ARAB EMIRATES VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		ARAB EMIRATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,900	1	4,164	+ 9,736
Stroke	2	7,311	2	1,998	+ 5,313
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,434	7	870	+ 5,564
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,562	4	1,207	+ 1,355
Liver Disease	5	2,486	14	417	+ 2,069
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,091	8	705	+ 1,386
Kidney Disease	7	1,967	3	1,305	+ 662
HIV/AIDS	8	1,791	50	34	+ 1,757
Violence	9	1,778	35	70	+ 1,708
Hypertension	10	1,757	5	934	+ 822
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,677	20	194	+ 1,483
Prostate Cancer	12	1,535	43	51	+ 1,484
Low Birth Weight	13	1,421	19	195	+ 1,226
Breast Cancer	14	1,354	17	264	+ 1,090
Lung Disease	15	1,262	6	912	+ 350
Lung Cancers	16	1,154	21	185	+ 968
Congenital Anomalies	17	963	15	369	+ 594
Birth Trauma	18	848	37	64	+ 785
Other Injuries	19	826	10	522	+ 304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	789	16	309	+ 480
Liver Cancer	21	616	32	96	+ 520
Endocrine Disorders	22	559	18	260	+ 299
Cervical Cancer	23	520	41	57	+ 463
Stomach Cancer	24	508	30	112	+ 396
Suicide	25	491	9	628	- 137
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	468	33	92	+ 376
Pancreas Cancer	27	423	26	135	+ 288
Parkinson's Disease	28	414	31	99	+ 315
Asthma	29	409	12	458	- 50
Falls	30	403	11	511	- 108
Oral Cancer	31	402	52	32	+ 371
Leukemia	32	379	24	154	+ 225
Lymphomas	33	347	29	117	+ 231
Malnutrition	34	345	60	3	+ 342
Inflammatory/Heart	35	289	28	120	+ 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	274	45	45	+ 228
Drownings	37	230	23	169	+ 61
Tuberculosis	38	224	36	66	+ 159
Maternal Conditions	39	188	59	5	+ 183
Oesophagus Cancer	40	186	47	37	+ 149
Skin Cancers	41	160	34	77	+ 82
Epilepsy	42	147	25	140	+ 7
Drug Use	43	145	13	431	- 286
Fires	44	129	22	178	- 49
Meningitis	45	124	42	52	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	114	27	126	- 13
Pertussis	47	112	58	12	+ 100
Alcohol	48	112	40	59	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	49	86	39	60	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	50	82	38	63	+ 19
Syphilis	51	65	62	3	+ 63
Appendicitis	52	62	55	13	+ 49
Skin Disease	53	46	57	13	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	45	61	3	+ 42
Poisonings	55	43	48	36	+ 8
Encephalitis	56	41	54	28	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	57	40	46	44	- 4
Other Neoplasms	58	33	56	13	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	59	20	75	0	+ 20
Hepatitis C	60	16	63	1	+ 15
Tetanus	61	16	51	33	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	49	35	- 23
Hepatitis B	63	10	44	47	- 37
Dengue	64	4	71	0	+ 4
Malaria	65	4	74	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	66	1	67	0	+ 1
War	67	1	53	29	- 28
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARAB EMIRATES

Dominican Rep.

Arab Emirates

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.