ALBANIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,305	1	8,797	- 4,492
Stroke	2	2,264	2	8,790	- 6,526
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,993	14	337	+ 1,656
Diabetes Mellitus	4	793	19	208	+ 585
Liver Disease	5	770	12	376	+ 394
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	648	6	634	+ 14
Kidney Disease	7	609	11	399	+ 211
HIV/AIDS	8	555	42	26	+ 529
Violence	9	551	27	103	+ 448
Hypertension	10	544	10	425	+ 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	519	3	1,827	- 1,308
Prostate Cancer	12	475	16	311	+ 165
Low Birth Weight	13	440	25	106	+ 334
Breast Cancer	14	419	17	229	+ 190
Lung Disease	15	391	5	876	- 486
Lung Cancers	16	357	4	1,026	- 669
Congenital Anomalies	17	298	28	102	+ 196
Birth Trauma	18	263	41	32	+ 230
Other Injuries	19	256	26	105	+ 150
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	244	20	197	+ 47
Liver Cancer	21	191	9	434	- 243
Endocrine Disorders	22	173	29	91	+ 82
Cervical Cancer	23	161	36	48	+ 113
Stomach Cancer	24	157	7	493	- 336
Suicide	25	152	24	125	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	145	52	9	+ 136
Pancreas Cancer	27	131	18	225	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	28	128	13	369	- 240
Asthma	29	127	21	193	- 66
Falls	30	125	23	125	- 0
Oral Cancer	31	125	30	90	+ 35
Leukemia	32	117	22	131	- 14
Lymphomas	33	107	31	69	+ 39
Malnutrition	34	107	58	3	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	35	89	8	465	- 375
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	85	33	57	+ 28
Drownings	37	71	43	25	+ 46
Tuberculosis	38	70	54	8	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	39	58	59	2	+ 56
Oesophagus Cancer	40	58	34	52	+ 6
Skin Cancers	41	49	32	64	- 14
Epilepsy	42	45	37	44	+ 1
Drug Use	43	45	44	25	+ 20
Fires	44	40	45	20	+ 20
Meningitis	45	38	49	14	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	35	35	50	- 15
Pertussis	47	35	60	1	+ 33
Alcohol	48	35	48	18	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	49	27	15	330	- 303
Ovary Cancer	50	26	39	39	- 14
Syphilis	51	20	62	1	+ 19
Appendicitis	52	19	56	5	+ 14
Skin Disease	53	14	55	6	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	14	51	11	+ 3
Poisonings	55	13	53	9	+ 4
Encephalitis	56	13	46	20	- 7
Uterin Cancer	57	12	38	42	- 30
Other Neoplasms	58	10	47	19	- 9
Schistosomiasis	59	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	60	5	66	0	+ 5
Tetanus	61	5	57	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	40	39	- 35
Hepatitis B	63	3	63	0	+ 3
Dengue	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	+ 0
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	50	12	- 12
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	61	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	65	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Dominican Rep.

Albania

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.