	- 598
Liver Cancer	13	826	21	664	+ 162
Congenital Anomalies	14	820	17	1,038	- 218
Road Traffic Accidents	15	710	3	6,937	- 6,227
Lymphomas	16	701	33	374	+ 327
Other Injuries	17	634	19	890	- 256
Stomach Cancer	18	559	24	547	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	19	553	35	312	+ 242
Oral Cancer	20	483	31	434	+ 49
Tuberculosis	21	452	38	242	+ 210
Falls	22	451	30	435	+ 16
Skin Disease	23	448	53	50	+ 398
Leukemia	24	417	32	409	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	25	415	58	35	+ 380
Prostate Cancer	26	409	12	1,655	- 1,246
Parkinson's Disease	27	404	28	446	- 42
Cervical Cancer	28	386	23	560	- 174
Low Birth Weight	29	319	13	1,532	- 1,213
Asthma	30	317	29	441	- 124
Pancreas Cancer	31	284	27	456	- 172
Suicide	32	257	25	530	- 273
Ovary Cancer	33	247	50	89	+ 158
Uterin Cancer	34	234	57	43	+ 191
Drownings	35	194	37	248	- 54
Liver Disease	36	194	5	2,680	- 2,486
Hepatitis B	37	149	63	11	+ 138
Hepatitis C	38	139	60	17	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	121	36	295	- 174
Bladder Cancer	40	98	49	92	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	89	26	504	- 415
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	89	46	123	- 34
Birth Trauma	43	88	18	915	- 827
Epilepsy	44	80	42	158	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	45	73	40	200	- 128
Violence	46	66	9	1,917	- 1,851
Drug Use	47	64	43	156	- 92
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	62	85	0	+ 62
Fires	49	61	44	139	- 78
Maternal Conditions	50	57	39	202	- 145
Schizophrenia	51	40	83	0	+ 40
Skin Cancers	52	34	41	172	- 138
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	33	54	48	- 16
Anemia	54	31	81	0	+ 31
Malnutrition	55	29	34	372	- 342
Alcohol	56	28	48	120	- 93
Oral conditions	57	15	86	0	+ 15
Meningitis	58	13	45	134	- 121
Otitis Media	59	13	71	0	+ 13
Syphilis	60	6	51	70	- 64
Pertussis	61	2	47	121	- 119
War	62	1	67	1	- 0
Appendicitis	63	0	52	67	- 66
Poisonings	64	0	55	47	- 47
Upper Respiratory	65	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	66	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	67	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	69	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	61	17	- 17
Measles	71	0	79	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	65	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	22	- 22
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	66	2	- 2
HIV/AIDS	81	0	8	1,931	- 1,931
Encephalitis	82	0	56	44	- 44
Osteoarthritis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	85	0	62	13	- 13
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Brunei

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.