BELARUS VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,164	1	53,186	- 40,022
Stroke	2	6,924	2	16,393	- 9,469
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,094	19	722	+ 5,372
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,426	30	373	+ 2,054
Liver Disease	5	2,355	8	2,078	+ 277
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,980	15	1,086	+ 894
Kidney Disease	7	1,863	26	480	+ 1,383
HIV/AIDS	8	1,696	42	167	+ 1,529
Violence	9	1,684	38	255	+ 1,429
Hypertension	10	1,664	31	367	+ 1,297
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,588	3	3,530	- 1,942
Prostate Cancer	12	1,453	17	936	+ 518
Low Birth Weight	13	1,346	47	64	+ 1,282
Breast Cancer	14	1,283	12	1,230	+ 52
Lung Disease	15	1,195	7	2,208	- 1,013
Lung Cancers	16	1,092	4	2,950	- 1,857
Congenital Anomalies	17	912	41	202	+ 710
Birth Trauma	18	804	52	25	+ 779
Other Injuries	19	782	14	1,099	- 317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	747	5	2,886	- 2,139
Liver Cancer	21	583	32	363	+ 220
Endocrine Disorders	22	529	43	141	+ 388
Cervical Cancer	23	492	34	303	+ 189
Stomach Cancer	24	481	10	1,690	- 1,209
Suicide	25	465	9	2,004	- 1,539
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	443	57	13	+ 430
Pancreas Cancer	27	400	13	1,171	- 770
Parkinson's Disease	28	392	21	621	- 229
Asthma	29	387	44	122	+ 266
Falls	30	382	16	952	- 570
Oral Cancer	31	381	18	901	- 520
Leukemia	32	359	23	554	- 195
Lymphomas	33	329	20	672	- 343
Malnutrition	34	326	53	22	+ 305
Inflammatory/Heart	35	274	11	1,361	- 1,087
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	259	40	235	+ 24
Drownings	37	218	24	543	- 326
Tuberculosis	38	213	37	269	- 56
Maternal Conditions	39	178	60	2	+ 176
Oesophagus Cancer	40	176	25	493	- 317
Skin Cancers	41	151	36	272	- 120
Epilepsy	42	139	45	116	+ 23
Drug Use	43	137	29	389	- 252
Fires	44	122	22	620	- 498
Meningitis	45	117	50	36	+ 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	108	39	239	- 131
Pertussis	47	106	65	0	+ 106
Alcohol	48	106	6	2,761	- 2,655
Bladder Cancer	49	81	35	295	- 214
Ovary Cancer	50	78	27	429	- 351
Syphilis	51	62	63	1	+ 61
Appendicitis	52	59	54	20	+ 39
Skin Disease	53	44	51	31	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	42	55	15	+ 27
Poisonings	55	41	33	311	- 270
Encephalitis	56	39	46	93	- 54
Uterin Cancer	57	38	28	391	- 353
Other Neoplasms	58	31	48	52	- 21
Schistosomiasis	59	19	74	0	+ 19
Hepatitis C	60	15	62	1	+ 14
Tetanus	61	15	64	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	49	42	- 31
Hepatitis B	63	10	56	14	- 4
Dengue	64	4	71	0	+ 4
Malaria	65	4	76	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	66	1	61	1	+ 0
War	67	1	59	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	58	5	- 4
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Dominican Rep.

Belarus

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.