DOMINICAN REP. VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,393	1	14,986	- 5,592
Violence	2	4,203	9	1,917	+ 2,286
Stroke	3	3,615	2	7,882	- 4,268
Lung Disease	4	3,474	15	1,360	+ 2,114
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,350	6	2,254	+ 95
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,694	3	6,937	- 5,243
Kidney Disease	7	1,491	7	2,121	- 630
Hypertension	8	1,396	10	1,894	- 498
Stomach Cancer	9	1,333	24	547	+ 786
Lung Cancers	10	1,145	16	1,244	- 98
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,097	4	2,762	- 1,665
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	953	20	851	+ 102
Breast Cancer	13	800	14	1,460	- 660
Prostate Cancer	14	782	12	1,655	- 873
Other Neoplasms	15	699	58	35	+ 664
Congenital Anomalies	16	646	17	1,038	- 392
HIV/AIDS	17	585	8	1,931	- 1,346
Lymphomas	18	568	33	374	+ 194
Liver Disease	19	529	5	2,680	- 2,151
Cervical Cancer	20	494	23	560	- 66
Leukemia	21	482	32	409	+ 73
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	470	11	1,808	- 1,337
Low Birth Weight	23	457	13	1,532	- 1,075
Liver Cancer	24	450	21	664	- 214
Pancreas Cancer	25	441	27	456	- 15
Suicide	26	429	25	530	- 101
Malnutrition	27	410	34	372	+ 38
Other Injuries	28	347	19	890	- 543
Falls	29	331	30	435	- 104
Endocrine Disorders	30	298	22	602	- 304
Inflammatory/Heart	31	290	35	312	- 22
Tuberculosis	32	277	38	242	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	33	245	50	89	+ 156
Skin Disease	34	240	53	50	+ 191
Skin Cancers	35	224	41	172	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	36	182	40	200	- 18
Oral Cancer	37	176	31	434	- 258
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	163	26	504	- 341
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	152	36	295	- 143
Drownings	40	150	37	248	- 98
Birth Trauma	41	141	18	915	- 773
Bladder Cancer	42	133	49	92	+ 40
Epilepsy	43	130	42	158	- 28
Drug Use	44	107	43	156	- 49
Uterin Cancer	45	92	57	43	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	46	86	39	202	- 117
Parkinson's Disease	47	84	28	446	- 363
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	73	85	0	+ 73
War	49	57	67	1	+ 56
Meningitis	50	53	45	134	- 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	53	54	48	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	46	52	67	- 20
Chagas disease	53	44	73	0	+ 44
Asthma	54	42	29	441	- 399
Dengue	55	29	64	5	+ 24
Fires	56	28	44	139	- 112
Anemia	57	22	81	0	+ 22
Osteoarthritis	58	15	84	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	59	14	60	17	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	62	13	+ 1
Poisonings	61	13	55	47	- 33
Hepatitis B	62	11	63	11	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	8	46	123	- 114
Encephalitis	64	8	56	44	- 36
Syphilis	65	7	51	70	- 64
Upper Respiratory	66	6	68	1	+ 5
Malaria	67	6	65	4	+ 2
Alcohol	68	5	48	120	- 115
Pertussis	69	4	47	121	- 117
Schizophrenia	70	4	83	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	3	61	17	- 14
Leprosy	72	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	71	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	2	74	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	2	86	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	70	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	22	- 22
Measles	78	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	81	0	66	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Colombia

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.