BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,263	1	9,201	- 3,938
Stroke	2	2,768	2	7,871	- 5,103
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,436	16	446	+ 1,990
Diabetes Mellitus	4	970	3	2,406	- 1,436
Liver Disease	5	941	10	613	+ 328
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	792	17	440	+ 352
Kidney Disease	7	745	9	689	+ 56
HIV/AIDS	8	678	70	0	+ 678
Violence	9	673	40	49	+ 624
Hypertension	10	665	11	546	+ 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	635	6	1,144	- 509
Prostate Cancer	12	581	18	413	+ 168
Low Birth Weight	13	538	41	48	+ 490
Breast Cancer	14	513	13	528	- 15
Lung Disease	15	478	5	1,163	- 685
Lung Cancers	16	437	4	2,076	- 1,639
Congenital Anomalies	17	365	35	69	+ 296
Birth Trauma	18	321	49	14	+ 307
Other Injuries	19	313	26	157	+ 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	299	7	998	- 699
Liver Cancer	21	233	14	480	- 246
Endocrine Disorders	22	212	39	53	+ 158
Cervical Cancer	23	197	29	132	+ 65
Stomach Cancer	24	192	12	532	- 340
Suicide	25	186	19	361	- 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	177	54	8	+ 169
Pancreas Cancer	27	160	15	463	- 303
Parkinson's Disease	28	157	20	341	- 184
Asthma	29	155	37	60	+ 95
Falls	30	153	21	267	- 114
Oral Cancer	31	152	27	146	+ 7
Leukemia	32	144	23	186	- 43
Lymphomas	33	131	24	184	- 53
Malnutrition	34	130	57	2	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	35	109	8	874	- 765
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	104	30	121	- 17
Drownings	37	87	42	48	+ 39
Tuberculosis	38	85	32	93	- 8
Maternal Conditions	39	71	58	2	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	40	70	31	110	- 40
Skin Cancers	41	60	28	133	- 73
Epilepsy	42	56	36	60	- 5
Drug Use	43	55	44	25	+ 29
Fires	44	49	38	54	- 6
Meningitis	45	47	53	10	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	43	43	36	+ 7
Pertussis	47	42	59	2	+ 40
Alcohol	48	42	34	90	- 48
Bladder Cancer	49	32	22	232	- 200
Ovary Cancer	50	31	25	182	- 151
Syphilis	51	25	61	1	+ 24
Appendicitis	52	23	52	11	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	17	47	21	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	17	48	19	- 2
Poisonings	55	16	50	13	+ 3
Encephalitis	56	16	51	13	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	57	15	33	92	- 77
Other Neoplasms	58	12	45	23	- 10
Schistosomiasis	59	8	77	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	60	6	65	0	+ 6
Tetanus	61	6	60	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	46	22	- 17
Hepatitis B	63	4	56	3	+ 1
Dengue	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Malaria	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	66	0	+ 0
War	67	0	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	55	5	- 5
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 BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Dominican Rep.

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.