DOMINICAN REP. VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,192	1	14,986	- 8,794
Stroke	2	5,639	2	7,882	- 2,243
Kidney Disease	3	2,356	7	2,121	+ 235
Lung Disease	4	2,354	15	1,360	+ 994
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,318	11	1,808	+ 510
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,271	6	2,254	+ 17
Hypertension	7	2,212	10	1,894	+ 318
Stomach Cancer	8	2,104	24	547	+ 1,556
Lung Cancers	9	2,001	16	1,244	+ 757
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,841	4	2,762	- 921
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,751	20	851	+ 900
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,638	3	6,937	- 5,299
Liver Disease	13	1,534	5	2,680	- 1,146
Prostate Cancer	14	1,411	12	1,655	- 243
Suicide	15	985	25	530	+ 456
Breast Cancer	16	978	14	1,460	- 482
Pancreas Cancer	17	908	27	456	+ 452
Lymphomas	18	808	33	374	+ 433
Liver Cancer	19	793	21	664	+ 129
Other Neoplasms	20	787	58	35	+ 751
Other Injuries	21	759	19	890	- 131
Endocrine Disorders	22	745	22	602	+ 143
Falls	23	524	30	435	+ 89
Leukemia	24	510	32	409	+ 101
Congenital Anomalies	25	497	17	1,038	- 541
Parkinson's Disease	26	458	28	446	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	27	452	23	560	- 109
Skin Disease	28	442	53	50	+ 393
Violence	29	431	9	1,917	- 1,486
Oesophagus Cancer	30	418	40	200	+ 218
Inflammatory/Heart	31	411	35	312	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	32	372	49	92	+ 279
HIV/AIDS	33	313	8	1,931	- 1,618
Skin Cancers	34	305	41	172	+ 132
Ovary Cancer	35	298	50	89	+ 209
Low Birth Weight	36	253	13	1,532	- 1,279
Malnutrition	37	243	34	372	- 128
Tuberculosis	38	238	38	242	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	194	26	504	- 311
Oral Cancer	40	178	31	434	- 256
Fires	41	171	44	139	+ 32
Asthma	42	171	29	441	- 270
Epilepsy	43	171	42	158	+ 12
Drownings	44	164	37	248	- 84
Uterin Cancer	45	159	57	43	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	129	36	295	- 166
Alcohol	47	120	48	120	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	108	54	48	+ 60
Anemia	49	104	81	0	+ 104
Drug Use	50	86	43	156	- 70
Osteoarthritis	51	76	84	0	+ 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	61	46	123	- 62
Meningitis	53	55	45	134	- 79
Birth Trauma	54	51	18	915	- 864
Chagas disease	55	46	73	0	+ 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	42	85	0	+ 42
Poisonings	57	40	55	47	- 7
Schizophrenia	58	22	83	0	+ 22
Appendicitis	59	21	52	67	- 45
Hepatitis B	60	17	63	11	+ 7
Hepatitis C	61	15	60	17	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	62	13	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	14	39	202	- 189
War	64	8	67	1	+ 7
Oral conditions	65	3	86	0	+ 3
Syphilis	66	3	51	70	- 67
Upper Respiratory	67	3	68	1	+ 2
Pertussis	68	2	47	121	- 119
Tetanus	69	1	61	17	- 16
Encephalitis	70	1	56	44	- 43
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	64	5	- 5
Diphtheria	74	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	66	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	22	- 22
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Chile

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.