DOMINICAN REP. VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,999	8	1,931	+ 6,068
Tuberculosis	2	4,933	38	242	+ 4,691
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,569	6	2,254	+ 2,315
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,424	1	14,986	- 10,561
Stroke	5	4,020	2	7,882	- 3,862
Malaria	6	3,507	65	4	+ 3,503
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,835	3	6,937	- 4,102
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,313	26	504	+ 1,809
Low Birth Weight	9	2,276	13	1,532	+ 743
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,862	4	2,762	- 900
Birth Trauma	11	1,769	18	915	+ 854
Hypertension	12	1,654	10	1,894	- 240
Liver Disease	13	1,651	5	2,680	- 1,030
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,293	17	1,038	+ 255
Kidney Disease	15	1,087	7	2,121	- 1,034
Maternal Conditions	16	1,024	39	202	+ 822
Lung Disease	17	959	15	1,360	- 401
Violence	18	956	9	1,917	- 961
Suicide	19	618	25	530	+ 89
Other Injuries	20	591	19	890	- 299
Pertussis	21	584	47	121	+ 463
Meningitis	22	531	45	134	+ 397
Asthma	23	516	29	441	+ 75
Malnutrition	24	482	34	372	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	408	11	1,808	- 1,399
Inflammatory/Heart	26	389	35	312	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	27	369	22	602	- 234
Prostate Cancer	28	351	12	1,655	- 1,304
Cervical Cancer	29	348	23	560	- 212
Liver Cancer	30	301	21	664	- 363
Measles	31	283	79	0	+ 283
Breast Cancer	32	281	14	1,460	- 1,179
Falls	33	264	30	435	- 171
Syphilis	34	189	51	70	+ 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	186	36	295	- 109
Drownings	36	184	37	248	- 64
Fires	37	160	44	139	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	157	20	851	- 693
Stomach Cancer	39	156	24	547	- 391
Epilepsy	40	135	42	158	- 24
Poisonings	41	125	55	47	+ 78
Parkinson's Disease	42	122	28	446	- 324
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	118	46	123	- 5
Drug Use	44	116	43	156	- 40
Lymphomas	45	108	33	374	- 266
Leukemia	46	102	32	409	- 307
Lung Cancers	47	95	16	1,244	- 1,148
Ovary Cancer	48	88	50	89	- 1
Alcohol	49	82	48	120	- 39
Skin Disease	50	81	53	50	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	51	79	59	22	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	52	74	27	456	- 382
Skin Cancers	53	64	41	172	- 108
Oral Cancer	54	58	31	434	- 376
Tetanus	55	41	61	17	+ 24
Encephalitis	56	35	56	44	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	57	35	40	200	- 166
Appendicitis	58	33	52	67	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	26	54	48	- 22
Uterin Cancer	60	26	57	43	- 17
Bladder Cancer	61	26	49	92	- 67
Hepatitis B	62	26	63	11	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	63	13	58	35	- 22
Upper Respiratory	64	12	68	1	+ 11
Trypanosomiasis	65	12	75	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	62	13	- 6
Hepatitis C	67	4	60	17	- 13
Diphtheria	68	3	69	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	66	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
War	72	1	67	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

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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.